[documentation] Sharing content/users between Drupal sites (was Re: multi site docs)

[Larry Garfield]

Only if you're going to mention putting multiple sites in one database with 
table prefixes, which runs into the shared-content subject that Boris is 
talking about.

Another thing to cover, I think, is directory-based multi-site rather than 
just domain-based.  Especially if one site is "under" another, that runs into 
all sorts of weirdness.  (I was recently bitten by that myself, and haven't 
figured out how to make it work nicely yet. <g>)

On Thursday 05 October 2006 15:17, Anisa wrote:
> Is there any point to covering creating a database?
>
> Hm..
>
> Anisa.
>
> On 10/6/06, Anisa <mystavash at animecards.org> wrote:
> > Booo, I'm writing it, and I want to write multi site docs.  ;)
> >
> > I will allow you the point, though, and I'll separate them out.
> >
> > In which case...  There is still the crucial Step 3!  I will find some
> > symlink stuff if someone else will write the CNAME and document root
> > thingies?
> >
> > I never did see an example of htaccess in the forum posts...
> >
> > Anisa.
> >
> > On 10/6/06, Boris Mann <boris at bryght.com > wrote:
> > > Please...the term "multi-site" refers ONLY to Case 1 -- nothing
> > > shared, just running on the same codebase.
> > >
> > > If this is a HOW TO for *sharing content*....that is a whole other
> > > tutorial, and is not officially supported (although pulling together
> > > the info would be great). As I hinted at earlier, you can do sharing
> > > content without multi-site...it's ALL done at the database layer.
> > >
> > > So...I think it should in fact be titled "HOW TO: Sharing
> > > content/users between Drupal sites"...making no mention of multi-site.
> > >
> > > Sorry to be anal about this, but we have enough issues with folks
> > > getting confused by terminology.
> > >
> > > On 10/5/06, Anisa <mystavash at animecards.org> wrote:
> > > > http://drupal.mystavash.net/node/3
> > > >
> > > > Hm...
> > > >
> > > > Question!
> > > >
> > > > For the first step, creating a database, I made 3 baby pages for each
> > >
> > > case
> > >
> > > > (1, 2, 3).  For the 2nd step, configuring settings.php, I know it's
> > > > relatively easy, but I think it would be worth while to spell out all
> > >
> > > the
> > >
> > > > variables.  In that case, it's too much stuff for one page (I made
> > > > the
> > > >
> > > > tables Gaele suggested), so....  is it a good idea to make again Case
> > >
> > > 1, 2,
> > >
> > > > 3 child pages?
> > > >
> > > > For the last step, pointing, I don't think it matters which case it
> > >
> > > is, so
> > >
> > > > it wouldn't be needed, it'd just be separated into the 4 different
> > >
> > > methods.
> > >
> > >
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