one domain, many sites

[atoulis]

I am looking for a good strategy to accommodate over 90 school Joomla sites using one outside domain (e.g. schools.example.com).

My first strategy was to create a single ISPConfig site (web1) with subfolders for each school. Schools access sites like this: schools.example.com/school1, schools.example.com/schoo2, etc. This works, but I don’t like the fact that everyone shares the same ISPConfig and FTP account.

My proposal is to create an ISPConfig account and web site for every school, and use web1 as a redirection site. web1/www contains symbolic links named school2, school3, etc. that point to web2, web3, etc. School 3 accesses their site through: schools.example.com/school3.

Does anyone foresee any problems with this approach? I've tested it and it seems to work.

[till]

Have you thought about using subdomains?

Either shool1.example com or even shool1.shools.example.com. Then you would be able to create a website for every subdomain.

[atoulis]

We have considered subdomains, but our flexibility for using them is limited. We have too many users already accessing and using our sites with the schools.example.com/school1 type of addresses and we want to continue with that approach.

As a compromise, do you foresee any problems with this rather simplistic solution?

[falko]

Originally Posted by atoulis

As a compromise, do you foresee any problems with this rather simplistic solution?

No, should work.