multisite +OG +CNAME

Hi Folks,

Question from a newbie getting ready to set up a new Drupal
installation.

I was wondering if it's possible, and if so, how, vector a
domain name 
to an organic group.

E.g.,

www.foo.org CNAME foo.oursite.org

www.oursite.org is a server running multiple drupal sites

foo.oursite.org is a virtual site running at the same IP
address as 
www.oursite.org

when someone tries to go to www.foo.org, we'd like them to
end up in an 
organic group, within foo.oursite.org

---
I assume that I set up a site folder for foo.oursite.org
within the 
www.oursite.org tree.

Since the user will be entering URLs of the form
www.foo.org/... - do I 
need to have an alias defined so that the foo.oursite.org
folder also 
has the name www.foo.org?

What do I need to do to get users vectored to an organic
group defined 
within foo.oursite.org?

Thanks very much,

Miles
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Quoting Miles Fidelman <mfidelmanmeetinghouse.net>:

> Hi Folks,
>
> Question from a newbie getting ready to set up a new
Drupal installation.
>
> I was wondering if it's possible, and if so, how,
vector a domain name
> to an organic group.
>
> E.g.,
>
> www.foo.org CNAME foo.oursite.org
>
> www.oursite.org is a server running multiple drupal
sites
>
> foo.oursite.org is a virtual site running at the same
IP address as
> www.oursite.org
>
> when someone tries to go to www.foo.org, we'd like them
to end up in an
> organic group, within foo.oursite.org
>
> ---
> I assume that I set up a site folder for
foo.oursite.org within the
> www.oursite.org tree.
>

foo.oursite.org web directory contains Drupal correct?

> Since the user will be entering URLs of the form
www.foo.org/... - do I
> need to have an alias defined so that the
foo.oursite.org folder also
> has the name www.foo.org?
>

No unless you want to set it up that way or are forced to do
so by your 
hosting company.

> What do I need to do to get users vectored to an
organic group defined
> within foo.oursite.org?
>

Create a directory named www.foo.org in the sites directory,
copy the 
default settings.php file to the newly created www.foo.org
directory, 
modify the copied file for the appropriate database settings
declaring 
a table prefix, point your httpd config to the same
directory as 
foo.oursite.org for www.foo.org, and finally point your
browser to 
http://www.foo.org/in
stall.php.

Drupal will not automagicly run the install for the
multi-site configuration.

Earnie -- http://for-my-kids.com
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Thanks, and a followup....

Earnie Boyd wrote:
> Quoting Miles Fidelman <mfidelmanmeetinghouse.net>:
>
>   
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> Question from a newbie getting ready to set up a
new Drupal installation.
>>
>> I was wondering if it's possible, and if so, how,
vector a domain name
>> to an organic group.
>>
>> E.g.,
>>
>> www.foo.org CNAME foo.oursite.org
>>
>> www.oursite.org is a server running multiple drupal
sites
>>
>> foo.oursite.org is a virtual site running at the
same IP address as
>> www.oursite.org
>>
>> when someone tries to go to www.foo.org, we'd like
them to end up in an
>> organic group, within foo.oursite.org
>>
>> ---
>> I assume that I set up a site folder for
foo.oursite.org within the
>> www.oursite.org tree.
>>
>>     
>
> foo.oursite.org web directory contains Drupal correct?
>
>   
>> Since the user will be entering URLs of the form
www.foo.org/... - do I
>> need to have an alias defined so that the
foo.oursite.org folder also
>> has the name www.foo.org?
>>
>>     
>
> No unless you want to set it up that way or are forced
to do so by your 
> hosting company.
>
>   
>> What do I need to do to get users vectored to an
organic group defined
>> within foo.oursite.org?
>>
>>     
>
> Create a directory named www.foo.org in the sites
directory, copy the 
> default settings.php file to the newly created
www.foo.org directory, 
> modify the copied file for the appropriate database
settings declaring 
> a table prefix, point your httpd config to the same
directory as 
> foo.oursite.org for www.foo.org, and finally point your
browser to 
> http://www.foo.org/in
stall.php.
>
> Drupal will not automagicly run the install for the
multi-site configuration.
>   
ok - this gets me my site, but after I do all the install,
I'd like to 
set up multiple organic groups, and then have the
original URL (the cname www.foo.org get a user all the way
to a specific 
organic group)

to be a little more concrete:
- we're setting up a site www.newton.org for our town
- we're setting up organic groups for specific areas of
interest (e.g. 
www.newton.org/sports will be an organic group for things
like little 
league)
- we'd like www.newtonsports.org to get a user directly to 
www.newton.org/sports

it's that last step I'm trying to figure out now

Thanks,

Miles




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