Best practice for building two sites on the same processwire install

[blanco]

I'm building two sites that shares the same front end, templates, modules etc. It's just the content that will differ.

What is the best practice for building this locally. I'm thinking of just duplicating the database, and switch between the two in config.php. Is this practice considered good? Is there a risk of overwriting files/images when uploading? 

Thanks!

 

 

[elabx]

Here's what's on the official docs about multisite setups: 

https://processwire.com/docs/more/multi-site-support/

If you have access to the server's system, you could symlink the files of one Site A folder to the template files of Site B so you can keep template updates in sync. 

[blanco]

Thanks!

Option #1 doesn't really fit my needs as I will end up with two copies of the same site in different folders. 

I have tried another option mentioned in this thread: 

I just switch databases in config.php together with the config->paths->assets, and it seem to work fine. 
Do you see any problems with this setup? 

 

 

[dragan]

Do you need one single PW admin for both sites? Or each site has its own PW-backend?

[blanco]

I want one single pw install. But I want to have a method for just switching between two databases when developing locally. So far, the solution I mentioned above seem to do the trick. I have added this config.php:

else if($domain == "sitetwo.com"){

    $config->dbHost = '127.0.0.1';
    $config->dbName = 'site_two';
    $config->dbUser = 'root';
    $config->dbPass = 'root';
    $config->dbPort = '3306';

    $config->paths->assets = $config->paths->site . 'assets_two/';
    $config->urls->assets = $config->urls->site . 'assets_two/';

    $config->paths->files = $config->paths->site . 'assets_two/files/';
    $config->urls->files = $config->urls->site . 'assets_two/files/';

    $config->paths->cache = $config->paths->site . 'assets_two/cache/';
    $config->urls->cache = $config->urls->site . 'assets_two/cache/';

    $config->paths->logs = $config->paths->site . 'assets_two/logs/';
    $config->urls->logs = $config->urls->site . 'assets_two/logs/';

}

$domain is just a variable that I set manually, to switch between the two databases/sites. Is this a good or bad approach?