Recommended way to create multiple independent sites?

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Colin Angel	Friday 18 March 2005 3:50:03 pm I've installed a fresh copy of eZ publish, I've run through the wizard and chosen the 'plain' site. The plain site works fine. Now I want to build an additional site. <b>Q: What is the recommended way to create multiple, independent sites using the same ez installation, but separate databases?</b> ie. the following sites should have different users, content, design and databases: localhost/index.php/site1 localhost/index.php/site2 I've read through the documentation and the forums, but I haven't had any luck with the suggestions I've found. I apologize if I've missed something. <b>Approach #1</b> - I've tried running the wizard again, and that seems to work, but it always overwrites the settings/override/site.ini.append.php - forcing me to manually add my existing sites to SiteList and AvailableSiteAccessList. <b>Is this the recommended approach?</b> <b>Approach #2</b> - I've also tried: - Create a new database - Load kernel_schema.sql and cleandata.sql - Copy the plain and plain_admin folders to new folders - Rename them to site2 and site2_admin - Change any references in siteaccess\site2\site.ini.append.php and siteaccess\site2_admin\site.ini.append.php from 'plain' to 'site2' - Point the Database settings to my new database - Add site2 to SiteList and AvailableSiteAccessList settings in the settings/override/site.ini.append.php file. - Clear all the caches thru the admin interface. This second approach doesn't work for me... when I load the user page at localhost/index.php/site2 I get "Error kernel (3)" and "Object is Unavailable" and when I load the admin site at localhost/index.php/site2_admin, the main page shows "The requested page could not be displayed. (3)" and there is no way to add any new content. I get the same error when I click on User Accounts, so I can't add users. Obviously I'm missing some content, but I don't know how to populate it without using the Wizard as described above. Ideally I'd like a commandline approach rather than the wizard, as I'd like to automate as much of the process as possible. My Details: ----------- Installed eZ 3.5.1 from scratch Windows 2003 (for now) Apache 1.3.33 (not using virtual host for now) MySQL Ver 14.7 Distrib 4.1.9 I'm using URI-based site access for now. Thanks for any guidance... sorry if this post put you to sleep! Colin
Frederik Holljen	Saturday 19 March 2005 6:30:36 am Approach 2 is correct. However, you also need to set a new CacheDir for the second "site" (both siteaccesses). The setting can be found in site.ini.
Colin Angel	Saturday 19 March 2005 9:49:16 am Thanks for your reply Frederik. I forgot to mention that I'd set VarDir=var/site2 so my cache is being created in var/site2/cache I'm stuck with the same errors described in my previous post for Approach #2. Help! ;-)
Colin Angel	Saturday 19 March 2005 10:34:03 am Solved. I did a database comparison between a plain site installed with the wizard, and one created manually using kernel_schema.sql and cleandata.sql and the main difference is... Locale. cleandata.sql loads content for the en-GB locale, but my siteaccess was setup for en-CA content. In the "Manual configuration of eZ publish" document at the bottom is a section called "Translation settings in database". This section is mandatory if you use a different locale. You MUST run these commands (using your locale) before being able to load your user or admin sites.