sub domain groups

Is it possible to give signed up members there own sub-domain url of the site, a bit like the ning idea?

I was originally working on this, and was making some substantial progress to the point where the profiles and many of the functions were now running on the subdomain instead of the subdirectory method. However, I have since abandoned my work, since it requires a specially-configured web server, along with a very large amount of changes needing to be made to files.

In short, it is very possible, but it is also very difficult.

many thanks for your insite :)

What do you mean by specially configured web server?

Mostly in the way subdomains are treated. It needs to be configured so as to allow the subdirectories to be rewritten as subdomains. I'm not aware of too many shared web hosting providers supporting this by default.

You need to either use wildcard subdomains, or mod_rewrite - both require some form of server setup.

/DM

Wildcard is the preferred solution, but most web hosting providers don't seem to support this. But as also stated in other topics, there is the issue with inconsistent domains for licenses, which could cause your web site to display the link-backs, even when using a purchased license. It is in my opinion that at this time, custom subdomains in the script is simply not viable, and should only be attempted if BoonEx takes such a usage of the script into consideration when developing.

As others say, it is possible. But things get messy very quickly and you get some funky issues. Like the urls that show in spy, duplicate content, what domain you are logged in to (can be fixed with changes to how the log in cookie is set).

The Lic. issues can be avoided (from what I have seen) by NOT going to /administration/ from a domain other then the one linked to the Lic.

WordPressMU dose what you want using wild card DNS and mod_rewrite very well. You can copy them for the DNS directions / requirements and change the rewrite rules they use to meet your needs as a starting point.

The Wild Card DNS is more of Name Server issue then hosting provider (unless they are the same).

My little project is different templates and showing different 'featured' members based on the subdomain.

If you want to play with this start with the /inc/header.inc.php file. You have to remove or change the redirect code.

Good luck and please share any progress.

http://www.boonex.com/unity/forums/topic/username-mysite-com-.htm

Since you love to link to other topics.

Hi, there is a company who make this for another script - I have contacted them and as they have had a few other enquiries from dolphin users they say they will look into doing a multi sites for dolphin.