By aditogs on

Hi,

I've read it all (including the install.txt and the daryl.learninghouston article) but it makes no sense to me.

I've copied the default file, and changed the base to my necessary url. That bit I can cope with.

Next I try to do stuff with the database. I currently run 5 football player fansites. They all play for Man United (sorry!). I want to be able to share content (match reports, previews, etc) but keep the feel of an independent site.

I believe that as one of a multisite I would be able to configure different themes, menus, etc for each player but still be able to share content.

I have played with Drupal and like it, but don't seem to be able to get off the ground with it!

Alternatievly (one of you pros should know this) is there a simple way of creating different 'home-pages' which would include having different menus, etc, to come up.

I can redirect to the urls from main domain so can afford to be a bit messy if need be.

Please help and I will acknowledge that you are so so much better than me at all this!

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michelle’s picture

michelle
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Primary language English
Location Wisconsin, USA
commented

It's the sharing tables part that makes this complicated. Normally, the multi site install is for distinct sites that don't share anything. What you're trying to do is beyond that, so it's understandable that install.txt isn't helping you. You might want to try searching the site for "sharing tables" and such and see if you can find posts where this has been covered. I'm not saying that it's not in the docs as I don't have all the docs memorized. ;) But I don't remember seeing it there.

Oh, and you might want to have a look at organic groups and sections modules to see if maybe you can do what you're trying to do in one site.

Michelle

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jasonwhat commented

Turned up this, http://drupal.org/node/43816

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jasonwhat commented

...Or subdomains.

Create some subdomains, or park full domains onto the base of your site. For example, if your site was at public_html/drupal then you'd park your new domain on that "drupal" directory. Then you create a file called, "mysite.com" or whatever you call your new parked domain and put the config files in there. You can choose different themes for the different sites you park.

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jwoolson
Location Fredonia, NY
commented

To achieve your goal, suggest using http://drupal.org/project/taxonomy_theme, building a separate taxonomy for each site. To keep the domains separate, try using domain/URL frame masking. There are disadvantages to domain masking, but I think this would get you very close to your desired result. Each domain mask would be forwarded to the root of each taxonomy (one tax per site).

Using the taxonomy theme module with domain masking should let you share common content across different URLs, all served from the same database, but formatted into a separate theme for each site.

More on domain masking at:
http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2005/02/secrets-of-domain-maskin...

Jonathan Woolson

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identity commented

Haven't done it and still learning Drupal, but the "Building Online Communities with Drupal, phpBB, and WordPress" from Apress with the Drupal section by Robert Douglass seems to have some pretty good detailed info on setting up multi site, including using separate and shared databases as well as sharing tables in both situations. Might want to hit your bookstore or see if your library has it.

So far the book has really helped to bridge the gap between the technical-ness of the handbooks and understanding.

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Jacob commented

Just for your consideration ...

Sharing the same content between many sites creates "content duplication" problem for your sites from search engine optimization point of view.

Regards,
Jacob.