Implementation with subdomain

[NickGoDawg]

I am in the process of creating a website for my neighborhood. I don't have extensive web development experience, but I learn quickly and I'm a good self learner.

My overall site plan is thus: www.domain.com as the main neighborhood domain and then to have swim.domain.com, garden.domain.com, renovators.domain.com, etc. for each of the different community groups in the subdivision.

The main domain and all subdomains will have the same template structure and layout with the subdomains have an additional CSS for unique color schemes.

My goal is to have one unified calendar for all community groups and I have created that with categories for each group. On each subdomains template I will only display the events for the apprioate category and I have that figured out without issue.

My problem is twofold. If I go page www.domain.com/swim the calendar the popups work. However, if I go via swim.domain.com they do not. Furthermore, the esstyle.css does not seem to be getting applied completely. Some chages to the css are observed while others are not.

It seems like I am going to have to have multiple installtions of EPC for each subdomain. If I do that can each instance use the same data source (flat file or DB)? Are there any other more simple solutions that I am not aware of?

Here is a link to the actual site: swim.huntleyhills.net.

[Brian]

When you use subdomains, must likely your paths will change for each of them. You will need a separate install of each calendar for this to work.

Additionally, the best option is to use a mySQL database if you're trying to share the data between each install.

Because of the myriad of ways this can be accomplished, you may want to ask your web host provider how to do this.

[Tod]

Rather than setting up several separate calendars for each special interest group, you might make use of the Category feature and set it up like this:

1. Create a group of "unseen" pages, one for each SIG and set up the calendar display for each one using Category. This group of pages should reside within the domain that's registered with Brian. On each page create a button or whatever that links back to the referring page.

2. From each SIG domain create a button (or other form of navigation that's consistant with your layout) and link it to the "unseen" page that contains the calendar layout specific to that SIG.

3. On your main pages (the pages with general news for the entire neighborhood), set up a page that doesn't filter by Category so that the entire neighborhood calendar can be viewed. At this point you can state (and even provide links) that individual SIG calendars can be viewed as well.

Advantages: Only one Cal to maintain! Easy implementation. Doesn't need SQL.

Definitions:
SIG = Special Interest Group, what you refer to as community groups.
"hidden pages" = pages that one doesn't normally get to except by navigation links. These could (and maybe should) be part of the root area of your domain.

I hope this aids in your planning.

-Tod

[NickGoDawg]

Brian:

I have done as you suggested, copied the EPC calendar directory within each subdomain. However, in these subdomains it now says I have an invalid license. What should I do?

Nick

[Brian]

https://www.easyphpcalendar.com/supp...eid=34&nav=0,1

[NickGoDawg]

This link concerns parked domains and that is not my case. I have not changed domains, I've just got a subdomain. Basicially, I have www.website.com, subweb1.website.com and subweb2.website.com. In all three cases the domain is website.com. I do not consider subdomains to be parked domains.

[Brian]

Functionally, they seem to work the same in your case.

Please open a support ticket with the domain names and calendar addresses and I'll see what I can do.

[Abe]

This is not really a subdomain requirement. But a variation of using the same calendar license inside the same domain name.

I am building a community site in one single domain, with different subfolders for different community groups using different calendars.

Can this be done with separate calendar install folders for each community group?, e.g. samedomain.com/group1/calendar1 and samedomain.com/group2/calendar2 and using different sql tables for each one?

Thanks,

Abe

[Brian]

Technically, yes you can install the calendar this way.

[Abe]

Thanks. worked with no problem at all.

This is a very good calendar.

Abe