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Just downloaded CMS made simple and reviewed many of the templates, content etc. Currently using on local host with no problem.
My question is, how do I work on more than one web site at one time. Can I just copy the CMS folder into another folder - should it be renamed? Are there any files that need to be changed within Apache to accomplish this?
Using a MacBook.
Thanks

Brian

You can easily work on multiple sites at the same time with only slight differences between a shared hosting space and your local machine.

Assuming you are on your local machine and your sites are located in a folder www (as example), just make a subdirectory for every deployment: www/sitea www/siteb www/sitec

Drop the cmsms installations files in the folder you want and extract. Make a database for every site using a tool such as phpmyadmin or similar - depending on what database you are using.

Then just point your browser to the subdirectory for the install (assuming you have set up your local server - eg. apache - to run from the www folder):

localhost/sitea/admin/install.php

..and that's it.

There are obviously lots of permutations, depending on how your server is set up.

If you are not running off of a local host, but rather some commercial server, you can still do the same trick, but you probably have to set up subdomains such as sitea.yourdomain.com poiting to sitea folder. Also, you will have to have a package that gives you access to more than one database. For a good solution, see Arvixe's add at the bottom of this page.

Drop the cmsms installations files in the folder you want and extract. Make a database for every site using a tool such as phpmyadmin or similar - depending on what database you are using.

Just for me to be clear, that would mean that I would have the cmsms in each subdirectory.

Thanks

Thats correct - if your on a mac, check out Virtual host x, or mamp pro - these could help you set up sites locally on separate domains for each installation