Here are some pages with info about multi-domain sites: What's new in Roller 5.0 https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/bgE7AQ http://www.slideshare.net/snoopdave/whats-new-in-roller5
Proposal for simple multi-domain https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/vScB The JIRA issue for simple multi-domain https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ROL-1670 Hope that helps... - Dave On Sep 30, 2010, at 3:03 AM, Christopher Dodunski wrote: > Hi All, > > I understand Apache Roller is soliciting volunteers to assist with the > likes of documentation. I have a proposal that may be of mutual benefit. > > Existing documentation doesn't appear to explain the 'multiple domain' > functionality of Roller 5. If someone here is gracious enough to assist > me with configuring httpd/mod_proxy/tomcat/roller to host multiple domains > (see below), I will document the process. Along with screenshots, this > could then perhaps form part of the Roller 5 documentation which, > presently, seems not to deal with this one vital topic. > > We would dearly like to add weblogging to the list of features offered to > clients whose websites we host. Savvy clients, though, expect to have > URLs of the form blog.their-domain.com. Of course this is easily achieved > with Wordpress - multiple instances of. But this quickly becomes > unwieldy, consuming more and more disk space. > > Hoping Roller 5 is the answer. > > Regards, > > Chris Dodunski. > > >> Hi Dave, >> >> Thank you for your reply. I took the plunge, and installed Roller 5 RC2. >> It is the multiple domain URL feature that most interests me - starting >> off with six. But I have had only partial success. So here is how one of >> the six was configured. >> >> 1) Created a weblog with a handle of "christopher". Confirmed as working >> fine under the URL http://www.optomus.com:8080/roller/christopher >> >> 2) Configured a subdomain on my DNS - http://blog.christopher.net.nz >> >> 3) Established an Apache virtual host for this URL, and set the following >> mod_proxy directives: >> >> ProxyPass / ajp://127.0.0.1:8009/roller/christopher/ >> ProxyPassReverse / ajp://127.0.0.1:8009/roller/christopher/ >> >> 4) Added the following directive to roller-custom.properties: >> >> weblog.absoluteurl.christopher=http://blog.christopher.net.nz >> >> 5) Restarted Apache and Tomcat. >> >> If you browse to http://blog.christopher.net.nz you will see what I mean >> by partial success. The correct weblog loads, but the CSS hasn't loaded, >> and the links don't work. I'm guessing my configuration isn't right, as >> you are successfully operating several domain URLs from a single instance >> of Roller, yes? >> >> Looking forward to finding a solution. >> >> Thanks & regards, >> >> Chris. >> >> >>> Hi Chris, >>> >>> Roller 5.0 is basically ready for release and we are at the stage of >>> making "release candidates" available for testing and then fixing bugs >>> and problems that people encounter. These candidates are not supposed >>> to be used in production, but I'm running my site on one right now. I >>> would guess that we'll go through 2-3 more RCs and do the official >>> release sometime in the next 2 months, but that is just a guess. >>> >>> Custom themes are stored in the database and that database upgrade >>> will take care of migrating them. >>> >>> Obligatory warning: If you do try an RC, make sure you backup >>> everything including your database. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Dave >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 6:04 AM, Christopher Dodunski >>> <chrisfromsquir...@christopher.net.nz> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I'm currently running Roller 4. >>>> >>>> I'm wondering if anyone here had an idea as to when Roller 5.0 might be >>>> officially released. If it is likely to be a fair way off, and release >>>> candidate 2 is generally considered stable, I might upgrade now rather >>>> than wait. >>>> >>>> Also, are custom themes stored in the database, or do I have to migrate >>>> templates/stylesheets across? >>>> >>>> Thanks & regards, >>>> >>>> Chris. >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> > >
