Trouble with MultiSite on Localhost

[FrancisChung]

Hi there,

I'm trying to set up different instances of our website so I thought I'd try it out locally first before deploying out to the real world.

I'm interested in a multi-site/independent DB setup so I'm following the instructions (Step1 Alternative)  in https://processwire.com/api/modules/multi-site-support/

The steps I've taken are :

1) I've copied my /site folder to /site-dev.

2) Modified index.config.php and moved it to the webroot

3) Modified config.php in site-dev and changed the DB credentials.

I thought this was all the steps I needed to take but it didn't work.

I've also added an entry in /private/etc/hosts for dev.localhost to point to 127.0.0.1

Is there something else I have overlooked?

Thanks in advance!

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index.config.php

function ProcessWireHostSiteConfig() {

 

        return array(

 

                /*

                 * Some Examples (you should remove/replace them if used).

* Just note that the values must begin with 'site-'.

                 *

                 */

                 'dev.localhost' => 'site-dev',

 

/*

* Default for all others (typically /site/)

*

*/

'*' => 'site',

 

                );

 

}

 

config.php

$config->dbHost = 'localhost'; 

$config->dbName = 'SSS-Live';

 

[FrancisChung]

I've given up on this for now & went for completely seperate site installations.