Multi Sites

Introduction

JMS Multisites extend joomla with Multi Sites and user sharing. This allows multiple domain names or sites to have their own joomla configuration file using the same joomla installation.
Starting with Jms Multisite version 1.3.80, it is also not only compatible with Joomla 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 2.5, 3.x, 4.x but also partially compatible with Joomla 5.0.
Possibility to share the users, and extensions like VirtueMart, Community Builder, JomSocial, ...
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.

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A Must Have for anyone managing several websites!

Tiago Neves (1).
Posted on 03 December 2009

My title says it all... It's now possible to control whatever extensions are installed on each website, create a "template" and easily launch a new website based on an existing one.

I can now share or not (it's up to me) users, configurations, database tables, update extensions...

You will need to get used to manage websites with JMS control panel, but it will be very worthwhile! It was money and time well spent - some days after install I can see the profit!!!

Whenever a doubt or any other support is needed, you can count on getting a solution fast - great work. On top of that, community is growing and you can learn from other users experience also. Check their website.

Definitely: Recommended for anyone managing several websites or planning to do so in the future.

Service is key

Martin Gerard (1).
Posted on 27 November 2009

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 !

very good

cuneyd yasin (1).
Posted on 30 September 2009

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.

Absolutely Unbelievable Extension and Support

Sondra Boone (7).
Posted on 29 September 2009

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!

Could not use Joomla! without this extension

Dominique Gibeau (1).
Posted on 08 September 2009

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.

Everything I expected and more

Michael Baumgardt (2).
Posted on 26 August 2009

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.

Great job Edwin!

Natasha (1).
Posted on 12 August 2009

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.

Manage content & menu

Ravinesh Raj (1).
Posted on 11 August 2009

Can it possible to manage content @ menu and all other thing from only one admin, like it happen in drupal.

Great Product

david (3).
Posted on 06 August 2009

Edwin the owner took a lot of time out of his day to explain how the product works and help me troubleshoot the issues that i had. One of a kind product... trust me i have looked all over the internet. Thanks Edwin.

Good extension

BERNIGAUD Côme (1).
Posted on 22 July 2009

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.

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