This is my first ever attempt at making a multisite, and before I started, the documentation made it seem pretty easy to do (I'm using Drupal 7).
We already have a working Drupal site, but we now want to make it a multisite. I've gone through the instructions a few times and it will not work for me.
(I am trying to make a multisite on the same domain: www.example.com/site1, www.example.com/site2...)
During the initial install, we had to remove the .htaccess file to allow Drupal to work on our server. Not sure why (this was before I started this position),
but the team believes the REWRITES of .htaccess were stopping us from using Drupal in the first place (I'm also an .htaccess noob, so I don't know much about REWRITES).
So... all this explanation and filler to ask the question... Does Drupal 7 require an .htaccess file to run a successful multisite?
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How odd that the .htaccess
How odd that the .htaccess was removed because Drupal generates its own .htaccess.
You might check out this article: http://www.blogtooltips.com/drupal-7-multisite-greengeeks
Thanks. I will check out the
Thanks. I will check out the link.
It depends on how much
It depends on how much control you have of your server. If you have full access to it, and its Apache config files, you don't need the .htaccess files. You can do everything form the server level configs.
True--as long as what is
True--as long as what is reflected in the config file is what is in the .htaccess file.
BTW the latest update for D7 has modified the .htaccess.
So I checked out the link
So I checked out the link above (Thanks Lakeside) but the step-by-step guide is focused on a multi-domain setup, so he is changing DNS settings and whatnots.
Since the .htaccess files doesn't seem to matter (since drupal creates its own), does anyone have a good step-by-step for a multisite install that is all on the same domain?
Not clear by what you mean by
Not clear by what you mean by "a multisite...on the same domain."
A multisite is always has a single primary domain. The files look like: primary-site/sites/domain-1.com, primary-site/sites/domain-2.com.
You can have multiple
You can have multiple domains, subdomains, and sub-directories. www.example.com, sub.example.com, www.example.com/sub2, www.foo.com. All can be in one install.
I may need to read a bit more
I may need to read a bit more on multisites before I move forward. Because I am even more confused then before :)
What I meant by "a multisite...on the same domain." is that I wanted all of my sites to be different sub-directories of one single domain (so example.com/site1, example.com/site2) instead of each site having it's own domain (site1.com, site2.com).
Yes, you can do that.
Yes, you can do that.
edit:I'm trying to find a decent D7 tutorial for doing sub-directory multisite, but there aren't a lot. If you look at the example.sites.php file and default.settings.php file you'll see some pointers there.
Cool. I will take a look!
Cool. I will take a look!
edit: if you do happen to stumble on a tutorial for sub-directories multisite, I will gladly take it.
If not, I will make sure to make one once I figure it out :)
So.... if the tutorial says
So.... if the tutorial says the following:
"Configure SECONDSITE.com to point to the FIRSTSITE.com servers."
How would I do this if my multisite was all using the same domain, and each site was a sub-directory of the same domain?