Joomla and Subdomains: /sub rather than sub.sitename?
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- Terp
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I have not yet had a need to use subdomains, but now I do...trying to have mini-sites for a few countries, all based on the main site (would change logo and menu items for the subs).
For example, I am trying to have a URL scheme like this:
siteURL/india
siteURL/china
siteURL/UK
I checked my Rochen account and saw this:
Subdomains are URLs for different sections of your website. They use your main domain name and a prefix. For example, if your domain is mysite.com a sub-domain of your domain might be support. mysite.com
...not quite what I want to do, but doable. I am just not sure if I can create a directory within the main install, say, India, and then have a seperate install in there...thinking when you go to siteURL/india, the index file in that India folder would fire and peace on Earth will be achieved.
Any tips on whether or not this is doable and the best way to approach it?
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- Wootable
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It seems to me that you are asking if you can create a folder in your public_html, and install a separate installation of joomla (or any other script). Yes, you can do this.
To do this you would have to create new folders with a ftp-client (as many as you need for your subs) and just install separate installations in each of them. (preferably with separate databases.)
A folder in your public_html will have an address like the following: domain.com/foldername.
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- Terp
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Danke, Thor.
But is this the best approach? I migrated from DotNetNuke and we had a 'portal' system where i could get it done with a single install, so thought perhaps there is a better approach in Joomla...just make up the multiple installs in directories in the root, so surprised this is how it actually works.
I can't think of a downside to this approach, so guess I'll run with it if this how people do it.
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