A multisite network is a collection of separate sites that share the same themes, plugins and Wordpress installation. However each individual site has its own directory of media files and content such as blog posts, pages and activity pages.

A multisite Wordpress is very similar to a single installation of Wordpress in that it has access to all of the same Wordpress features and functionality. However, a multisite network shares certain critical files on the backend that allows our developers to roll out new features to all sites at once. This insures that all our sites can be easily updated in one easy go and that all sites share the same code base. This also ensure quick and easy deployment of any and all bug fixes that may arise.

With new themes rolling out and new trends emerging, this will enable FareHarbor to stay on the cutting edge and roll out updates continuously to all sites.

All sites share one .htaccess file, so all redirects are done via a plugin and all domains are done via domain mapping. Cross domain redirects can be accomplished in a round about fashion use a dummy holding site, but this does not involve the .htaccess file.

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Admin Level

An administrator on a multisite network has access to all sites with one log in rather than separate logins for each domain. This allows the Web Content and Live Sites teams to be able to efficiently and easily have access to all sites to make any updates or changes for clients at any time.

Individual Site Level

Sites do not share media, page and post directories. The transfer of content is easy between site via the import and export functionality. All individual sites also have their own URLs and users that have access.