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one site on two domains with some different content..
hi
id like to build two sites on two domains.
some elements, like the header for example should be different.
but all the content should be the same.
so it would be perfect for me
to build one site, check the url for the different elements
but load the content from one db.
is this possible?
keep in mind that the root domain would be variable, too. so there wouldnt be just one root domain, but two.
or would it be possible to mirror certain elements from one db..?
i dont know, some hints would be a pleasure.
best
jens
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Re: one site on two domains with some different content..
<txp:php>
variable(array('name' => 'server_name', 'value' => $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']));
</txp:php>
<txp:if_variable name="server_name" value="site1.org">
<!-- items unique to site1.org -->
<txp:else />
<!-- items unique to site2.org -->
</txp:if_variable>Code is topiary
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looking good, thanks :)
ill try this out, asap.
but isnt txp also always redirecting to the site_url from the admin section..?
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jens31 wrote:
but isnt txp also always redirecting to the site_url from the admin section..?
No, admin pages do not rely on the site URL pref.
However, the site_url tag obviously won’t work for this site. You could make a variable for the site URL and use that instead. Also, “View Site” and “Preview” links will go from the site URL pref. I can’t think of any other issues, but then I haven’t thought about it much ;)
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aight, i also think, that this will work.
thanks for your help jsoo.
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To be on the safe side, your server name comparison should be case insensitive, as:
variable(array('name' => 'server_name', 'value' => strtolower($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'])));then using lower case in the if_variable comparison (as in the previous example).
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Hi,
I want to do the same thing …
I have a txp install running with quite a lot of articles.
I’d like to set up a second domain (both are on the same server) exactly as in Jens31 original post.
Would someone who’s tried this give me a few clues as to how I do this.
Do I do I just copy the TXP install on domain1.com into domain2.com’s folder? Is it that easy …?
Thanks
Geoff
PS I’m not worried too much about SEO as 90% of the content is syndicated news and hardly original to my sites. :)
Last edited by geoff777 (2010-04-29 09:02:47)
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hi geoff777
nope, you dont need no second install.
just point the second domain on exactly the same folder like the other one and everything works fine.
if you want to display different content (like different headers on each site) you can go with the code of jsoo. it works like a charm..
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Wow even easier!
I love TXP
Thanks for the quick reply.
Geoff
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Hi jens31,
Could you please share the public URLs for both websites? I would like to have a sneak peek at end result :)
Thank you.
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for sheezy
http://blog.staatsoper.de/
http://blog.staatsballett.de/
same same, but different :)
Last edited by jens31 (2010-04-29 15:00:07)
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Thanks, nice site, nice trick.
I may be back later asking a few more technical details, as I’m currently thinking a similar setup, but with a not so minor difference: there is www.domainA.com, and there is www.domainB.com, and I need the latter (which is just a single homepage, no subsections) to just be an alias (or a cloaking) for www.domainA.com/B-section.
So far, the “correct” way to do it seems to be using a Reverse Proxy, but I’m not sure yet if that’s possible on client’s hosting. Will have to investigate a little more.
(Of course, there are a few dirty solutions, like using an iframe…)
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A problem with using jsoo’s code.
If someone comes to your site using http://www.yoursite.com the variable server_name has a value=“www.yoursite.com”.
If another visitor uses http://yoursite.com the variable server_name has a value=“yoursite.com”.
So some conditional statements testing the variable will fail.
Either www. needs adding or stripping … or use an OR in your <txp smd_if …
I haven’t had my Weetabix yet or ten cups of strong coffee … so I’ll leave that problem for a proper PHP programmer.
I’m also having a problem with the wrong URL in my permalinks.
Last edited by geoff777 (2010-05-04 07:59:32)
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hi geoff
the code of jsoo works fine for me
with or without www
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Strange I did test by changing the URL and outputting the variable.
I’ll do it again to confirm.
I’ve just tested it again and I’m getting different values … perhaps its a server issue? php.ini? .htaccess?
For now I’m working around it using Stef’s <txp:smd_if .. using operator=“in”
Last edited by geoff777 (2010-05-04 11:28:39)
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