Hi,
I have a single drupal installation with multiple sites. I can somewhat easily customize each site individually, such as enable and configure modules, add user roles, etc.
However, when I realize that I need a specific user role for all of my 5 drupal sites (particularly, site admin with reduced privileges), I find it tedious to log into each site separately and configure it. The problem escalates as the number of sites goes up.
I was wondering if there is an easier way to mass-configure all sites in a single installation? (I am guessing the answer is no, because conflict resolution could be complex?)
When creating a new site (i.e., copying sites/default to something else), and running the install script (install.php) on that site, are the default settings for the new site copied from the default site that I reconfigured, or reinitialized with Drupal default values? If it's the latter, is there an easy way to change installation defaults?
If any of these questions have been answered elsewhere, I'd appreciate a pointer to the answer.
Cheers,
Tony A.A.
The install.php script will use the default, reinitialized as you say, Drupal install. You will have to create an install profile of your own, see http://drupal.org/node/67921.
As of yet, there is no known multi-site administer module, though there has been some work and ideas floated around.
Greg
-----Original Message----- From: support-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of The Golden Condor ! Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 8:23 AM To: support@drupal.org Subject: [support] Common Configurations of Multiple Sites
Hi,
I have a single drupal installation with multiple sites. I can somewhat easily customize each site individually, such as enable and configure modules, add user roles, etc.
However, when I realize that I need a specific user role for all of my 5 drupal sites (particularly, site admin with reduced privileges), I find it tedious to log into each site separately and configure it. The problem escalates as the number of sites goes up.
I was wondering if there is an easier way to mass-configure all sites in a single installation? (I am guessing the answer is no, because conflict resolution could be complex?)
When creating a new site (i.e., copying sites/default to something else), and running the install script (install.php) on that site, are the default settings for the new site copied from the default site that I reconfigured, or reinitialized with Drupal default values? If it's the latter, is there an easy way to change installation defaults?
If any of these questions have been answered elsewhere, I'd appreciate a pointer to the answer.
Cheers,
Tony A.A.
Precisely what I was looking for! Thanks Greg!
Cheers,
Tony A.A.
On 1/29/07, Greg Holsclaw greg.holsclaw@trouvemedia.com wrote:
The install.php script will use the default, reinitialized as you say, Drupal install. You will have to create an install profile of your own, see http://drupal.org/node/67921.
As of yet, there is no known multi-site administer module, though there has been some work and ideas floated around.
Greg
-----Original Message----- From: support-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of The Golden Condor ! Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 8:23 AM To: support@drupal.org Subject: [support] Common Configurations of Multiple Sites
Hi,
I have a single drupal installation with multiple sites. I can somewhat easily customize each site individually, such as enable and configure modules, add user roles, etc.
However, when I realize that I need a specific user role for all of my 5 drupal sites (particularly, site admin with reduced privileges), I find it tedious to log into each site separately and configure it. The problem escalates as the number of sites goes up.
I was wondering if there is an easier way to mass-configure all sites in a single installation? (I am guessing the answer is no, because conflict resolution could be complex?)
When creating a new site (i.e., copying sites/default to something else), and running the install script (install.php) on that site, are the default settings for the new site copied from the default site that I reconfigured, or reinitialized with Drupal default values? If it's the latter, is there an easy way to change installation defaults?
If any of these questions have been answered elsewhere, I'd appreciate a pointer to the answer.
Cheers,
Tony A.A.
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This doesn't exactly get at what you're talking about, but I developed site cloning scripts rather than the running install.php methodology. I've made the scripts available on a web site: http://www2.evergreen.edu/dave, but they're customized to my environment.
What we do is,
Create a sample site in its own database. Upon creating new sites, we use the copysite scripts to create a new site from the "skeleton" or "Sample" site. This way all the access control as well as default configurations come form the sample site.
A similar approach might work.
-----Original Message----- From: support-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of The Golden Condor ! Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 8:23 AM To: support@drupal.org Subject: [support] Common Configurations of Multiple Sites
Hi,
I have a single drupal installation with multiple sites. I can somewhat easily customize each site individually, such as enable and configure modules, add user roles, etc.
However, when I realize that I need a specific user role for all of my 5 drupal sites (particularly, site admin with reduced privileges), I find it tedious to log into each site separately and configure it. The problem escalates as the number of sites goes up.
I was wondering if there is an easier way to mass-configure all sites in a single installation? (I am guessing the answer is no, because conflict resolution could be complex?)
When creating a new site (i.e., copying sites/default to something else), and running the install script (install.php) on that site, are the default settings for the new site copied from the default site that I reconfigured, or reinitialized with Drupal default values? If it's the latter, is there an easy way to change installation defaults?
If any of these questions have been answered elsewhere, I'd appreciate a pointer to the answer.
Cheers,
Tony A.A.