Multi-site with single codebase, different content databases, shared user database, shared sign-on. SECURITY ALERT - The Shared Sign-On module this tutorial formerly relied on has been withdrawn because of security risks. It is no longer available at all. There is a replacement module called Single Sign On. It should replace the Shared Sign-On module, but currently reports problems with user registration and recommends registration happens through the master site. If your solution requires branded registration pages, you could create a suite of registration pages on the master site and use the Theme Key module to apply the correct theme to each one, for a seamless user experience (except for the URL, obviously).
WARNING - Following this approach will make updates potentially trickier. This tutorial makes two assumptions: 1. Make a copy of /sites/default to /sites/site1 and another to /sites/site2. Add these lines to your hosts files: 127.0.0.1 site1127.0.0.1 site2 Create three empty MySQL databases: drupal_site1drupal_site2drupal_shared_tables sessionsusers (This is not a definitive list. Learn By The Drop | A place to learn Drupal. Installing Drupal on 5.0-Nano - Uniform Server Wiki System. This step-by-step guide shows how to install Drupal on Uniform Server 5.0-Nano and how to resolve common issues such as PHP mail and cron. Preparation - 1 Extract a new copy of Uniform Server V5.0-Nano to this folder --- Database user name - No need to change this --- Database password - Before installing Drupal, I recommend changing this using apanel Uniform Server.
Download Drupal (or newer version) from here save to a convenient folder for example Unzip the downloaded file (drupal-6.15.tar.gz) Windows cannot do this. --- Download site: PortableApps.com --- File name: 7-Zip Portable - Multilingual file archiver and compressor --- Make a copy of file: --- Rename this copy to: Switch to production, start servers UniServer’s default is to use the production PHP configuration file. Before installing any applications, ensure that the production configuration is selected. Start UniTray, in folder UniServer double click on , which creates the tray icon. If development displayed, proceed as follows: 1.
Drupal Tutorials - Drupal Sub domain configuration | DrupalSN.com. You should be comfortable with server configurations and will to get your hands dirty (a bit). Big thanks to Ariene Ellefsen for writing this great little tutorial for DrupalSN, thanks Ariene! Hello Everybody, I’d like to share this tutorial with you about how to set up subdomains on your website using Drupal and a few server tricks. So why use subdomains? Subdomains offer 3 main advantages: Google treats a sub domain as a totally different website from its main domain You can use any keyword(s) as a subdomain It doesn’t cost you any extra money to set up a subdomain (with most host companies). So, if your agent website is hosted on a domain name like, “ellewebdesign.com“, you can set up an unlimited number of subdomains (providing you host company permits it, check with them), such as… service.ellewebdesign.com portfolio.ellewebdesign.com blog.ellewebdesign.com project.ellewebdesign.com And so on. Here’s another Google advantage.
Subdomain Setup Let’s get stuck in and set up our subdomains.