[documentation] [Documentation task] Installing Drupal multiple sites, multiple Drupal Install Texts

[Spz Toid]

On 4/21/06, njivy <drupal-docs at drupal.org> wrote:
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> The descriptions of the filesystem layouts confuse me.  Could we show
> excerpts from the results of ls -al to describe how sub-directory
> installations relate to the primary codebase?



Hi njivy,

I updated the text as follows (below), but I haven't taken the time yet to
update www.amstercad.com or readied another release. Before I do that, is
this revised text helpful to you? (This revised text appears just before the
.htaccess section of the multi-site docs.)

I am afraid this instruction differs from your installation, as I understand
both your installation and Dries' original text. But I may just as easily be
mistaken, I really am no expert, I'm just someone trying to clarify the
written instructions.

My understanding is that modules, themes, and the favicon are made unique
the way I've tried to clarify.

Now I also wonder... Are unique, site-specific directories for 'files',
'includes', and 'misc', also configured this way? If someone clarifies this
for me, I'll adjust the instruction accordingly.

I hope this text is an improvement, and I plan to incorporate it into the
multi-site versions of the install doc. Please let me know if this helps
you. If I'm really off-the-mark, please help clarify the setup anyway you
can.

Thanks,
SpzToid


Site-specific Themes, Modules, or Favicons
Each website configuration can be configured with unique themes, modules,
and favicons, that are not shared by the other sites of your multi-site
installation.

To introduce site-specific themes, or modules, you must create a new
'modules' or a new 'themes' directory. The location of this new directory is
inside the 'sites' directory that is receiving unique treatment from the
other sites sharing the codebase.

For example, if the site 'sub.example.com' has a custom theme or a custom
module, that should not shared with, or even be accessible to, other sites
sharing the codebase, then the structure for either unique theme or module
directory is as follows:

  sites/sub.example.com/settings.php
  sites/sub.example.com/themes/unique_theme_directory
  sites/sub.example.com/modules/unique_module_directory

To configure a unique site favicon with 'sub.example.com', the file should
be located at:

  sites/sub.example.com/favicon.ico
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