DotNetNuke - Subdomain

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gsaunders

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Got a DotNetNuke 3.1.1 setup for a domain... say www.mydomain.com.

I basically want to have another DotNetNuke site that is kind of a testing ground for new modules and such. I would like it to go under test.mydomain.com.

In this example I am not sure I want to share the same code and such as I will be playing around with some modules that I may not want to exist in the live site. You know just test some modules and decide if I like them or not.

My guess would be to create a subdomain in hsphere, copy the DNN files into the test.mydomain.com folder, get Jodo to setup the rights, create a new database and so on. Basically set it up like a brand new site, but use the subdomain.

Thoughts?
 
That sounds exactly like the plan I would take. An entirely new installation of code and data.

By the way, it is possible to "prefix" all your tables and stored procedures in the database when installing. This allows you to use the same database for multiple installations. Linux/php/mysql stuff does this all the time, and now DNN supports it too. Look at the "objectQualifier" item in the web.config.
 
Homer said:
That sounds exactly like the plan I would take. An entirely new installation of code and data.

By the way, it is possible to "prefix" all your tables and stored procedures in the database when installing. This allows you to use the same database for multiple installations. Linux/php/mysql stuff does this all the time, and now DNN supports it too. Look at the "objectQualifier" item in the web.config.
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Thanks for the response... I'll look at the objectQualifier.

Have you done any child / parent portals yet? I believe the child portal just makes a subdirectory under the main site and uses the same database.

Now if I wanted to have another DotNetNuke site as a part of the same install I believe and did not want it as a subdirectory I believe I would call it a parent portal. For example what if I wanted the subdomain test.mydomain.com to be another portal with my original install at www.mydomain.com? Would I call it a parent portal and use that alias? Do I actually create the subdomain as a part of hsphere?
 
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