The information on my sites is different, only the structure is
very similar, so if I decide in favor of 3 different installations,
I would also use 3 separate databases to be more flexible.
But the original question was: "Now the question is: how do I set
three default pages, so that Joomla can select the correct one
depending on the requested URL?"
Yeah, and see where I am now? ;-) Considering whether the option I was
running from is a better solution!
In any case it sounds like you are just looking to clone some of your
structure and templating.
Same template, single database, same backend, same extension config.
Data is assigned to "sites" by means of sections/categories. It's not
cloning (which would mean "having several instances"), it's keeping
things as compact as possible.
Having done single Joomla! installs accessed via multiple front-ends
/ domains, I can only say it's quite fun once you've wrapped your
brain around it, and I highly recommend that approach either as a
solution, or even just for the experience of setting it up. You do
have to *trick* it a little to install, but after that it runs
flawlessly.
There we go -- *how* did you do that? Was your problem similar to mine?
What was the trick? (Of course I understand there must be some trick,
but my brain just refuses to produce a reasonable guess, that's why I
asked that very first question.)
NB: I don't want to hack the Joomla's core, despite the fact that this
would be a dirty but quick solution. I'm still looking for a "legal"
way. :-)
I'd also suggest reading up on MVC (Model-View-Controller) which
Joomla mainly conforms to.
This design pattern is not new to me, but I'm afraid I can't see the
connection...
--
Andrew
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