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This may not be the best place to post the question but I can’t find a better place.

I am trying to understand what a site means, both from the legal and from the technical standpoint. Is this in any way related to domains and subdomains?

I have been searching through the forums, etc. and I find it hard to nail an answer down. This is made even more complicated by the fact that most information I find points to outdated (404) documentation related to subdomains. It appears that information has been superseded by the Site Manager.

Specifically I’m publish a podcast and from time to time we run special events as a way to drum up support. So far (this was on pre-EE software), I’ve always addressed these special events by creating a special event category in the blog. The category has a special address and I can use to link from banners, etc.

I’m looking at an event where, for various reasons, it would be handy to create a subdomain and post the information related to that even on the subdomain. Some of the reasons include coverage in the press and giving more proeminence to a sponsor.

It seems to me that multiple-site manager, although a nice piece of software, is way overkilled for that purpose: (1) the subdomain would only exists for a couple of months, (2) visitors to the subdomain must have access to the same dataset as the main site…

What is EE position on this? What constitutes a site exactly?

Not sure if my question is clear, actually I’m not sure the problem is not very clear in my head either…

—ben

Hm- think I’m going to shift this to ‘General discussion’- but I think the answer will boil down to ‘Why are you asking’.  If it’s mostly a licensing issue?  Probably the best way to get a definitive answer is to email sales and give them the details on what you want to do.

That said- if it’s the same client and they just want to put a special promotional event on a subdomain?  Doesn’t sound like it would be a problem to me (speaking in general terms).  And yep- MSM probably would be overkill- and I’d consider going with the old method of running a subdomain.  I usuall choose between that and an MSM setup based on what will make data entry the easiest.  If I need clear separation- MSM.  If I prefer to have the management all under the same umbrella?  Old school.

Thanks.

Hm- think I’m going to shift this to ‘General discussion’- but I think the answer will boil down to ‘Why are you asking’.

I’m asking because I need to budget the event and it’s difficult to get sponsoring for these events so if I’d rather no buy MSM. Not to mention that the subdomain will only run for a couple of months and I’d rather avoid the extra complexity of MSM thereafter (if I install it for 2 months, I could not find a procedure to uninstall it after the 2 months).

That said- if it’s the same client and they just want to put a special promotional event on a subdomain?

There is no client. We use EE in-house. Well to be precise we’re in the process of migrating to EE.
We publish a podcast (think of us as a magazine, if it helps). From time to time we run series of special stories which we promote heavily. We usually post them under a special category but this time, as I explained, I’d like to associate a subdomain to it.

the old method of running a subdomain

I saw this. My problem is EE 2.0 because it says that the method is unsupported which I read as “it could break down in a future version” and with 2.0 release nearing (if I read correctly) this may be a problem.

It takes 6-9 months to organize these events so right now I’m planning my budget for something that will happen in 6-9 months.

—ben

There is no reason why that old method would stop working - it just means that it is not something we can offer technical support for or guarantee.  As far as your planning, we recommend making decisions based on what is available now.

If you only need a temporary subdomain, then that old method is probably your best option currently.  You could use the MSM and then simply cycle the Sites you use to cover those extra subdomains.