Drupal 7 Multi Sites Configuration: Run multiple websites from a single instance of Drupal 7 with this book and ebook

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Prepare your server for hosting multiple sites
Configure and install several sites on one instance of Drupal
Manage and share themes and modules across the multi-site configuration

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Drupal is one of the most powerful PHP Content Management Systems there is. However, why would you install a CMS for every site you build? With just one copy of Drupal you can host several sites. Drupal has long had multi-site support, and Drupal 7's support is even better than previous versions. Drupal 7 Multi-Sites Configuration will teach you how to host several websites on a single copy of Drupal. You will learn how to create different sites, each with its own domain, content, and theme. This valuable information will help you to save time by managing modules and sharing them across several sites as well as administering your sites all in one place.This book will show you how to configure a system for multi-site, and then install several sites on one copy of Drupal, all with their own domain name and database. Learn how to install and share modules and themes, configure Apache, PHP, and MySQL for multi-site, and then manage the site. Once your site system is successfully set up, discover some of the advanced configurations possible with Drupal multi-site, as well as how to upgrade and maintain your sites.

Who is this book for?

This book is for Drupal site builders. It is assumed that readers are familiar with Drupal already, with a basic grasp of its concepts and components. System administration concepts, such as configuring Apache, MySQL, and Vagrant are covered but no previous knowledge of these tools is required.

What you will learn

Configure MySQL and Apache for hosting multiple sites
Prepare Drupal 7 to host more than one site
Install several sites on one instance of Drupal
Manage, share, or isolate modules and themes in a multi-site configuration
Care for your multi-site server, safely managing and upgrading it
Rapidly build a multi-site testing environment with VirtualBox and Vagrant
Extend the core multi-site configuration with add-on modules

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Doug Jun 25, 2012

Let's get the two biggest benefits of "Drupal 7 Multi Sites Configuration" Quick Read book out of the way at the top...the book is very focused and it's quick. It may seem obvious from the title and the series, but most of the time when you have a specific task to perform you either have to find a massive tome that has one decent chapter on what you REALLY want to do, or you have to surf the net reading a lot of articles by a lot of different people that approach the problem from a lot of different angles, just hoping that you can learn enough to accomplish the task at hand.If the task at hand is Multi Sites Configuration, this book will save you time and grief, as it covers the topic in sufficient depth to take anyone who is reasonably tech savvy from knowing what they want to accomplish to having it done. There are several ways to install and work with Drupal to avoid reinstalling the whole stack for each website. This book covers the different scenarios completely, including the always present "gotchas", and informs you about the pluses and minuses of each method and scenario.Having a single installation for multiple sites makes maintenance and updates easier, but brings consideration about the sharing of modules and themes and how to handle customization of each for specific sites. There is a world of flexibility to this way of using Drupal 7 that I didn't know about until I read the book, which I was able to do in an evening because it's a Quick Read. Really.If you need or want to support multiple sites, or even separate portions of a single domain, with one installation of Drupal 7, you need to read through this book, pick your path, then keep it by your side as you set up your environment.As I said at the beginning, it's quick, it's specific and for this topic, it is complete.

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ThomasT Jun 29, 2012

The entire collection of books on Drupal 7 offered by Packt Publishing has to be one of the best series of books you can buy if you are interested in really learning Drupal. Though there is no suggested "learning path", if you carefully review their titles, you can see where you should start based on your own experience level. Regardless, even their straightforward "Drupal 7" book offers something for experienced Drupal hands as well.The quality comes through via the authors and the content chosen. All the books are full of detailed and very informative hands-on examples. I have had experience with other Drupal books as well and have found even the supposedly "advanced" example less detailed and comprehensive than in the books from this publisher.The examples in this edition are slightly out-of-date and I did have enough difficulty with the Vagrant set up to simply skip it and use the manual set up options. Even there, the instructions had a few minor misses but if you're not familiar with your Apache's files, then you might not be at an appropriate level for this book.

J G Sivaji Jun 19, 2012

The Drupal 7 Multi-sites Configuration book ends up the user as an adroit in Multi-site environment with its awesome explanation by both theoretically and practically. The worth of this book can be understood by the way in which it tends to quest our thirst of knowledge. Read full review at [...]

Moon Dog Jun 26, 2012

Initially I was skeptical if multi-site Drupal really required an entire book? Perhaps a bit biased, having been using multi-site installs since the early days of Drupal 6. However, it quickly became obvious that this book was covering more than just the simple, "add another folder to the sites folder and name it as the url". The book has about 78 pages of actual content, flipping through the Preface and what the book covered, the question then became, can Matt Butcher really cover that much content in only 78 pages?!This book is much more than just step 1, step 2, blah, blah. It really is a good book for both beginners and more advanced users. Installing multi-site Drupal is actually pretty simple, however many people really seem to get stumped by it. But once you understand it, it is a breeze. The install process is explained in great detail and brings clarity to what all the files and directories in "sites" are about. It will also help the beginner easily understand why there is a "sites/all" and "sites/default". Too many other books simple read use "sites/all", but it isn't discussed why or why _not_ you might want to. On the advanced side, there are examples of sharing configuration, code, themes, users and content between sites; this isn't newbie stuff.In many ways this book covers more than just multi-site topics, as it explains some of the structure that can trip up those new to Drupal, and it gets the user up and running quickly (using the Vagrant install). I would really recommend this little book to all Drupal beginners, whether multi-site is on their radar or not. It just hits so many simple stumbling issues quickly and efficiently. It would also be advised for advanced users looking to push multi-sites, wanting to share content, and users. There are also some good best practices stuff on backups, and warnings on when not to share between installs.ConclusionRecommended for anyone just starting with Drupal in general, and further for anyone interested in running Drupal multi-sites. There is decent documentation on Drupal.org for setting up multi-sites, but it isn't as concise, or as well organized as the information in the book. You will be up and running much quicker with Drupal 7 Multi-Sites Configuration!DisclaimerThe copy of Drupal 7 Multi-sites Configuration that was used for this review was provided at no charge by Packt Publishing. However, no other compensation was received for this review and this review was published without prior review or any influence from Packt Publishing.

Fresno Fitness LLC Jun 25, 2012

The new book Drupal 7 Multi-sites Configuration by Matt Butcher discusses how to run multiple websites from one Drupal instance. Novice and beginning Drupalists should remember that mini-books by design do not dive deeply into any single concept but typically provide a general overview. Drupal 7 Multi-sites Configuration follows this trend as it introduces the broad concept of multi-site deployment to the reader.Butcher's book was primarily written for the intermediate/advanced Drupalist who needs to design, deploy, or maintain more than one Drupal website and who are comfortable with the command line, changing permissions, installing packages and/or applications. The advanced Drupalist reader will appreciate the brisk pace that Butcher covers a prepackaged deployment and the depth at which he discusses the manual installation in this mini-book. Advanced Drupalists will learn how to manually configure two or more sites from one Drupal instance as Butcher methodically discusses editing hosts files, the .htaccess file, and the /all and /default folders.Because many beginning Drupalists may find a multi-site configuration to be a challenge Butcher offers the beginner a preconfigured deployment package that is easy to install and use. This preconfigured package should allow a beginner to follow along with the book without having the burden of manually configuring their personal development environment on their local machine or on a remote server.The first half of the book focuses on multi-site configuration options, setting up a local server environment, installing Drupal, and configuring several sites to run from one Drupal instance. The remainder of the book discusses modules, themes, adding features to multi-sites, and updating a multi-site.Overall this book teaches the reader to avoid the common pitfalls of multi-site configurations in order to keep a Drupal site secure, safe, and stable. Drupal 7 Multi Sites Configuration

Drupal 7 Multi Sites Configuration: Run multiple websites from a single instance of Drupal 7 with this book and ebook

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