Multisiting

[maxa]

How exactly wiil multiple sites be realised?

[ruebenwurzel]

Hello,

What did you mean with this?

Matthias

[maxa]

For example (citing from some discussion)
"... it comes to my mind that it should be possible to run 2 or more sites which use the same software, but different data and layout completely separated. What it takes is not so much:

-  Depending on the domain WsB would need to pull a different localconfig.php
-  Each domain localconfig would then have a separate database connect information
-  Each domain localconfig would also have a separate file root pointer (-> /tl_files/....)
-  Each domain localconfig would also have a separate custom templates pointer (-> /templates/...)

Of cause there are some mode smaller or bigger issues such as how to automatily update the various databases (runonce.php), but I think those could be solved too. After all it involves however several changes in the core, and may be difficult to keep backward compatibility with this shift, so I would vote to have this implemented in version 3.0"

Taking a step back i think a directory structure like this could be suitable

plugins/... (common for all clients)
system/... (common for all clients, but no localconfig.php here)
websitebaker/... (common for all clients)
clients/
clients/default/... (default client, fallback when no other client domain matched)
clients/foo.com/...   (1st client files: for foo.com and www.foo.com)
clinets/bar.net/... (2nd client files: for bar.net and www.bar.net)

Below each client we would find the directories:

../config/... (localconfig.php, ...)
../logs/... (client dependent log files maybe?)
../templates/.. (custom templates folder)
../tl_files/.. (application and user files)

There is a lot of CMS with some multisiting functionality, i just want to know the way of multisiting idea realisation, in WsB case. What does it mean to the developers?

[maxa]

Here are some examples of multiple sites support:
1. http://www.bitrixsoft.com/help/index.html?page=source%252Fmain%252Fhelp%252Fen%252Fmultisite.php.html

2. http://drupal.org/search/node/Multisite

3. http://lists.netfielders.de/pipermail/typo3-ch/2005-February/000695.html

4. http://websplanet.com/solutions/yellow_pages.html
WebsPlanet’s Central Management Tool offers directory publishers complete centralized control over their organization’s and customers’ websites. The tool provides one centralized area for building, managing and controlling all websites, saving on operational outlay, while facilitating up-selling and cross-selling.

5. http://www.elearningforce.biz/multisites-site-manager-proftp/multisites-site-manager-proftp.html

6. http://expressionengine.com/downloads/details/multiple_site_manager/

[Ryan]

With PHP, you can include a file from anywhere on your system. However, some servers require you to add the path to open_basedir for it to be allowed.

With WB3, you will simply place an index.php file in the root of your installation/site, and that file will contain configuration and then include that shared system file.

E.g. /var/www/mysite/index.php:

Code:

<?php
$config['db_host'] = 'localhost';
$config['db_user'] = 'user';
$config['db_pass'] = 'password';
$config['db_name'] = 'wb';
require_once('/usr/share/websitebaker3/run.php');
?>

E.g. /usr/share/websitebaker3/run.php

Code:

<?php
// include wb libraries
// execute code
?>

Ryan