wordpress mu widgets

[Paullas]

Does anyone know of such a plugin to use on wordpress mu that will allow me to publish widgets across a network of sites?

I am looking to log into the main wordpress mu site widgets and be able to edit for example the txt widget and when edited it changes across all sites.

 

[Skinner]

Not quite what your looking for, but when I needed to update some active / inactive plugins, I just ran a mysql query, could you not use a simple php script script to read the master, and update the slaves on a cron ?

 

[spiderspider]

This is something I've been looking at for a while, and is on the 'To Do' list.

So far, I narrowed it down to (but not tested) this plugin:
http://wordpress.org/plugins/eelv-my-widgets/

Or, if your feeling adventurous, and want to code your own, here's how to:
http://wp.tutsplus.com/tutorials/plugins/creating-a-wordpress-network-widget/

 

[Paullas]

cheers spider, ill take a look at them.

Steven, i was under the impression i could add/edit widgets from one main wp mu site and it changes across all sites in one click but at the moment have not found a way to do this.

 

[Skinner]

It was my understanding you can't make global changes to widgets and plugins, because its assumed each site is a unique user, thus they control their own plugins and widgets.

I don't use WP MU myself, only had passing experience when working on others.

 

[Paullas]

Yeah i was thinking it could be possible but not as i thought, oh well

 

[tifosi]

If you do figure it out I'd also log it on Wordpress Trac as a potential bug!

As mentioned afaik they should be treated as separate identities. Though the plugin may itself only register the single widget multiple instances can be spread over a single or multi-blog instances.

In reality you could probably dig into the code and do this but going against the flow.

 

[Paullas]

If you do figure it out I'd also log it on Wordpress Trac as a potential bug!

As mentioned afaik they should be treated as separate identities. Though the plugin may itself only register the single widget multiple instances can be spread over a single or multi-blog instances.

In reality you could probably dig into the code and do this but going against the flow.

Yeah i just had an idea which thought would work but didnt back to the drawing boards.

 

[AssetDomains]

Is it just text you would want to update globally / do all the sites use the same template could always use a php include

 

[Skinner]

I've done that before, using the text widget, I've added an include into the widget then I update the include and it updates all the sites.

Sometimes dirty and nasty gets the job done

Is it just text you would want to update globally / do all the sites use the same template could always use a php include