I would like to re-use the post-types and their contents across a range of subsites of a multisite.
Specifically, I am trying to build a website that features an overview of several (research) groups. Each group has team members, each team member teaches courses, works on research projects, publishes papers, etc. I have already used Types successfully to build this structure for a single site, allowing me to quickly auto-generate course pages, team member pages, research project pages, etc, all correctly interlinked, see hidden link
With the multisite, I was hoping I could replicate this across several groups, but not by repeatedly setting up the same types, but instead by having each group be a subsite of a common root multisite, and thus allowing the main site to provide practically the full data while each subsite only shows the data filtered by that group's name (as part of the Type definition).
Not sure if this is making sense?
I've read in the forums that Layouts can not be shared across subsites. Not sure if Post Types (and their contents) are significantly different and hence in principle could work?
Many thanks!
-m
Hi, I'm not aware of a way to use the same post content or Toolset structures across multiple sites on the same network. Toolset isn't designed to work with multiple data sources like this. However, Toolset does offer two features that may be useful to you: Toolset Module Manager and Toolset-Based Theme Development.
Toolset Module Manager gives you the ability to quickly import Toolset structures like Custom Post Types, Custom Fields, Custom Taxonomies, Post Relationships, Content Templates, Views, Layouts, Access settings and Archives as "modules". Post content is not included, but the framework is already set up for you to begin adding content quickly.
Toolset-based Theme Development gives you the ability to create a custom theme with Toolset already installed and embedded. It also gives you the ability to set demo content for the site, which can help you get up and running quickly.
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/using-toolset-module-manager/
https://toolset.com/home/toolset-for-theme-authors/
This is really helpful, it should probably work well enough as a workaround! My issue is resolved now. Thank you!
