multiple sites, one drupal install

leemarrett - March 18, 2008 - 03:49

Hello,

I am wondering something about Drupal.

We're wanting to have say four or five different sub-sites with very different looks, sitting at four or five separate domains (say www.example.com, www.anotherexample.com, www.hooboywhatagoodexample.com and www.omglikethatsanawesomeexample.com).

These sites are all going to look and behave very differently.

My question is, how feasible is it to have all of these different sites running off just the one Drupal installation?

Is this doable?

If so, would anyone have any bits of advice, or tips on how to set this up?

Many thanks,

Lee

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Here is a link to how to

baldwinlouie - March 18, 2008 - 04:11

Here is a link to how to setup multi sites within drupal:

http://drupal.org/node/53705

"Multisite" flexibility is actually one of Drupal's real strengths. Take a look inside the "sites" directory of your Drupal install. The default config file explains quite a bit and is well commented. Druapl.org also has a bunch of multisite info if you need more insight.

thanks

leemarrett - March 18, 2008 - 04:24

so "multisite" is the term i need? i sort of felt that multisite meant having multiple installations of drupal on the same server -- but each site having its own drupal admin separate from all the others...

Yes, and no. Multisite is

Tistur - March 18, 2008 - 14:54

Yes, and no.

Multisite is ONE installation, but each site is different, INCLUDING the GUI for administration, etc. Shared users can be done easily, or not.

More help?

Chroid - May 6, 2008 - 22:47

Hey all,

I'm also looking into running multiple sites from the ONE Drupal install.

I have setup each site within the sites/ folder as per the instructions at http://drupal.org/node/53705:

/sites/site1
/sites/site2

for example.

Each of those folders have their own modules/ and themes/ directory and at the moment a copy of the settings.php file from the default install.

I'm lost as to where to go next in being able to access each site separately. I access the drupal site via virtualhost at (for example) mynewmultisite.mydomain.co.nz. This works fine but obviously I just get the default Drupal site (as expected).

Can anyone help with the next steps to be able to access each of the sites above ('site1' and 'site2') independantly ?!

Thanks in advance.

if you use a blank

DNM - May 6, 2008 - 23:10

if you use a blank settings.php(Get it from the zip) it will ask you to install. read the settings.php file, there is a ton of comments on it.

Hi DNM, Thanks, but I don't

Chroid - May 6, 2008 - 23:25

Hi DNM,

Thanks, but I don't think this is what I'm after.

I have successfully installed a Drupal site, and have it up and running. I'm specifically after instructions on getting multiple sites running off the same base install.

Cheers
C