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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on May 8, 2008, 8:24 am
Please log in for more thread options Helaman wrote:
> On Wed, 07 May 2008 13:58:25 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
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>> What do you mean by "the same database"? Do you want all distributors
>> to work off of a single database,
>
> yes, one database, from one company selling the same products. The front
> end just has to be on a different sub domain for marketing purposes for
> the distributors who can't afford to buy their own domain or understand
> what is meant by a domain.
>
>> There isn't that much to auto creating a website. Upload the files,
>> create and load the database and you're ready to go. The only
>> difference could be the url of the site, and that's easily handled by a
>> configuration file and a little server-side programming.
>
> I have seen some back ends to some firms where the admin can click a few
> buttons and the new website is created as a sub of the main account
> (stupid way to have a free web site), template driven of course. I saw no
> name on the site or in the code, and assume they must have been custom
> built.
>
> So I am trying to find something similar if possible as a canned package.
> It is for a client (running a large company) who just bought a computer
> for himself and is just learning how to send email. Any process over
> three steps goes over his head. Four steps and he is breathing hard and
> five steps, well, he looks like he going to have a heart attack.
> Unfortunately, he is like most computer users.
>
> I have been in the oscommerce site and apparently is can be replicated
> and pull from the same database. I just need to make it all menu driven.
>
> thanks
>
>
OK, you're going to be looking at something custom, but it wouldn't be
hard. In fact, if they're all on the same server, you should be able to
set it up to use the same files - just an individual configuration file
for each subdomain. A little HTML and a bit of a server-side language
such as PHP or Perl will get most of it.
The only thing you might have trouble with would be the name server.
You could use a wildcard, i.e. *.example.com, but I'd suggest not (what
happens if someone keys in a bad subdomain name?). But even if your
nameserver doesn't have an API available, a little cURL should do it.
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