[support] Double site
Christopher M. Jones
cjones at partialflow.com
Thu Dec 11 13:09:33 UTC 2008
You don't need two installations if you go multisite. That's the whole
point of multisite: you have one installation using different databases
per domain. Essentially, multisite is just a way to simplify maintenance
by consolidating multiple sites into one codebase. Sites can share some
or all modules, some or all themes. You need to read up on this at
http://drupal.org/node/43816
simone-www.io-lab.org wrote:
> Hi
> I ve read a bit about multi site installation, but still i am not so
> sure about how to go:
> I ll have basically 2 "twin sites" each referring to a different
> island in the same archipelago, the structure both on content
> management and on the theme graphic will be the same but all content
> will be different and i d like to have the 2 sites on 2 different
> databases.
> first site: www.mysite.com/islandx
> second site: www.mysite.com/islandy
> of course at www.mysite.com there will be an island chooser
> considering i ll have to change details on the future i d like to have
> the 2 sites using the same theme and the same module folder although i
> think i need 2 different installations (to get the 2 contents on 2
> different databases)
> It s clear to me how to have a site using different themes but not
> really the other way round..
> Any hint is welcome
> Simone
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