Using Drupal to handle two domains on Pair Networks account
jboris - June 23, 2009 - 13:41
I have two sites I use for both sides of my family (Mom's side and dad's side). Each has their own domain but I host them on my Pair Networks account. I would like to use Drupal to handle both sites in one installation and use the group the logged user belongs to to handle what they see. I can have both domains point to the same section on my account but can Drupal be configured to offer one Home page for non logged users and then based on the group of the logged user give them their appropriat page? I have read the how to sections for using Drupal to handle multiple sites but it mentions setting symbolic links which I am not sure will work in my Web setup.
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Sounds like you're trying to do two things
If you're just trying to have two different Drupal sites with different domain names but a common Drupal codebase, that's easy. Just create separate directories inside the "sites" directory. If your domain names are www.mom.com and www.dad.com, name the directories "www.mom.com" and "www.dad.com." If the domain names are mom.jboris.com and dad.jboris.com, name the directories "mom.jboris.com" and "dad.jboris.com." Then putt a separate settings.php file inside each one.
For each domain, you can create a home page for non-logged users that differs from what logged-in users see. However, it sounds like you want to create a login page that doubles as a way of letting users choose which domain they want to visit. If that's the case, why not just create a splash page at both domains with links that let people choose which login page they want to visit? Something like this:
Welcome to the Mom and Pop websites
Log in to Mom's website | Log in to Pop's website
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