Well, I’ll take the plunge. Here is a description of what I’m after. I love WP and would love to be able to create this site using WPMU as I will have a whole lot of members/bloggers. Now, I don’t know if I’ll need BuddyPress, but let me share a list of my needs here, if I may.
I’ll be grateful if you could suggest plugins for each function/feature you think would be best suited?
I’ve done a few WP sites, but this is my first time attempting to make a WPMU site.
Thanks in advance!
styzer
Canada
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The projected website will present a collection of artists from 3 fields: music, writing and visual arts.
There will be three types of memberships:
– visitor
– member
– artist
VISITORS – FREE- No account.
Browse freely.
MEMBERS – FREE- Account. Registration needed.
Has a member page.
Has a blog.
Has a simple music player.
Can create playlists from free offered music (stock photo websites lightbox concept – one-click to add to a playlist). The music could be played on their page via a media player. Some artists won’t offer free music, others will.
Display a number of feeds from favorite artists, which will show on their member’s page, showing those artists latest blog entries.
Follow artists blogs.
ARTISTS – FREE- Account. Registration needed.
Has an slightly customizable artist page.
Has a blog.
Media player (audio and/or video), a store area.
Maybe other functions as things evolve.
Minimal customization possible at some point.
R E G I S T E R E D
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– MEMBERS : login/logout.
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Control panel –
Visually separated sections:
1- member’s details and informations
=> selectable personal info to be made public/private will constitute profile
=> purchases history
=> display playlists
2- member’s mailbox
=> shows latest communications /pm
=> shows online friends (?)
=> display favorite artists latest blog entries
3- member’s contributions and interactions
=> blog entries from the member
=> WYSIWYG text editor, with publishing button
=> latest comments to be approved
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– ARTISTS : login/logout.
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Control panel –
Visually separated sections:
1- artist’s details and informations
=> selectable personal info to be made public/private will constitute profile
=> purchases history
=> display playlists
2- artists’s mailbox
=> shows latest communications /pm
=> shows online fans (?) / friends
=> display selected favorite artists latest blog entries
3- artists’s contributions and interactions
=> blog entries from the artist
=> WYSIWYG text editor, with publishing button
=> latest comments to be approved
=> event calendar
4- artist’s store
=> display sales – albums, songs, books, other
=> display amount due to the artist, minus commission
=> create album/upload music, upload books
=> mp3 samples automatically created (?) at 128kbps
=> mp3 – minimum resolution for sale 192kbps, maximum 320 kbps (may require upgrading account due to files weight – tbd)
=> upload, edit, delete images for visual art (image resizing for display – high res only for purchase)
=> upload book excerpts (PFD) (look at copyright waiver/disclaimer for sign-up registration)
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