hi,

how can i go from one community to another. I have created 2 community. but how can I access community 1's pages and community 2's pages.

it means : http://localhost/CommunityStarterKit : when u type this , which community willl come up ?

please help me to understand this.

thanks,
chintan

You configure each community to answer requests in ISPAdmin. The domain and sub-domain fields determine which URL a community will answer requests for. There are a lot of discussions about this in the forums here, and you can find info in the documentation that installes with the CSK too.

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Stephen M. Redd
http://www.reddnet.net

thanks redd,

i know that u can go http://localhost/CommunityStarterkit/ispadmin , and u can add or delete community . but my question is , when u type

http://localhost/communitystartekit/default.aspx , how can i know that , in which community i am in ? how can I access the pages of community1 and community2.

please advice me.

When you type in http://localhost/communitystartekit/default.aspx the community that answers will be whichever one is configured to answer requests for localhost in the ISPAdmin tool. For example: if you ahve community1 configured like this:

domain = localhost
sub-domain = *

then community 1 answers ALL requests coming to http://localhost/communitystartekit/

You will never see anything from Community2 if you use http://localhost/

Even if you configured community2's domain field in ISPAdmin so that community 2 also listens for localhost, it probably still wont answer a request for localhost since community 1 will get the request first (this isn't necessarily true, depends on which community was created first).

If you want to see both communities on your local machine do this:

Open your hosts file and add a new entry for the IP address 127.0.0.1. For example:

127.0.0.1 community2

In ISPAdmin, configure community 2 like this:

domain = community2
sub-domain = *

Then in the address bar type:
http://community2/communitystartekit/default.aspx


This should show you community 2. Typing in the same address for localhost should still give you community1.

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Stephen M. Redd
http://www.reddnet.net

thanks redd , it worked . very thanks to u .

I didn't know too much about host which is in windows/system32/drivers/etc.

can u please tell me why we use host ? and what is the different between virtual directory in iis and host.

thanks again.

that's in involved topic.

You may find Matthew's article interesting. It covers the details of DNS and how it applies to the CSK very thouroughly.

http://csk.matthewroche.com/Articles/3450.aspx

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Stephen M. Redd
http://www.reddnet.net

hi redd ,

again me. sorry for inconviniencce.

question :

I have developed 2 community : 1. CommunityStarterKit.com : host : 127.0.0.1
2. community2 : host: 127.0.0.1

now these are different community . but when i add a new section in community2 , I can also see that section in CommunityStarterKit.com community . why ?

basically I wanna make 3 or more sites from csk . can i make those ? how ? and what is the mail purpose of community here.

give me guidence in brief.

thanks,
chintan.

hi ,

i have find it out . i need to create virtual directory for that.

It sounds to me like one community is answering both requests.

Check those fields in ISPAdmin. For this setup you would need:

Community1
domain = CommunityStarterKit.com
subdomain = *

Community2
domain = community2
subdomain = *

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Stephen M. Redd
http://www.reddnet.net

hi redd ,

again :

community1

domain : localhost
sub : *

community2

domain : community2
sub : *

and also in host header : community2 127.0.0.1

and my virtual directory name is : community2csk
I have done all these.

problem :

when i type http://localhost/community2csk/ and login as an admin and change something , i am still watching that changes in

http://community2/community2csk/

now what can i do ? how can i make 2 or 3 sites which use communitystarterkit .?

please advice me .

thanks ,

chintan

I have no idea. It sounds like you configured correctly. I use the same technique myself. All that is required is the correct entries in your hosts file, and to setup ISPAdmin domain and subdomain for each community using the various entries you create in the hosts file. No changes in IIS are needed.

Changes in the standard admin tools of one community should not affect another community.

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Stephen M. Redd
http://www.reddnet.net