I've found this component to be a great concept but haven't been able to get it to work out of the box, as it relies on Remote MySQL access to your external Joomla Sites.

I'm currently working on having this component re-written to include an api and eliminate the Remote MySQL Access issue.

It's a great concept!

I have tryed again and again, to get this component to work with ver. 1.0.13.
The comp. tells every thing is ok, but it dosn't work for me.
Regards
Boris

Lovely component, did just what I wanted (once I realised the errors I was getting with the alternative version were because it was the wrong one! Doh!) and is very easy to customise.

My only (and BIG) concern is I couldn't seem to get it to work with Community Builder, and this is a huge problem for me as I'm going to be running a large portal site with several micro-portals, which all need to share the CB login.

I was quite excited by the concept of this component when I first came across it. However, having tried to set up 2 sub-sites since yesterday, I am not utterly disappointed.

To begin with, there is hardly any documentation, which of course doesn't help. Then there seems to be a huge problem whereby corresponding tables for subsites are not created. Every time I try changing settings for a subsite the system yells at me that the table in which it tried copying the data does not exist (and the error message doesn't even have escaped quotes...)

To top it up there is a function in the JMS Admin submenu called "Resynchronise JMS Databases". This essentially removes all references to the subsites from the SITE_jms table and so from the admin panel as well. In other words, what is the point?

I tried finding information on the project page but the forum isn't working (or maybe just not existing).

I appreciate this is in the alpha stage but based on others' experience I was expecting something that would do what it says. It doesn't

We love the classic version of the multisite component. It is very easy to configure multiple sites. Each release seems to make updating and managing multiple sites easier and easier. The most challenging part is fixing other 3rd party components that try to take shortcuts and make assumptions with joomla apis.

Unfortunately damage my site...!

After install no more blog entrys and uninstall also does not fixed the prob...


Not bad comp... but at me do not work...

Congrats to the developers.
Now we have to wait the news about JMS Component.
Here is something I did to fix a little bug:

I make the component change the mod_pathway.php file to put this code (line 20):

//=========================================

$mosConfig_live_site_aux = $mosConfig_live_site;

if (defined('MULTISITE_ADMIN')) {
$mosConfig_live_site_aux = dirname( MULTISITES_SUBSITE_URL );
}

//=========================================


Another thing I did is to fix the HOME button, that was not working in sub sites. I put: "/administrator" in the line 72:

From:
$mosConfig_live_site; ?>/index2.php ....
To:
$mosConfig_live_site; ?>/administrator/index2.php ....

Well Done.

Paulilio. (From Brazil)

I downloaded this for joomla 1.0.11 and that works fine however we are now running 1.0.12 and it has been out for a while. However the component does not work for this version. I downloaded the latest Alpha version and it does install and work however you can't get to your subsites admin pages. So at the moment this component is useless.

Owner's reply:
The update for 1.0.12 has been out since February I believe. Seems you caught us in the migration process however, where that download for a while was unavailable.

This is a perfect Comp for joomla!The only Problem is there are lots of problems with Joomla! 1.0.12...So What i did is down graded to 1.0.11 and this thing works Great..NO Prob!!!
So I Reconmend that if you need Multi Sites That You Use this With 1.0.11...PS:Make sure that if you do decide to use this make sure that you download the file named com_jms_b66.zip...Enjoy

the component installs and the site feature works on multiple domains. the only problem I found so far is that the editors don't load when trying to edit content on the front page. this is a major downer since one of the strengths of JOOMLA is its ability to edit on the front end. any fix for this. and yes I've downloaded build 66

Excellent! Loaded easily and I'm currently using it on my test site. So far everything works fantastic.

This component is pretty intuitive and easy to use as long as you pay attention to the tips on the subsite page.

I installed this component in the hope of putting "works in progress" for clients to view... Unfortunately, I also use JACLplus (a 'hack' that is mentioned only in SourceForge and found only after I had installed/uninstalled, replaced most of the Joomla admin files and triple checked the db).

JMS has cost me 5 days, and still I am unable to post to their SourceForge site or get a response to my inaccessibility to the site's backend... at all!!!

Am not happy

If any of the developers see this... please.. I would like some advice.

Simon

Owner's reply:
Seems you caught us right in the migration process to a now developer area (a migration all Joomla projects was forced to do). Unfortunately this caused a lot of inaccessibility of forums and other project support channels.



Currently, we also have an Alternative version available, one that does not require patching - it is different from the Original version, but it should definitely work with other "Hacks" that exists. (Which was the main reason that it was developed in the first place)

This is may first review after using the joomla CMS for 12 months now. Much respect to the developers for taking matters into their own hands with the release of this component under the GNU GPL. It is a much needed addition to the joomla extensions library.

My experience has overall been good, but as yet I haven't been able to access the administrator section of any of the backend sites I've created...

I hope you keep up the good work and release an update for joomla 1.012, and would love to see the development of a support forum.

Owner's reply:
Thanks for the feedback Support forums are available here: http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/jmultisites/forum/

A previous user wrote "When a user logins to one of the sub-sites, because the sessions are shared, he/she is logged in to others too!"

This is a feature I needed for my sites so this is not something that should be eliminated. Providing an option might be a good idea though.

This is an excelent component.

Congrats to the developers.

is a very good tool, i really like it, i test it and start to now the component.

instalation of the componente was easy, installation of new subsites very easy.

the only think is that the subsite has to be on the same server. (or is another way?)

Thanks for the great work!