Hello,

I'm new at this and want to create a slave site on the localhost in apache.
I've tried allot of different solutions like the Demo installation and the manual instructions and others, but I can't seem to get it to work.

This is what I've done.

- I've created a website with the Site Manager
- As a domain name I've put the http://(my IP address): (the port number)
Example 125.35.7.5:8888/
- Now I linked the port number with the /home/joomla folder in httpd.conf
- At the ServerName and ServerAlias I've put the link http://(my IP address): (the port number)

Results
- After that when I visit http://(my IP address): (the port number) in the browser I'll get the master website
- Even if I type http://(my IP address): (the port number)/installation/index.php it links back to the master website
-It doesn't link to the installation page and I cannot install the slave site...

What am I doing wrong and what should I do?

-off topic-
In the manual it says at DocumentRoot /var/www/html/php/MultiSites
But in the demo and after creating a site in the Site Manager it says that it should be linked to the /home/joomla directory (master installation directory)

This is a little confusing, but I guess it should be the master installation directory in the manual and not the multisites directory.

Hey.....i have nearly the same problem with 1.1

First my configuration:

We use our OWN DNS Servers (solaris) not that one from the domain registers.
I use windows SBS 2003 with Xampp (for Apache) on an www. Server (global server) .
(i´m the administrator / we use our own server not a rent server with plesk etc)

Settings:
httpd.conf in apache to: c:\xampp\htdocs\cms -->working well, the domain is online from outside

The Joomla DocumentRoot ist shown the locally server path like c:\xampp\htdocs\cms
But i think this path is like our domain (http:((www.xxx.com).

i do everything what i´m reading in the forum and in the handout. JMS is not working.
but according to the tutorials our configuration it is little bit different.

It is not possible after creating a slave site (shown in teh tutorial) to install the slave site.
it is linking back to the master page.
If i linked to the /multisites if only get directory listening.

Could be the problem:

maybe the component could not analyze the FROm-Domain cause we use our own DNS servers?
that the apache is wrong configured? Must it configurated?
is it cause we use our own dns servers? not that one like plesk etc.
must i add the "redirection" in our dns config files?
Linking errors?
other ideas / solutions?
thank you very much

I know that when working on a local machine, the environment parameters are not present in the PHP global variables and this is the reason why I have published in the forum an alternate solution when working in a localhost.
See www.jms2win.com/forum?func=view&id=303&catid=17#303

Perhaps that in your case, this is the same reason.
JMS uses several global parameters and in particular $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] .
You can create a small PHP file that will echo $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
This will allow you check if your environment and DNS fill this variable.