Multiple website/domain CMS ?

[webhuset]

Hi,

Is there a module or way to have one "master" CMSMS installation work for multiple sites/domains with different layouts and designs for each one?

Let's say we have 10 clients, all with different designs and layout(templates). Instead of keeping track and updating 10 CMSMS installations, can I get all 10 domains / sites to work with one CMSMS installation?

[Wishbone]

It's not designed for it, but can concievably be done by having different templates for each site, and possibly some .htaccess mod_rewrite magic to redirect domains to different starting pages. As for the menu, you can have a top-level section header content type for each site, with sub-pages be the main menu for that site. You would instantiate the menu in the template by stating {menu start_element="1.1"} (or 2.1, 3.1, 4.1) etc, so that only the menu for that site would be displayed. Different news categories for each site, etc... However there could be some cross-talk between sites, as you might have a page called "http://domain_one.com/fees".. If you went to "http://domain_two.com/fees", it would take you to the other site, with the wrong site in the address bar. {sitename} wouldn't work in the ; you would have to wrap your own smarty code around that, not to mention default meta tags for SEO. Backup and recovery of the database would be a mess if you wanted to recover one site. It would be a major pain to separate a site if the client wanted to leave and host it elsewhere. It would also be an issue if you gave your client access to edit their site.. They would have access to the other sites as well.

I think it would be more trouble than it's worth.

[Dr.CSS]

This has been discussed so many times it's not even funny...

Please use the search next time, there are even post that try and explain how to do it...