Manage Blogs > Install Multiple Blogs Option 2

Here you will be able to upload a CVS file with the information needed to create multiple-blogs from only one process.

Upload CSV file: here you can click the Browse button and it will open a new window where you can browse your computer files to where you have your csv file with the domains you want blogs intalled on. Please notice the format below, this is how you will enter you domains, cpanel logins, etc. to successfully install the blogs.


Copy & Paste CSV file: here you can enter all the details by copy and paste.


To create a CSV file with the contents of your domains, you may do it with an software editor like notepad or textpad. It is important that when you create your CSV document that you save it with a file extention (ie. filename.csv) and then you can upload via wpmanager Batch Install into the section where you have to browse your computer.


Not all cpanel hosts when working with addon domains work the same. Since addon domains are added as folders into the main domain name, you will have to add some extra fields so wpmdx installs the blog in the correct folder domain.


Please see the format below of how each line of the domain's data will look like in the csv file:



Not all fields will have data, only if the above applies you will then need to know the following:

Home directory begins with?

Set to the one as required: (home, home1, home2, home3, home4 or ..... home10)

Hostname/domain/addon domain/sub-domain inside folder?

Set to the one as required: 0 = no or 1 = yes


### example when you NEED to use folders when installing blogs on addon domains (Notice this will install 2 blogs):


"testdomain1.com","webfolder","cpanel user 1","cpanel password 1","home","1","Domain folder name","wordpress user 1","wordpress password 1","site name","description","category 1","category 2","category 3","category 4","url_title_1|link 1","url_title_2|link 2","url_title_3|link 3"
"testdomain2.com","webfolder","cpanel login 2","cpanel password 2","home","1","Domain folder name","wordpress user 2","wordpress password 2","site name","description","category 1","category 2","category 3","category 4","url_title_1|link 1","url_title_2|link 2","url_title_3|link 3"



### example if you WANT to install on a primary domain (Notice this will install 2 blogs):

In this case the Domain folder name is empty.


"testdomain1.com","webfolder","cpanel user 1","cpanel password 1","home","0","","wordpress user 1","wordpress password 1","site name","description","category 1","category 2","category 3","category 4","url_title_1|link 1","url_title_2|link 2","url_title_3|link 3"
"testdomain2.com","webfolder","cpanel login 2","cpanel password 2","home","0","","wordpress user 2","wordpress password 2","site name","description","category 1","category 2","category 3","category 4","url_title_1|link 1","url_title_2|link 2","url_title_3|link 3"

Please Note: if you don't wish to add blogroll links then leave empty the following:

"url_title_1|link 1","url_title_2|link 2","url_title_3|link 3" (ie. "","","" )

Please Note: If you don't want to add some category or link then just leave empty between ,"",




Domain and Hosting Account Info



Here you will enter the csv file content or upload the csv file you created with the necessary information in the format as explained above.




Blog Information, Theme, Plugins & First Post



Here you will enter most of the common info that the WordPress needs to build a more friendly blog site.

Site Name - enter the name you would like your blog to have (Ex. My Online Blog)

Tag Line of Description - enter the sub-line you want to use for under the Site name.

Owner Name - your name.

Owner Email - your email address.

Theme "Default" and "classic" WP themes are always present.

If you choose "Check here to select the themes you chose above to randomly activate when a blog is installed.", then themes will be selected randomly for each blog from CSV. If unchecked then it will install blogs with themes in the order you selected them.

Check this if you want to - Upload single selected theme only, not all themes, and delete other installed themes when updating. "Default" and "classic" WP themes are always present.

Plugins - select the Plugins you want for your blog. To see the description of each plugin click on List/Upload Plugins to your left menu.

Also you will have the choice of selecting the options available in this part. If you don't choose any of the first 2 then all plugins listed in the dropdown menu above will be installed with your blog.

If you choose the first option then it will Activate selected plugins only, not all plugins that are listed above will be activated. (If you are Updating blog then it will not replace the already activated plugins and only selected will be uploaded and activated).

If you choose the second option then it will Activate selected plugins only but Delete other installed/activated plugins in your blog. (If you had plugins in your blog that are the same as the ones you selected above then they will be replaced, the rest of the plugins will be removed).

The third option will include this blog, so Cron Job Upgrades Plugins in WordPress Admin Area > Plugins section directly. (this feature will only work with plugins that offer the Upgrade Automatically feature via WordPress admin area > Plugins section). For this function to work you will need to setup Cron job in cpanel. Please refer to the WP ManagerDX Installation Guide on how to setup correctly.

First Post Content - enter the content (body) of the post above.

Ping URLs - this is the list of sites that will know when you have publish some posts. Letting them know you have new content.

Posts per page - enter the amount of posts you want to show on each of your blog's pages.

There is Blogroll section on the right side of your blog that has links to other sites. You may disable/delete these links or enter your own ones here.

Sumaries for feeds - check this option if you want to only show an excerpt of the content of this post. This is useful for people using your RSS feeds.

Dissallow Comments - leave unchecked if you want to Allow people to post comments on the article else check and it will NOT Allow people to post comments on the article.

Block search engine - If you want search engines to not spider your blog then check this option, else leave unchecked and search engines will spider your blog. Default setting is I would like to block search engines, but allow normal visitors

Visible blogroll links - Makes existing or default WP blogroll links visible or not

Permalink structure - This is the url structure for each link on the blog. Example when someone clicks on a category it will show the post name instead of a number if you enter this: /index.php/%postname%/




POP3 Mail Info - this information will be for setting up to post via email

You may post to blogs directly from your email client program. If you wish to do so, create secret POP3 mailbox and enter it's info below. When you will email a message to that mailbox, it will appear as blog posting.



Add New Page(s), Categories & General Settings

Add New Page(s):

This part is for you to add up to 6 pages to your blog if you wish. Leave back if you don't want to add any pages. HTML code is allowed in the Page Content Textbox.

Ping URLs - this is the list of sites that will know when you have publish some posts. Letting them know you have new content.

Posts per page - enter the amount of posts you want to show on each of your blog's pages.

There is Blogroll section on the right side of your blog that has links to other sites. You may disable/delete these links or enter your own ones here.

Summaries for feeds - check this option if you want to only show an excerpt of the content of this post. This is useful for people using your RSS feeds.

Dissallow Comments - leave unchecked if you want to Allow people to post comments on the article else check and it will NOT Allow people to post comments on the article.

Block search engine - If you want search engines to not spider your blog then check this option, else leave unchecked and search engines will spider your blog. Default setting is I would like to block search engines, but allow normal visitors

Visible blogroll links - Makes existing or default WP blogroll links visible or not

Permalink structure - This is the url structure for each link on the blog. Example when someone clicks on a category it will show the post name instead of a number if you enter this: /index.php/%postname%/



Links - this information will be for setting up blog links

You probably already added them in the csv file or content in the first part of this section, only if you wish to add blogroll links to your blogs. You can choose to not add any as well. Just choose the correct option that is included in this part.



Manage Remote Publishing Options

Check both options here if you want to post to WordPress from a desktop blogging client or remote website that uses the Atom Publishing Protocol or one of the XML-RPC publishing interfaces you must enable them below. This new feature was integrated by WordPress in version 2.6 and over.



POP3 Mail Info - this information will be for setting up to post via email

You may post to blogs directly from your email client program. If you wish to do so, create secret POP3 mailbox and enter it's info below. When you will email a message to that mailbox, it will appear as blog posting.



The below is the last part of this section:

Mark as Installed: you will choose this option if you wish to just add existing wordpress blogs that you have installed without WP ManagerDX.

Create Projects >> - this will create(save) all projects without actually installing the WordPress blogs.

Install Blogs >> - this option will actually Install your WordPress blogs. (it will pop up a window showing you the process of installations)

Overwrite Blog Installations - this option will overwrite an already installed WordPress blogs.

Anything that you have installed or created here will be listed in Manage Blogs > List/Edit/Update Blogs section.

CAUTION: This overwrite installation will replace all files and also the database.