Multi Sites 
Version
1.3.10 (last update on May 7, 2013)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
104
License
GPLv2 or later
Commercial
Type
Date Added
27 July 2008
With this new feature you can share the joomla files and folders to create totally independent web sites.
This simply the maintenance of Joomla as you have only one instance to update for all the websites.
With JMS you can create website based on website template to create new slave site.
A "maintenance" functionality is also provided to help supervising the extension installed in each website with their datamodel and help you fix the potential datamodel errors.
As each website has its own joomla configuration.
You can decide to use:
- One database for all the websites. In this case, you must specify different database table prefix for each websites.
- Two databases (One master database and One slave database). This architecture is advised when you want to install JMS on an existing website and you are limited in the number of databases you can create (or disk space).
- As many databases than there are websites. This is the most flexible architecture where each websites works with its own database. This is generally the architecture adopted by joomla when you create multiple websites.
The content of each website is totally independent. This means that the content (articles, news, forum, users, ...) are NOT shared.
The setup of each configuration site consists in using the standard joomla installation mechanism.
In the administration of a 'Slave' site, you can re-install/uninstall extension previously installed on the 'Master' site.
The 'Master' site is the one where you have installed the Joomla MultiSite component and where you manage the 'Slave' sites.
Additional controls are performed during the installation/uninstallation of an extension in a 'slave' site.
Before executing the standard joomla installation, it is verified that the extension you request to install has exactly the same name and same version number to avoid inconsistency between all sites.
This additional control is performed to ensure that you will overwrite the current installation with identical files that you originally installed.
On 'slave' site, uninstalling an extension consists in a joomla standard cleanup of the database. The files present on disk for this extension is not deleted to avoid disturb the other sites.
You can also replicate a website into the same database or in different DB to avoid re-installing the extension in each slave site.
On Unix platform, it is also possible to deploy a slave site into a specific folder.
You can also share user and share the content of a limited number of extensions.
Looking at the comments on this component, you get a good feeling about it. I confirm that these comments are all true. Great service! I had many questions regarding the Quotas vs the Registration and had instant feedbacks from Edwin. It placed me in a confort zone. I have great confident that this component, JUST by the great fast and clean replies by Edwin, will be up and running in no time. What a guy that Edwin.
Merci encore pour toutes tes réponses super rapides !
Merci encore pour toutes tes réponses super rapides !
i bought this extension and at first challenged with session problems in subdomains.
but later -thanks to Edwin, the developer- all problems solved and it works well now. (1.2.7 version)
this seems to be the most important and useful extension i paid for, with jomsocial.
but later -thanks to Edwin, the developer- all problems solved and it works well now. (1.2.7 version)
this seems to be the most important and useful extension i paid for, with jomsocial.
I cannot even begin to tell you how wonderful this Extension is!!! And Edwin is an absolutely amazingly brilliant developer! I will have to admit, when i downloaded this extension, I was a bit worried that I would have trouble making it work, but through the wonderful manuals and online tutorial videos I was up and running in just a few hours. I had some specific ideas of how I was going to use this extension, and Edwin wrote an update to the program to aid me in this installation! Big Big Big thumbs up!!! Thanks Edwin!
Without having this extension we would not be able to efficiently use Joomla! for the website that we are hosting. We have currently around 10 websites in Joomla! and plan to raise this number to 50+ over time.
Without this extension we would have to maintain (update!) multiple Joomla! installations and all the plug-ins in those websites. Given the frequent updates of Joomla! it would take a lot of time to update all the websites and would pose a lot of update problems risks.
Joomla Multiple Sites (JMS) enables having a single Joomla! installation and single plug-ins installation and run as much websites as we want with simple update process for the websites. The work involved in replicating what JMS does would simply be too great to justify the use of Joomla!.
The support provided is near instantaneous and we always get what we need.
We highly recommend this extension for anyone running 2 or more websites or planning to do so in the future.
Without this extension we would have to maintain (update!) multiple Joomla! installations and all the plug-ins in those websites. Given the frequent updates of Joomla! it would take a lot of time to update all the websites and would pose a lot of update problems risks.
Joomla Multiple Sites (JMS) enables having a single Joomla! installation and single plug-ins installation and run as much websites as we want with simple update process for the websites. The work involved in replicating what JMS does would simply be too great to justify the use of Joomla!.
The support provided is near instantaneous and we always get what we need.
We highly recommend this extension for anyone running 2 or more websites or planning to do so in the future.
I am very hesitant to buy commercial Joomla Components, because very often I am not completely satisfied with what I get. But this can not be said for the Multisite Component. I am very happy with what it does and the features it offers and highly recommend it. The only thing that could use considerable improvement is the documentation. However, the programmer really made up for that through some personal support. Whenever I send an email I would get a response within hours. I so appreciated that, in particular since I had a problem with Multi Site on one of my Servers. It was not working properly and I could not figure out why. Turns out that the problem were my Domain Names. Multi Site does not interpret Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), which are domains with non-ASCII-Characters. In order for Multisite to work properly, you have to insert the translated domain into the Domain List Field in Multi Site. Then it works like a charm.
I consider Multisite one of the best Components available and a MUST HAVE for anyone who has several domains.
I consider Multisite one of the best Components available and a MUST HAVE for anyone who has several domains.
This product is really amazing! I had some troubles getting started but the support i got from Edwin was awesome! I installed a component that initially didn't work and when i asked for help, he ended up making it compatible with a new version that he was making only after two days and i was able to upload that new version the next day! I was completely surprised and definitely satisfied.
Can it possible to manage content @ menu and all other thing from only one admin, like it happen in drupal.
This extension works just well :)
This is one of a kind, it really allow to do new things with your joomla.
User Sharing works and I can create site by replicating an existing one.
Just too bad we can't share just a part of the users with a subsite, that would be great.
This is one of a kind, it really allow to do new things with your joomla.
User Sharing works and I can create site by replicating an existing one.
Just too bad we can't share just a part of the users with a subsite, that would be great.
Edwin is THE BEST!!!!!! I had tons of problems installing because the manual isn't written in perfect English and I was scared to death of destroying my existing website. Edwin walked me through everything via email communication. He's amazing! I wish all developers were like him. It's worth getting this extension just for Edwin's fabulous customer service.
I had lots of problems installing this component. ALL OF THEM MY FAULT. Edwin showed incredible patience with many detailed emails to assist me. It turned out that my ISP's implemntation was mostly to blame but Edwin never gave up on me. By far the best support ever provided by and Joomla developer.
Thanks Edwin!
Thanks Edwin!
I used JMS for awhile, completely to my satisfaction. It's easy to install and the tutorials are just as they should be (to the point!) - just great. Then yesterday I had a problem: JMS was gone. Now I'm the type of person that starts looking first myself - making things worse of course... It turned out that the hosting company had server problems without them knowing.
Anyway, in the meantime I had put a message on the JMS Forum. Within 10 minutes I had an answer. We mailed a couple of times and JMS gave me the right directions. Very quickly, very much to the point. Chapeau!
Anyway, in the meantime I had put a message on the JMS Forum. Within 10 minutes I had an answer. We mailed a couple of times and JMS gave me the right directions. Very quickly, very much to the point. Chapeau!
Very simple and reliable solution for complex procedure.
If I could give a single wish: it would be automatic installation sync between master and slaves sites. I mean something like: when running install or uninstall script on master site, it would automatically ran on slave sites too, avoiding the manual and boring "reinstallation on slave sites".
If I could give a single wish: it would be automatic installation sync between master and slaves sites. I mean something like: when running install or uninstall script on master site, it would automatically ran on slave sites too, avoiding the manual and boring "reinstallation on slave sites".
What a pity it hacks the core of Joomla.
I would love to use a multi-site solution, but with the security releases of Joomla coming out regularly, my clients would find it unacceptable if I couldn't upgrade them immediately.
Then I would worry that some extensions would conflict and that I'd be left behinde when 1.6 comes out.
Testing all my client sites at once when I roll out a new extension would be a nightmare for me too.
Sorry, too much risk for me here.
I would love to use a multi-site solution, but with the security releases of Joomla coming out regularly, my clients would find it unacceptable if I couldn't upgrade them immediately.
Then I would worry that some extensions would conflict and that I'd be left behinde when 1.6 comes out.
Testing all my client sites at once when I roll out a new extension would be a nightmare for me too.
Sorry, too much risk for me here.
Owner's reply
It seems that you have not read the documentation and experiment this product. See user manual chapter 8 that present the different update facilities.
It is designed to patch existing files and not replace them by patched files in aim to benefit of the joomla or extension security update.
purchased the extensions JMS, article sharing and menu-bridge and I must admit that they are absolutely awesome. They were just what I needed when creating 11 websites and having shared content on each.
installation was a breeze and apart from some minor things that were mainly due to me not reading the manual before jumping in everything works plug-n-play and intuitively.
Even when the extension did not do something i wanted it to Edwin created a upgrade to the program where the new feature was incorpareted, in just a few days, So support is excellent as well.
Upgrading to joomla 1.5.10 was also a breeze, I just had to do this once.
all in all greatly reccomended.
stefan.
installation was a breeze and apart from some minor things that were mainly due to me not reading the manual before jumping in everything works plug-n-play and intuitively.
Even when the extension did not do something i wanted it to Edwin created a upgrade to the program where the new feature was incorpareted, in just a few days, So support is excellent as well.
Upgrading to joomla 1.5.10 was also a breeze, I just had to do this once.
all in all greatly reccomended.
stefan.
This extension saves me lots of time (Joomla Security Update 1.5.10 was installed only once for all my websites!). And when I had a problem in connection with another component (it was not clear, where the problem sat), Edwin solved it for me and found the bug in the other component (during Easter weekend!!)
This extension is worth every cent of its price!
Thank you very much
This extension is worth every cent of its price!
Thank you very much
I have now been running Multisites for 2 months and this extension is extremely well-functioning and easy to use.
Even though I was a Joomla beginner, when I bought the extension, there was only very few troubles installing - and mostly due to my lack of understanding of Joomla.
Since then I have been working quite intense with several sites - all running on a Joomla Multisite installation - and there has been now trouble at all!!
Currently I run 8 slave-sites - each with dedicated database - on my main site. And I run on an apache-environment with virtual hosts and a Plesk administration panel. And everything just runs smooth and painless.
I had a single issue - but the support was exquisite - and the issue was solved immediately.
Besides that the documentation and forums works quite well.
I have still not tried the template feature - due to lack of time - but I am certainly looking forward to that.
Keep up the good work!!
Even though I was a Joomla beginner, when I bought the extension, there was only very few troubles installing - and mostly due to my lack of understanding of Joomla.
Since then I have been working quite intense with several sites - all running on a Joomla Multisite installation - and there has been now trouble at all!!
Currently I run 8 slave-sites - each with dedicated database - on my main site. And I run on an apache-environment with virtual hosts and a Plesk administration panel. And everything just runs smooth and painless.
I had a single issue - but the support was exquisite - and the issue was solved immediately.
Besides that the documentation and forums works quite well.
I have still not tried the template feature - due to lack of time - but I am certainly looking forward to that.
Keep up the good work!!
I have been using Joomla for a number of years now and this has to be the best extension that I have come across. This is a no nonsense approach to my multiple site deployments. I have been looking to solve for quite a while. Deployment of Slave sites is done in minutes (after setting up a site template, which is super simple).
I had a few questions that needed answering in regards to customisation of themes and I have to say that the response to my pm queries were the fastest I have ever had and extremely helpful.
I'm very skeptical when it comes to patching core joomla files, but I'm really impressed with the developers method of backing up core files, installing patches and integrating the updates to this extension within the same extension.
Things that I'd love to see in future releases would be deployment of separate databases from site templates (I know there has already been talk about this).
Very happy customer.
I had a few questions that needed answering in regards to customisation of themes and I have to say that the response to my pm queries were the fastest I have ever had and extremely helpful.
I'm very skeptical when it comes to patching core joomla files, but I'm really impressed with the developers method of backing up core files, installing patches and integrating the updates to this extension within the same extension.
Things that I'd love to see in future releases would be deployment of separate databases from site templates (I know there has already been talk about this).
Very happy customer.
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