Want to run multiple sites with one load of core files
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Hi there,
We ahve a client that sells products on his site and recruits Dealers to join the effort. He has his main website and each signed dealer gets a subdomain and has basically the same website with the exception of 2 pages. Since he wants to expand his dealer network, we are looking into more efficient methods to host the sites. All site are housed on the same business hosting account as part of their deal with him.
I think I have seen a few discussioins pertaining to what I am going to ask now. Can the main websites have the C5 files loaded and the sub domains run on the same core script? They are excatly the same website with the exception of two additional pages on the main website.
I hope this makes sense. If anyone has any experience with this kmethod we are trying to employ, I would love to hear your feedback, suggestions, instructions or we are just palin crazy, lol. I would like to be able to discuss this with you if anyone is interested.
Thanks and cheers
We ahve a client that sells products on his site and recruits Dealers to join the effort. He has his main website and each signed dealer gets a subdomain and has basically the same website with the exception of 2 pages. Since he wants to expand his dealer network, we are looking into more efficient methods to host the sites. All site are housed on the same business hosting account as part of their deal with him.
I think I have seen a few discussioins pertaining to what I am going to ask now. Can the main websites have the C5 files loaded and the sub domains run on the same core script? They are excatly the same website with the exception of two additional pages on the main website.
I hope this makes sense. If anyone has any experience with this kmethod we are trying to employ, I would love to hear your feedback, suggestions, instructions or we are just palin crazy, lol. I would like to be able to discuss this with you if anyone is interested.
Thanks and cheers
That's coming in the next version.
https://www.concrete5.org/about/roadmap
read more about it.
read more about it.
Can't you just use a symlink? I used to have five C5 sites running off one install before I moved hosts.
If I understand correctly, I'll need to load C5 files into each directory for each URL that I'm supporting? We have 5 different websites all hosted on the same server.
Somewhat related: how do I edit a template before publishing it? (C5 wiped out our website when we installed it.)
Somewhat related: how do I edit a template before publishing it? (C5 wiped out our website when we installed it.)
as mentioned by patitude29, if your websites are on the same server you may use symlinks, it works
example:
the core of concrete is installed on your webserver at the following adresse:
then for your websites you may create a symlink:
of course, make before a complete backup, including database, and do a
on each websites
or... just wait a while for c5.8.6 where it will be included in the core!
example:
the core of concrete is installed on your webserver at the following adresse:
~/soft/concrete5/8/concrete5-8.5.1/concrete
then for your websites you may create a symlink:
cd /var/www/website1 ln -s ~/soft/concrete5/8/concrete5-8.5.1/concrete cd /var/www/website2 ln -s ~/soft/concrete5/8/concrete5-8.5.1/concrete
of course, make before a complete backup, including database, and do a
rm -fR concreteon each websites
or... just wait a while for c5.8.6 where it will be included in the core!
