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Drupal 7 Multi Sites Configuration

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Drupal 7 Multi Sites Configuration

Overview of this book

Drupal is one of the most powerful PHP Content Management Systems there is. However, why would you install a CMS for every site you build? With just one copy of Drupal you can host several sites. Drupal has long had multi-site support, and Drupal 7's support is even better than previous versions. Drupal 7 Multi-Sites Configuration will teach you how to host several websites on a single copy of Drupal. You will learn how to create different sites, each with its own domain, content, and theme. This valuable information will help you to save time by managing modules and sharing them across several sites as well as administering your sites all in one place.This book will show you how to configure a system for multi-site, and then install several sites on one copy of Drupal, all with their own domain name and database. Learn how to install and share modules and themes, configure Apache, PHP, and MySQL for multi-site, and then manage the site. Once your site system is successfully set up, discover some of the advanced configurations possible with Drupal multi-site, as well as how to upgrade and maintain your sites.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

Chapter 4. Updating Multi-site Drupal

In previous chapters we have looked primarily at installation. In the first chapter, we prepared a system for installation. In the second chapter we installed Drupal and created three sites. And in the previous chapter we installed modules and themes. In this chapter, we are going to turn our attention to keeping Drupal up-to-date.

In this chapter, we will look at:

  • Performing updates through the administrative web interface

  • Updating Drupal's core in a multi-site configuration

  • Updating modules and themes

While this is similar to the process used for a single site, there are some extra precautions and considerations. Performing updates in the proper order can prevent major multi-site outages.

Updating Drupal

There are two different "magnitudes" of upgrades. There are major upgrades and minor updates. A major upgrade updates Drupal from one major version (say, Drupal 6) to a newer one (Drupal 7). Because major Drupal versions indicate substantial changes, such...