<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/6/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Boris Mann</b> <<a href="mailto:boris@bryght.com">boris@bryght.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 10/5/06, Anisa <<a href="mailto:mystavash@animecards.org">mystavash@animecards.org</a>> wrote:<br><br>> With so many ways of doing a symlink, I agree htaccess is hardly ideal, but<br>> when I asked my host about it, (before I asked about the symlink), that's
<br>> what they came back with. Bad people? :)<br><br>They may have some funky control panel that doesn't provide a lot of<br>flexibility. Not necessarily evil, just misguided :P</blockquote><div><br> ;) You get what you get, I suppose.
<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">> No other ways than these 4?<br><br>Within the scope of reason, I don't think so.
</blockquote><div><br>OK, we'll stick with those four, then. <br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">> > > Also, there is also the case of completely different servers?
<br>> ><br>> > I think there is still confusion about multi-site. Multi-site, in<br>> > Drupal world, means specifically running multiple sites from the same<br>> > codebase. It does NOT mean anything about sharing content or
<br>> > users...that is, well, a whole other section entitled "Sharing content<br>> > and users between sites using database prefixing".<br>> ><br>> > So, um, no...this doesn't work if Drupal is on different servers.
<br>><br>> But in the case of #1, why not? If you're just pointing around.<br>><br>> Not entirely sure I follow your argument. It seems to me that if it were<br>> about sharing, then it would have to be on the same server, since it's not
<br>> about sharing, why can't it be on different servers?<br><br>Err...well, each server actually has to have the Drupal codebase<br>installed on it. They are two physical, mentally, and electronically<br>different sites. I install Drupal on serverA and I install Drupal on
<br>serverB. Both have different IP addresses, and DNS can only point to<br>one or the other.<br><br>Multi site == multiple Drupal sites (shared database or not, that's a<br>step 2, and you can still have shared content WITHOUT sharing the
<br>codebase) running off the same Drupal codebase. And yes, the word<br>codebase is not ideal.</blockquote><div><br>I like main site and baby (fine, sub ;) site, but... Completely open to suggestions. :)<br><br>I think the DNS/CNAME page will have to have some concrete examples and definitions.
<br><br>I'm going to reorganize the pages a little more so they are easier to read, will post again when done.<br><br>Anisa.<br></div></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>*********************************<br><a href="http://www.AnimeCards.Org">
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