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I run several different sites off one server, and I want to set it up so that each site can have their own drupal apprearence. How do I set it up so that each site could have their own theme?
For example I have a school site currently using drupal. I want to setup a section of the site to use a different theme with differnet menu choices and all that. The only thing I want to keep is the home link.
I hope that makes sense, still new to this.
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That's actually two
That's actually two different questions you are asking- one, having a separate theme for each site and, two, having a separate theme for each section. You can have both on the same site too! Now you know why drupal is so easy to understand ;-)
If you are running a multisite install of drupal, you can just add a separate 'themes' folder to the site you want to change (/sites/site2.com/themes), put the theme there and enable it as the default for that site. Alternatively, you can even install a bunch of themes at
/sites/all/themesand then login to your site and choose one of those themes as the default.Your other question about a separate theme for each section is beyond me as I have never tried it. You can experiment with the taxonomy_theme module, if you are using taxonomy to define several site sections. I think there is also a usertheme and blog theme module that lets you define separate themes for users and blogs respectively. I am not sure about their current status, though.
And you can always define separate themes for each content type (story, page, blog etc) in drupal. Take a look at the Customization and Theming section of the drupal handbooks and you will find quite a bit of help.
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Previously user Ramdak.
Okay, I think I understand most of that.
My actual question while poorly asked was answered by your first statment.
Only problem is I have no idea what that means...I found the sites folder. Inside is a folder called default with a settings.php file in it. Can I make another one and recreate the settings file? I know drupal uses the sql database so is there something I need to do there to make it create a new set of information for the additional website?
Sorry if that's not helping. I just took over the website and I have no real clue how its setup other then its running on drupal and I know how to manage / edit content.
I found the sites folder.
To answer this, let us go back to your first post:
How exactly are these sites set up? Are they each a separate install of drupal- meaning, a separate codebase (the drupal install files) and a separate database for each site? Or, when you say "different sites off one server", do you actually mean you have only one drupal codebase, but separate databases for each site?
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Previously user Ramdak.
A better explanation of the server...I hope
Here is what I have:
Server
Site 1 - This is a public school site
Site 1a - This is the alumni foundation site
Site 2 - This is the site for the city the school resides in
Site 2a - Site 2** - This is an online listing for all of the businesses in town, each with their own page
Site 2b - This is an electronic new section that the city manager sends me info for
What I have right now is the school site running on drupal.
What I would like to do is set up a drupal install for the alumni foundation, also set up a drupal install for the city, online business listing, and electronic news section.
Site 1 and Site 1a are in the same folder 1a is a subfolder of 1.
Site 2 and 2a, 2b are in a seperate folder from site 1, and 2a, 2b are subfolders for Site 2.
Does that makes sense?
More questions:-)
When you say you want to set up a drupal install for the alumni foundation, the city, online business listing etc, you mean you want them to be separate web sites, right?
What exactly do you mean by Site 1 and Site 1a are in the same folder? You mean you already have a drupal codebase at 1a? Or do you mean that if 1 is the public school site at www.publicschool.org, you want 1a, the alumni site to be at www.publicschool.org/alumni site? That is, drupal running from a subdirectory?
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Previously user Ramdak.
Exactly
First sorry for the delay, I just got back from vacation. Now on to business.
Exactly :)
In answer to your first question. Yes, I would like them to be seperate sites if possible. I want to be able to modify them independently of one another. So the school site has an apperance the almuni site has a different apperance, and so on with each of the sections of the city site.
Is that possible?