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[Mark Simko]

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> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:40:02 +0200
> From: Andrew Markushin <scullion at web.de>
> Subject: Re: [joomla] Joomla questions
> To: NYPHP SIG: Joomla <joomla at lists.nyphp.org>
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> > Ok, seriously now. Here's a good place to start looking:
> >
> http://extensions.joomla.org/component/option,com_mtree/task,listcats/cat_id,1790/Itemid,35/
> 
> Thanks, Mitch. Most of these extensions are commercial, the rest do
> not 
> support version 1.5 (and I'd like to try this one out). Besides, if I 
> understood correctly, these extensions allow to manage multiple sites 
> from one backend, which is not my case. I might be wrong, but I've got
> a 
> feeling that having a separate installation for each of my three
> sites 
> (which are very alike, like I mentioned) is an overkill.
> 
> A thought about a nasty cheat just crossed my mind: I could create a 
> separate menu for each site, which would only be visible if "in
> itself", 
> and a non-joomla welcome page (which I need anyway). From that page,
> I 
> could redirect visitors to the "Homes" of the corresponding menus 
> depending on the requested URL. Since Joomla is installed in a 
> subdirectory, no 'index.php' clashes will occur.
> 
> I know it's quite a special case anyway, and my cheat is not even 
> Joomla-related, but still, what do you think?
> 
> --

How about 3 different installs, but share the same database with the
same table prefix. The default is jos_. This way, any material you add
to one 'site' will be available in the others. You may have to share the
same template, but if you use different templates with the same name,
that may give you the variation in look that you need.

As always, test locally first.