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

[Boris Mann]

On 10/6/06, Laura Scott <laura at pingv.com> wrote:
> On Oct 5, 2006, at 1:55 PM, Boris Mann 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.
>
> -1 to this idea.
>
> Multisite has been used to mean at least 3 different approaches --
> different databases, same database, hybrid. That is what people will
> be looking for. To deliberately avoid using the word out of a desire
> for diction purity would, in the end, make the handbooks a little
> less usable by making the content a little less findable.

In drupal developer parlance, multisite == shared codebase. That's
nice if people got the terminology wrong elsewhere, but that IS what
it means.

All the bits you mention about feednode, publish / subscribe etc. are
actually best utilized when sites are on servers remote from each
other...i.e. no multisite possible at all.

People start by looking at how to share content...and end up at
multisite because people have labelled it incorrectly. We *can* fix
diction purity ! :P

Regardless, Anisa is looking for examples / write ups of how to do
some parts of multisite. Let's get to doc writing. I'll do the DNS /
CNAME bit, because it's actually easiest if you have a sane registrar.
Well, by me, I mean I'll get Richard to write it up :P

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