Multi site setup with many domains

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7/17/2011 2:06:00 AM
Lars Rathje
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Multi site setup with many domains

Hi

I'm familiar with the different options for running multi site. Based on that I have a couple of questions, which I hope someone can help me with.

The situation is we have one .com site to hold the MojoPortal install and a common database for all sites. But we wan't to add aprox 30 country specific sites, e.g. .de, .dk, .co.uk, etc.

  1. Do you need to install any files and folders on the country specific sites like web.config, default.aspx or all mojoportal folders and files? Or is it a pure DNS redirection with no files installed?
  2. My webhotel have some limitations on the number of domains I can run. But it's a good webhotel which I'm satisfied with. Can I stay with my webhotel for the .com domain and Mojoportal install + database and then buy a low price webhotel with e.g. 50 domains and just setup the DNS redirections there to point to my current webhotel?

Sorry if these questions are basic or stupid ... I couldn't find answers searching the documentation and forums.

Best regards
Lars Rathje
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7/17/2011 7:26:45 AM
Joe Audette
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Re: Multi site setup with many domains

Hi Lars,

Do you need to install any files and folders on the country specific sites like web.config, default.aspx or all mojoportal folders and files?

No, the whole idea is to use a single installation and one set of files. Your host may not have it easy for you to configure it correctly to do that from your control panel so it may be best to ask them to help.

If you were working with full control of the server it would only require 1 IIS web site and just adding the host headers for each domain to the single site. It "could" also be done with multiple IIS web sites that all point to the same physical folder but this would lose some of the benefit of a single site because each separate site has some overhead for memory.

Then in mojoPortal you assign the domain name/host name to the site you want to use for that domain and mojoPortal will resolve requests for the domain to that site. Any unnassigned domains will resolve to the first site which is the master site.

Hope that helps,

Joe

7/17/2011 8:11:52 AM
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Re: Multi site setup with many domains

That makes sense ... thanks smiley

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