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Wednesday 04 January 2006 7:35:33 am
First, I really, really don't recommend using shared hosting that only offers you one database. You're limiting your possibilities with the CMS with such a hosting solution, and make maintenance harder. There are lots of very reliable hosting services who offer more than one database. That being said, you should be able to do something ;) First, you need to get really familiar with the concept of siteaccess. Each site you are gonna host will require one separate siteaccess. So will the admin interface for each site if you require separate ones. A siteaccess defines everything there is to know about each website. Database infos, files storage location, site name, access method... What you basically have to do is configure each siteaccess to use the same DB, but tweak the admin interface so that each site can be managed separately. I don't have the relevant settings at hand, but getting it to basically work is not hard. After that, you just have to use a separate design for each site, and you should be okay. But beware that you will have to set more infos in each siteaccess's setting files since your usage of global overrides is gonna be limited. I suggest that you use the same storage folder for each site, or if you do, that you don't use a general admin. If you do that, that admin interface won't know where the files are stored, and you're gonna end up with messed up content. I hope it helps a little.
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