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Setup Domains and Sub-domains¶
It is recommended that you Create a Site before setting up the domain or sub-domain.
Step 1¶
Create the domain or subdomain using your webhost’s tools. Typically this will automatically create a new folder on the server that the site’s files will be served from. Please contact your host if you need assistance with this step.
The new folder must allow files within it to access your installation’s system folder. Check with your host to ensure you don’t have “open_basedir” or other restrictions in place which could prevent this.
Step 2¶
Copy the following files from your first (default) site’s folder to your new site’s folder. We’ll call the new site domain2 for the purposes of this example.
- admin.php
- index.php
Example¶
Your single-site installation might have looked like:
└── domain1.com
├── admin.php
├── index.php
├── images
├── system
└── themes
Now that domain2 has been added, your folders might look like:
└── domain1.com
├── admin.php
├── index.php
├── images
├── system
└── themes
└── domain2.com
├── admin.php
└── index.php
Step 3¶
Open domain2’s new admin.php file (this is the file that allows Control Panel access on the new site) and make the following changes:
Tip: In some multi-site situations, you may not want to allow Control Panel access from anyhere other than domain1. This file can be removed in those cases.
System Path¶
Update the $system_path variable to indicate the path from this file to your installation’s system folder. Typically this can be a relative path, but some servers may require a full, absolute path. For example, given the folder structure above:
$system_path = '../domain1.com/system/';
Multiple Site Manager¶
Uncomment the following $assign_to_config variables. Set the Short Name of the site this file will log into, and this file’s URL. For example:
$assign_to_config['site_name'] = 'domain2_short_name';
$assign_to_config['cp_url'] = 'http://domain2.com/admin.php';
Step 4¶
Open domain2’s new index.php file and make the following changes:
System Path¶
Update the $system_path variable to indicate the path from this file to your installation’s system folder. Typically this can be a relative path, but some servers may require a full, absolute path. For example:
$system_path = '../domain1.com/system/';
Multiple Site Manager¶
Uncomment the following $assign_to_config variables. Set the Short Name of the site this file will display, the URL of this site’s admin.php file, and the main URL of the site (without index.php). For example:
$assign_to_config['site_name'] = 'domain2_short_name';
$assign_to_config['cp_url'] = 'http://domain2.com/admin.php';
$assign_to_config['site_url'] = 'http://domain2.com';