Virtual Domains
Version
McCoy 1.1 (last update on Mar 15, 2012)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
34
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Date Added
26 February 2009
Uses Updater?
- Yes
You can run different web sites from a single Joomla installation with specific designs, home page content and navigation.
Installation of a separate template per subdomain/domain is recommended.
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New Features:
+Supports Template Styles
+Assigning content to each domain via access levels
+Hide/show menu items per domain
Poor documentation and support IMO. But with a lot of tenacity I did get this plug-in working. And it does exactly what I needed, to have multiple domains point to the same joomla site, each with slightly different content. It helps to be a little Apache savvy, I got stuck on how to set up the virtual domain (frame-forwarding, mod_rewrite, using DocumentRoot, etc.) I finally only got it to work using the ServerAlias directive. I'll post more details in the author's forums.
Good stuff! An impressively simple solution to a complex Joomla shortcoming - the inability to run multiple site domains on 1 set of files and database.
The back-end interface is a bit rough, but with a few more instruction screens and intuitive navigation between component/plugin settings this will be great. Keep up the good work.
The back-end interface is a bit rough, but with a few more instruction screens and intuitive navigation between component/plugin settings this will be great. Keep up the good work.
I first came across this component over a year ago and it worked magnificently. I recently used it on a new website and again it worked brilliantly, just as expected. Unfortunately, I tried to implement it on a third website, same host, different server set-up and it failed. No clue why.
Project appears to be dead as last update is nearly a year old. Use it if you can!
Project appears to be dead as last update is nearly a year old. Use it if you can!
Owner's reply
Hi Celadore. Thanks for your vote. This project is still alive. This Beta seems to be stable, and the release will follow soon, providing compatibility to Joomla 1.6.
This is a good idea and but the component does not work, or if you get to install it it has too many bugs. I will suggest the developer invest more time developing this extension before its put out there as if it was working 100%... even if it has to go commercial due to the time investment... if it works and people need it ... people will buy it.
This extension works exactly as described. Extremely simple to install & configure.
I think that with a few more features like logo only replacement, meta tag replacement, geocoding even.. this could be one of the top plugins for Joomla
I think that with a few more features like logo only replacement, meta tag replacement, geocoding even.. this could be one of the top plugins for Joomla
Thanks for this very useful plugin, this kept me from moving away from joomla...
2 notes to this plugin and the previous review:
1) currently you have to include a subdomain in the virtual domain (i.e. www.foo.com & www.bar.com). Just foo.com & bar.com does not work, or do I miss something?
2) I also use sh404sef and it seems putting the virtual domain plugin *after* the sh404sef plugin fixes the problem.
2 notes to this plugin and the previous review:
1) currently you have to include a subdomain in the virtual domain (i.e. www.foo.com & www.bar.com). Just foo.com & bar.com does not work, or do I miss something?
2) I also use sh404sef and it seems putting the virtual domain plugin *after* the sh404sef plugin fixes the problem.
This is a great plugin. Very easy to implement and it works great.
This plugin works particularly well with templates from Rockettheme, that use parameters in the template. No need to modify the index.php code at all. Everything can be done within the template manager.
I did run into some bumps in terms of how it works with sh404sef. It would be great if the developer could look into that at some point, since so many sites use that component. I ended up disabling sh404sef, which was kind of a bummer.
I also ran into some complications with maintaining login/sessions on the subdomain. Joomla core doesn't recognize the subdomain and therefore users don't remain logged in on the subdomains. I found the fix for that here:
http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=428&t=430893&p=1903540#p1903540
Thanks again!
This plugin works particularly well with templates from Rockettheme, that use parameters in the template. No need to modify the index.php code at all. Everything can be done within the template manager.
I did run into some bumps in terms of how it works with sh404sef. It would be great if the developer could look into that at some point, since so many sites use that component. I ended up disabling sh404sef, which was kind of a bummer.
I also ran into some complications with maintaining login/sessions on the subdomain. Joomla core doesn't recognize the subdomain and therefore users don't remain logged in on the subdomains. I found the fix for that here:
http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=428&t=430893&p=1903540#p1903540
Thanks again!
I have downloaded the beta and added to my joomla 1.5.12. I've turned allow_call_time_pass_reference On as suggested in other reviews mentioned here. The only trouble I am having is in component, virtual domain and select one of the domains is selecting the menu. It only allows me to select one.
Just what I was looking for: a plugin that let me reuse the joomla installation to set up 2 sites with similar/shared content.
Easy to use!a, maybe the allow_call_time_pass_reference set to On restriction can cause problems with some not owned servers ( not may case for now :)
Just had some problems to set as start point an Blog Category menu, don't know why. The rest works very well.
Easy to use!a, maybe the allow_call_time_pass_reference set to On restriction can cause problems with some not owned servers ( not may case for now :)
Just had some problems to set as start point an Blog Category menu, don't know why. The rest works very well.
A very good plugin simple and effective ... Congratulations.
It allows you to associate a subdomain with a template and choose another menu item as the home page.
Allow_call_time_pass_reference must be enabled on your server or the plugin return a warning for version 0.1beta.
It allows you to associate a subdomain with a template and choose another menu item as the home page.
Allow_call_time_pass_reference must be enabled on your server or the plugin return a warning for version 0.1beta.
This extension is what I need. I spent a lot of time to find a solution, how can I use subdomain without new joomla istallation - and Virtual Domain Beta can do it excellent. Thank you Janguo - Danke sehr!
This is a brilliant extension - something that Joomla lacks for ever! I hope this will be developed continuously and become a core part soon!!
If the seperation of content (frontpage, search etc.) is stressed more in the future, Joomla could finally compete with Typo 3!
Developers: Support this extension! :)
If the seperation of content (frontpage, search etc.) is stressed more in the future, Joomla could finally compete with Typo 3!
Developers: Support this extension! :)
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