I've heard of WPMU DEV but have never used or see the inner workings.  A
friend wants me to help with a site built on it.

Looking for any input good or bad on WPMU DEV before I get in to deep.

Built on it -- built on what?

I've been a member for 2 years -- not sure if I will renew this year.

They used to be the only real source of quality MU/Multisite plugins, but
that'd changing fast since MS went into core.

Their plugins are pretty good, the UI is lacking on most and their update
process can be obnoxious (large banners prompting upgrades in the admin).
They seem to have a plugin for most things MS is missing or you'd want to
add.

Their themes are, uh, pretty dated and not near the quality of most premium
themes.

But in some cases (plugin wise) they are the only game in town.

--Nick Ciske

I'll agree with Nick.  I bought into this site when it went 'on sale'
earlier this year.  I don't know that I would pay full price for it when it
comes back for renewal.

Lisa

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Built on it -- built on what?

I've been a member for 2 years -- not sure if I will renew this year.

They used to be the only real source of quality MU/Multisite plugins, but
that'd changing fast since MS went into core.

Their plugins are pretty good, the UI is lacking on most and their update
process can be obnoxious (large banners prompting upgrades in the admin).
They seem to have a plugin for most things MS is missing or you'd want to
add.

Their themes are, uh, pretty dated and not near the quality of most premium
themes.

But in some cases (plugin wise) they are the only game in town.

--Nick Ciske

Looking for any input good or bad on WPMU DEV before I get in to deep.

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Well, from what I can tell it's built on WPMU DEV plug-ins but it's not a
multi-site.  

The theme page states "bbPress is in Theme Compatability Mode"  She did not
setup a child theme.  Not sure if you can have a child them with this setup
or not.  

She has the Membership plug-in along with several other ones from WPMU.
 The membership plug-in is being used to protect content.  A lot of her
users seem to be spammers.

The theme part of this SUCKS.  Like you said Nick "pretty dated and not
near the quality of most premium themes"  The format / layout for some
pages like he Vendors listings is bad!  Still need to look at the CSS,
because the space between lines is horrible and other things as well.

UGH!