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Will I run into any problems if I have 3 different GL sites on one server. They will each be in their own directory and each will have its own database. I have tried searching for the answer using "multiple" "2" "two" etc. Can't find it.
Thank you,
Jack K

in each directory "geeklog" there is a config.php
as long as they each point to a different DB name and Use you shouldnt have any issues at all.

I have had 4-5 sites on my IIS5 server, I also tried to make a new site based upon the data allready in one of the DB's and i didnt seem to have any issues.

Hope that helped..

Well, installing several sites on one server is trivial - put them each in their own directories and make sure to set the paths and URLs correctly. You could even run them off of one database by giving each site a different table prefix (in config.php).

For more sophisticated setups, there's an FAQ entry.

bye, Dirk

When installing multiple GL sites on one server on different databases, if I set my paths and URL's correctly, is there anything that I would need to do for any of the plugins that I install (regarding their databases) so they won't conflict with any other versions of the same plugins on each of the different sites.

eg. I want to run several sites each with individual user databases, forums, downloads, and Classifieds.

Regards

Kev

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Short answer is yes and no.

Long answer is, it depends on how you set it up. For me I have one core GL (but each site has it's own config.php and each site has it's own public_html and database. It makes plugins a breeze in that once you have a plugin working on one site, all you have to do is add the files into each public_html and click install. The down side is if settings are in the core plugin then changing one changes all. Most plugins it works fine though.

I just number each config.php, config1.php, config2.php. I corrispond my database with my config. Geeklog, geeklog1. geeklog2. That way I can control each site by itself. Oh in the install.php I just manuallly make my changes for which ever config I'm dealing with. And don't forget to change lib-common.php to point to the new config#.php before install.

Thanks

Regards

Kev

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Live everyday as if it was your last!

i take it that you are not hosting it your self
i do so i also have to deal with apache's httpd.conf

but your host will do that

What I did was to download a full backup of my main gl db. I then installed the new gl site into a sub-domain folder, created a new db for it, and restored the backup to the new db. I then changed the config file for the new site, and edited all usual files for a gl install.

After changing a few things in the admin area, everything was up and running within 15 minutes or less. Quite easy.