aegir for the hosting, absolutely... then... sweaver! yes! http://drupal.org/project/sweaver
<http://drupal.org/project/sweaver>see videos, see demo, see sweaver! I love stuff that empowers! Victor Kane http://awebfactory.com.ar On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Bob Fishel <[email protected]> wrote: > Aegir looks interesting but my main site is (planned... i'm still > drawing up a site plan before implementing) using Domain Access. > > The main site is www.example.com > and will have a number of sub sites based on cities > city1.example.com > city2.example.com > ... > These subsites will have their own set of content but will all use the > same theme and some subsites will need to pull content from others > (for example the dayton site will pull some content from the > cincinnati and the columbus sites etc...) > > However I want to allow my users to sign up for their own domains that > will possibly pull some content from one or more of the subsites. > (basically making certain pre-fabbed views available for them to link > to) > > So it appears that domain access doesn't play well with Aegir. > > So two possible solutions. > > 1. Host a separate drupal install with Aegir but not Domain Access at > something like Aegir.example.com and execute a shell script that > utilizes Drush when someone purchases a hosting package. Share any > needed nodes to the other install via RSS. > > 2. Something else that i'm not thinking of that would allow D omain > access to manage the main site and subsites but aegir to manage > anything other then *.example.com and example.com > > Any ideas on how to accomplish #2 or any flaws in #1? > > Thanks for the feedback. > > -Bob > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Peter Droogmans <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Bob, > > > > 1. Have a look at aegir (http://groups.drupal.org/aegir-hosting-system) > and combine it with some install profiles > > > > 2. You can set the themes per site > > > > 3. Have a look at context module, it includes an editor to drag and drop > blocks > > > > 4. Users are set per site, so no worries > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Fishel > > Sent: woensdag 28 juli 2010 3:46 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [development] Allowing users to create easy pre-fab sites? > > > > Is anyone aware of anyone using Drupal as a hosting system. > > > > My goal is to allow users (probably through OG + Domain Access + Domain > Access Advanced + ubercart) to purchase a hosting plan and automatically > have a domain set up for them. > > > > My users are all in the same industry so the type of nodes they will need > to create can be boiled down to a simple 3-4 types. > > > > Basically I want them to be able to: > > > > 1. Be assigned a template domain/site with some default pages with some > lorem ipsum text (should be easy to accomplish using rules) > > > > 2. Be able to switch themes on their domain only (I'm not sure how to do > this) > > > > 3. It'd be totally awesome if they could modify there themes by dragging > and dropping blocks to change the layout of their particular site (again no > idea how to do this) > > > > 4. Grant other users the ability to edit their site (I'm not sure how to > do this without exposing my entire user list to them....) > > > > Thanks > > > > -Bob > > > > >
