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OK, now I believe I have this correct.
TEMPLATE CREATION - lessons learned
To recap, in order to created child sites based on content in the master site you need to first create a template, and then create you child sites.
STEP A. -- CREATE TEMPLATE
When you create your TEMPLATE based on the MASTER SITE, you should first create a new database into which the master site will be duplicated. Think of this as a "bridge database" between the master site to be duplicated and all your child/slave sites with their own DB's. Then the only items to enter are ID (the name of your template), TEMPLATE SITE (select your master site from the drop down), the details of your "bridge" database and then NEW DB PREFIX {site_id}_
You will also need to enter the LIST OF DOMAIN NAMES and DEPLOYMENT FOLDER but I believe the rules explained in Tutorial Video 0.d are solid in this case (around the 20 minute mark)
STEP B. -- CREATE CHILD/SLAVE SITES
When you create your child/slave site, you need to enter:
1. SITE ID
2. LIST OF DOMAIN NAMES (I used the actual URL for the child site - no variables)
3. TEMPLATES: (select the name of the template you created in Step A)
4. NEW DB SERVER NAME: server name of your child site DB
5. NEW DB NAME: name of child site DB
6. NEW DB USER: user name of child site DB
7. NEW DB PASSWORD: password for child site DB
8. NEW DB TABLE PREFIX: LEAVE THIS BLANK! IT IS DETERMINED VIA THE TEMPLATE RULE
8. DEPLOYED DIRECTORY: the full physical path to where the child/slave site is to reside
9. CREATE DEPLOY DIRECTORY: i always select this to make sure the directory is created
That should do it.
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