[support] Multi-Sites Question - Site Variables

[Tom Holmes Jr.]

great!  Thanks very much for the information.

Earnie Boyd wrote:
> Quoting "Tom Holmes Jr." <tom at tomholmes.net>:
>
>   
>> Yes, I know one instance of Drupal can have multiple sites.   It is
>> clearly documented ... no issue there.
>> I know it's about creating the right directories under the sites folder
>> and moving settings.php to that directory.
>> Clearly, settings.php holds the 'site variables' to a site in a directory.
>> Please correct me if any of that is wrong ...
>>
>> So, my question is .... we want to add a dozen new site variables for
>> our sites.
>> I think the obvious thing to do would be add those custom variables to
>> the settings.php file.
>> Is that the best way to go about it ... I didn't look yet, but are there
>> custom modules out there that specifically deal with new site variables.
>>
>> I mean, I am sure there are other ways to go about this ... but what way
>> fits best in the Drupal module?
>> I think my first suggestion of putting them in the settings.php file is
>> the most appropriate, but I could be wrong.
>>
>> Thanks for any information or help!
>>                                                                    Tom
>>     
>
> As a SWAG I would create a module foo within the sites/all/modules/foo 
> directory and use http://api.drupal.org/api/function/variable_set/ 
> within the .install file to create them.  I assume that you want the 
> same variables for each site.  You can then use the admin/settings/foo 
> form to set specific site values.
>
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