# Multi User Blog **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 2, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multi-user-blog/142042 "2008-07-02T21:06:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![uberkorp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/7ab992/32.png) [@uberkorp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/uberkorp)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multi-user-blog/142042/1 "2008-07-02T21:06:00Z")
Hi everyone, I’m sorry to ask this as I am such a newb at ROR and understanding it myself. I have an application being developed for me, and one of the purposes for my users is to be able to blog about a purchase of a new home. the developer looks like he is struggling with it with not understanding that ever user is to have a their own blog. I am wondering, if anyone has any experience in how to integrate a blogging software like WPMU (word press multi user) in to a ROR app… or a similar blog app (already written for ROR) that would allow wildcard domains, with user registration. Thanks Scott ---
**Author:** ![uberkorp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/7ab992/32.png) [@uberkorp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/uberkorp)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 9:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multi-user-blog/142042/2 "2008-07-03T09:53:24Z")
Having a full blown blog for every user might be quite some overhead if you only need comments on purchases. Why dont you have a comments class that belongs toa purchase and hopefully your purchase will belong to a user. When a user gets assigned a new purchase, he has the ability to create comments for them. Also, other users in the system can comment on it too. maybe this is not what you want though, but that is how i would go on about doing it. On Jul 2, 8:06 pm, Scott M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![uberkorp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/7ab992/32.png) [@uberkorp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/uberkorp)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multi-user-blog/142042/3 "2008-07-03T21:16:30Z")
Its not crazy (the same architecture i saw at a video of zensiper at rubyconf. The trouble i see is that you will end up having to maintain two interfaces to databases sync them…etc. Plus there is a way to give evry user a blog using plain restfull MCV pattern in rails, thats the way i would do it. j On Jul 3, 4:27Â pm, Scott M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![uberkorp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/7ab992/32.png) [@uberkorp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/uberkorp)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multi-user-blog/142042/4 "2008-07-03T17:27:30Z")
“Wolas!” wrote: > Having a full blown blog for every user might be quite some overhead > if you only need comments on purchases. Why dont you have a comments > class that belongs toa purchase and hopefully your purchase will > belong to a user. When a user gets assigned a new purchase, he has the > ability to create comments for them. Also, other users in the system > can comment on it too. > > maybe this is not what you want though, but that is how i would go on > about doing it. > > On Jul 2, 8:06�pm, Scott M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) I was thinking more of at the registration of the user on our site, basically we are doing a review site for new home builders in our area, and we want to offer people the ability to blog about the home building experience through our site. so during registration, we give them the ability to select yes or no to having a blog. Personally i thought we could do it as a Word Press Multi User installation, and somehow have the registration ruby script populate the correct tables in the WPMU DB, and just link to the control panels for MPMU and our main site. am i crazy at thinking this way? ---
**Author:** ![uberkorp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/7ab992/32.png) [@uberkorp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/uberkorp)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 3:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multi-user-blog/142042/5 "2008-07-04T03:37:51Z")
Giving each user a blog is pretty simple actually and unless you have a very difficult architecture in your system, the average Rails developer should have no trouble getting this done. Perhaps you could bring another developer in as a mentor to get you in the right direction. ---
**Author:** ![uberkorp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/7ab992/32.png) [@uberkorp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/uberkorp)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multi-user-blog/142042/6 "2008-07-04T19:48:46Z")
> Perhaps you could bring another developer in as a mentor to get you in the right direction. Excellent advice! > Personally i thought we could do it as a Word Press Multi User > installation, and somehow have the registration ruby script populate the > correct tables in the WPMU DB, and just link to the control panels for > MPMU and our main site. Take a look at [Features | Drupal.org](http://drupal.org/features) It might do everything you want, and then you can have the Rails developer concentrate on modules or other applications that really need to be custom-written. ---
**Author:** ![uberkorp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/7ab992/32.png) [@uberkorp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/uberkorp)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multi-user-blog/142042/7 "2008-07-04T19:52:20Z")
gbesch wrote: > > Perhaps you could bring another developer in as a mentor to get you in the right direction. > > Excellent advice! > > > Personally i thought we could do it as a Word Press Multi User > > installation, and somehow have the registration ruby script populate the > > correct tables in the WPMU DB, and just link to the control panels for > > MPMU and our main site. > > Take a look at [Features | Drupal.org](http://drupal.org/features) > > It might do everything you want, and then you can have the Rails > developer concentrate on modules or other applications that really > need to be custom-written. agreed with both of your statements, anybody want to get in touch with me regarding what it would cost to bring on your services is welcome to, scott(dot)mckay(at)controlaltdeleted(dot)com (just trying to remove my name from being harvested) Thanks