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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Tora Bontrager (2).
Posted on 07 July 2009

Edwin is THE BEST!!!!!! I had tons of problems installing because the manual isn't written in perfect English and I was scared to death of destroying my existing website. Edwin walked me through everything via email communication. He's amazing! I wish all developers were like him. It's worth getting this extension just for Edwin's fabulous customer service.

Fantastic Support

Mike Kesterton (3).
Posted on 23 June 2009

I had lots of problems installing this component. ALL OF THEM MY FAULT. Edwin showed incredible patience with many detailed emails to assist me. It turned out that my ISP's implemntation was mostly to blame but Edwin never gave up on me. By far the best support ever provided by and Joomla developer.

Thanks Edwin!

Great product, wonderful service

Edith (1).
Posted on 23 June 2009

I used JMS for awhile, completely to my satisfaction. It's easy to install and the tutorials are just as they should be (to the point!) - just great. Then yesterday I had a problem: JMS was gone. Now I'm the type of person that starts looking first myself - making things worse of course... It turned out that the hosting company had server problems without them knowing.

Anyway, in the meantime I had put a message on the JMS Forum. Within 10 minutes I had an answer. We mailed a couple of times and JMS gave me the right directions. Very quickly, very much to the point. Chapeau!

Great Tool

Alberto de Castilla Espinosa (1).
Posted on 22 June 2009

This is a great tool, we are using it on our site, We Have 80 subdomains working without problem.

Absolutely brilliant

Bellier (1).
Posted on 09 June 2009

Very simple and reliable solution for complex procedure.

If I could give a single wish: it would be automatic installation sync between master and slaves sites. I mean something like: when running install or uninstall script on master site, it would automatically ran on slave sites too, avoiding the manual and boring "reinstallation on slave sites".

Great Extensions

Arried Arthagnan (1).
Posted on 05 June 2009

Great developer, great extensions, great support. I am not disappointed with this one :), not like some others commercial developers.

Well Done

Core Hacks

Ralph Brown (1).
Posted on 27 May 2009

What a pity it hacks the core of Joomla.

I would love to use a multi-site solution, but with the security releases of Joomla coming out regularly, my clients would find it unacceptable if I couldn't upgrade them immediately.

Then I would worry that some extensions would conflict and that I'd be left behinde when 1.6 comes out.

Testing all my client sites at once when I roll out a new extension would be a nightmare for me too.

Sorry, too much risk for me here.

Owner's reply: It seems that you have not read the documentation and experiment this product. See user manual chapter 8 that present the different update facilities.
It is designed to patch existing files and not replace them by patched files in aim to benefit of the joomla or extension security update.

easy to use and works like a charm!

stefan (1).
Posted on 21 April 2009

purchased the extensions JMS, article sharing and menu-bridge and I must admit that they are absolutely awesome. They were just what I needed when creating 11 websites and having shared content on each.

installation was a breeze and apart from some minor things that were mainly due to me not reading the manual before jumping in everything works plug-n-play and intuitively.

Even when the extension did not do something i wanted it to Edwin created a upgrade to the program where the new feature was incorpareted, in just a few days, So support is excellent as well.

Upgrading to joomla 1.5.10 was also a breeze, I just had to do this once.

all in all greatly reccomended.

stefan.

Great extension - impressive support

Schultz IT Solutions (1).
Posted on 16 April 2009

This extension saves me lots of time (Joomla Security Update 1.5.10 was installed only once for all my websites!). And when I had a problem in connection with another component (it was not clear, where the problem sat), Edwin solved it for me and found the bug in the other component (during Easter weekend!!)

This extension is worth every cent of its price!

Thank you very much

The Best!! - both for commercial and private use!!

Thomas Wibroe Leth (1).
Posted on 03 April 2009

I have now been running Multisites for 2 months and this extension is extremely well-functioning and easy to use.

Even though I was a Joomla beginner, when I bought the extension, there was only very few troubles installing - and mostly due to my lack of understanding of Joomla.

Since then I have been working quite intense with several sites - all running on a Joomla Multisite installation - and there has been now trouble at all!!

Currently I run 8 slave-sites - each with dedicated database - on my main site. And I run on an apache-environment with virtual hosts and a Plesk administration panel. And everything just runs smooth and painless.

I had a single issue - but the support was exquisite - and the issue was solved immediately.

Besides that the documentation and forums works quite well.

I have still not tried the template feature - due to lack of time - but I am certainly looking forward to that.

Keep up the good work!!

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