Comments on: Putting the mt:OtherBlog tag to work http://michellejones.net/onapath/2007/10/putting-the-mtotherblog-tag-to-work.php a Michelle Jones type situation Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:42:49 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Michelle http://michellejones.net/onapath/2007/10/putting-the-mtotherblog-tag-to-work.php/comment-page-1#comment-246 Michelle Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:58:53 +0000 http://michellejones.net/onapath/?p=92#comment-246 That's very interesting David. Thanks for sharing. That’s very interesting David. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: David Raynes http://michellejones.net/onapath/2007/10/putting-the-mtotherblog-tag-to-work.php/comment-page-1#comment-245 David Raynes Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:15:48 +0000 http://michellejones.net/onapath/?p=92#comment-245 As the original creator of the MTOtherBlog plugin, which became the MultiBlog plugin, which was included with MT 4, I thought I should chime in here. :) First of all, the OtherBlog/MultiBlog functionality has actually been rolled into a number of tags, including MTEntries. So you could compress your second example to something like the following: <pre> <MTEntries lastn="2" include_blogs="1"> .... </MTEntries> </pre> Secondly, if you'll take a look at the plugin configuration for MultiBlog, you will see that it has the ability to define rebuild triggers for your blogs. So, if there is a chance to a secondary blog, an index rebuild of the main blog can be triggered, for example. Hope that helps! As the original creator of the MTOtherBlog plugin, which became the MultiBlog plugin, which was included with MT 4, I thought I should chime in here. :)
First of all, the OtherBlog/MultiBlog functionality has actually been rolled into a number of tags, including MTEntries. So you could compress your second example to something like the following:

<MTEntries lastn="2" include_blogs="1">
....
</MTEntries>

Secondly, if you’ll take a look at the plugin configuration for MultiBlog, you will see that it has the ability to define rebuild triggers for your blogs. So, if there is a chance to a secondary blog, an index rebuild of the main blog can be triggered, for example.
Hope that helps!

]]> By: Michelle http://michellejones.net/onapath/2007/10/putting-the-mtotherblog-tag-to-work.php/comment-page-1#comment-244 Michelle Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:54:20 +0000 http://michellejones.net/onapath/?p=92#comment-244 You're absolutely right J. So in cases where the main blog doesn't get updated frequently then a php include may still be the best way to go. On the flip side if you're adding to/editing/rebuilding the main blog regularly or more frequently than the secondary blog then mt:OtherBlog seems the way to go. You’re absolutely right J. So in cases where the main blog doesn’t get updated frequently then a php include may still be the best way to go. On the flip side if you’re adding to/editing/rebuilding the main blog regularly or more frequently than the secondary blog then mt:OtherBlog seems the way to go.

]]> By: j. brotherlove http://michellejones.net/onapath/2007/10/putting-the-mtotherblog-tag-to-work.php/comment-page-1#comment-243 j. brotherlove Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:42:12 +0000 http://michellejones.net/onapath/?p=92#comment-243 Thanks again for your help. I use php includes a lot but it isn't the greatest solution for all clients. I'm thinking one drawback may be that updating the "other blog" doesn't also update the main blog. Which means you need to do a full (dreaded) rebuild. Am I wrong? Thanks again for your help. I use php includes a lot but it isn’t the greatest solution for all clients. I’m thinking one drawback may be that updating the “other blog” doesn’t also update the main blog. Which means you need to do a full (dreaded) rebuild. Am I wrong?

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