Setting contexts for multiple domains in 2.1.3 .... have had this working in previous versions

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rachelmarama1 Reply #1, 12 years, 5 months ago

Hi,

I have a site running 2.1.3 that I am trying to set up contexts on. I'm following this tutorial:
http://www.belafontecode.com/modx-revolution-hosting-multiple-domains/#option2

I have this working successfully on two other sites that I have, however, they are not using 2.1.3 (one is 2.0.8 and the other 2.1.2).

Have there been any other changes in versions that might affect how things work?

I thing it is specifically this code in the index.php file:

/* setup for multiple domains */
switch(strtolower(MODX_HTTP_HOST)) {
   case 'http://www.nanettecameron.net/:80':
   case 'http://www.nanettecameron.net/':
      // if the http_host is http://www.nanettecameron.net/, switch the context to web
      $modx->initialize('web');
      break;
   case 'www.inpursuitofvenus.com:80':
   case 'www.inpursuitofvenus.com':
      // if the http_host is inpursuitofvenus.com, switch the context to inpursuitofvenus.com
      $modx->initialize('venus');
      break;
   
  default:
      // by default / if no other rule can be applied, load 'web' context
      $modx->initialize('web');
      break;
}

Both sites currently go to the web context, but if i just use this line: $modx->initialize('web'); and change it to $modx->initialize('venus');
then I am able to get to the venus context.

Any ideas?

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opengeek Reply #2, 12 years, 5 months ago

The code you have posted is not even valid PHP syntax. Regardless, you need to remove whatever the case statements are looking for anchor tags in the MODX_HTTP_HOST. This will never contain anything other than the host name and optionally the port number requested by the client browser.

Jason Coward
Chief Architect @ MODX
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rachelmarama1 Reply #3, 12 years, 5 months ago

thanks... for some reason the code has come out completely different to how I had it! I'll try copying it again

/* setup for multiple domains */
switch(strtolower(MODX_HTTP_HOST)) {
   case 'www.nanettecameron.net:80':
   case 'www.nanettecameron.net':
      // if the http_host is http://www.nanettecameron.net/, switch the context to web
      $modx->initialize('web');
      break;
   case 'www.inpursuitofvenus.com:80':
   case 'www.inpursuitofvenus.com':
      // if the http_host is inpursuitofvenus.com, switch the context to inpursuitofvenus.com
      $modx->initialize('venus');
      break;
   
  default:
      // by default / if no other rule can be applied, load 'web' context
      $modx->initialize('web');
      break;
}

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rachelmarama1 Reply #4, 12 years, 5 months ago

nope, try again...

/* setup for multiple domains */
switch(strtolower(MODX_HTTP_HOST)) {
   case 'www.nanettecameron.net:80':
   case 'www.nanettecameron.net':
      // if the http_host is www.nanettecameron.net, switch the context to web
      $modx->initialize('web');
      break;
   case 'www.inpursuitofvenus.com:80':
   case 'www.inpursuitofvenus.com':
      // if the http_host is inpursuitofvenus.com, switch the context to inpursuitofvenus.com
      $modx->initialize('venus');
      break;
   
  default:
      // by default / if no other rule can be applied, load 'web' context
      $modx->initialize('web');
      break;
}

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rachelmarama1 Reply #5, 12 years, 5 months ago

It's the venus context that I can't get to load. It just automatically redirects to the main site (www.nanettecameron.net) every time I try it. The only way I can see this context is if I change this:

$modx->initialize('web');

to this

$modx->initialize('venus');

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rachelmarama1 Reply #6, 12 years, 5 months ago

i've tried the case 'www.nanettecameron.net:80': with and without the www. Neither makes a difference.

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opengeek Reply #7, 12 years, 5 months ago

And without the 80, correct? 80 will almost never appear in the http_host value since it is the standard port for web requests.

Jason Coward
Chief Architect @ MODX
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rachelmarama1 Reply #8, 12 years, 5 months ago

yes, have tried both. Have also tried the gateway plugin, and no joy with that either. I think i'll try upgrading to 2.1.5

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charismeki Reply #9, 11 years, 3 months ago

for those who are struggleing with the routing of their content. the second domain pulls content from the 1st for / try this:

context->get('key') != "mgr"){
/* grab the current langauge from the cultureKey request var */
switch ($_REQUEST['cultureKey']) {
case 'de':
/* switch the context */
if ('www.1.eu' == $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'])
{
$modx->switchContext('web');
}
elseif ('www.2.eu' == $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'])
{
$modx->switchContext('2-de');
}
break;
case 'en':
/* switch the context */
if ('www.1.eu' == $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'])
{
$modx->switchContext('1-en');
}
elseif ('www.2.eu' == $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'])
{
$modx->switchContext('2-en');
}
break;
default:
/* Set the default context here */
/*set nothing here!!!*/
break;
}
/* unset GET var to avoid
* appending cultureKey=xy to URLs by other components */
unset($_GET['cultureKey']);
}

this worked for me in the end. multi domain incl. multi language set up
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sottwell Reply #10, 11 years, 3 months ago

I would very much like to know how you deal with multiple domains, each domain with multiple languages. For example, domain1.com/en/ and domain2.com/en/

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