I’m trying this on my local server xampp.

I’ve completed all the steps but I’m stuck in adding a new default Elgg domain. Could you explain a little what should i do from there on?

I created a new domain name called localhost/elggsite1 and the database its corresponding details. But when i click to install this new domain, it just redirect me to the folder i created which is http://localhost/elggsite1/. It’s empty inside?

What could went wrong?

Thanks for the advice.

All the code is over on the google code site, http://code.google.com/p/mp-multisite-elgg/

Marcus

Thanks for your reply.

I’m trying to set up testing sites for clients where they can view their themes. Right now I setup a sub-domain for each client and than I have to upload and install Elgg on each sub-domain.
With your code I can eliminate uploading and installing core every time – huge time saver.

As far as upgrading to 1.7.4 , I will try and mess with it and will report here my findings.
Where is the patch code?

Thanks.

In answer to your first question, probably not out of the box – it would have to be tested first and any modifications to the patch code would need to be made (which may be no changes at all its hard to say). I invite you to give it a try and give feedback!

In answer to the second one, each site is its own elgg – so they visit the subdomain you’ve activated and sign on in the normal way

Thanks.

My question: can we upgrade /docroot files with latest elgg 1.7.4?
Or will that not work?
thanks.

Thanks,
Lovegin

1) point the domain at the webserver
2) set up an apache vhost and point it at the docroot folder _inside_ your elgg multi install.

I imagine the approach would go something like this:

1) Copy MYELGGSITE/views/default to MYELGGSITE/views/THEMENAME, making sure you copy subdirectories as well. Replace THEMENAME with the name of your theme (or any name, so long as you remember it and it is unique for each theme you install)
2) Install your theme. Look in MYELGGSITE/mod/mytheme/views/ and rename ‘default’ to THEMENAME from step 1
3) Log in and activate the theme
4) Repeat 1 – 3 for each theme you want to install

Finally, you will need to have something to select between views based on the incoming domain. Some code along the lines of:

switch($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'])
{
case ‘foo.com’: set_input(‘view’, ‘theme1′); break;
case ‘bar.com’: set_input(‘view’, ‘theme2′); break;
… etc …
default: set_input(‘view’,'default’); break;
}

This should go somewhere in engine/start.php, I suggest replacing :

// System booted, return to normal view
set_input(‘view’, $oldview);

Although you might need to play around with it, especially to get RSS views etc to work.