Forum OpenACS Q&A: Dynamically create customized websites for Users

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1: Dynamically create customized websites for Users
Posted by Kofi Boateng on 06/20/07 09:00 PM
Hi,
I would like to create a website where User's would go and open an account to create their own custom website. Example:

1. User visits my website
2. User registers to create a customize community
3. openACS automatically creates the site for User using parameter inputs from user i.e. stye, layout, color etc.

Thus,
my site = www.abc.com
user site = www.dfe.com

However, if user goes to www.dfe.com, openACS would be smart enough to identify the user and displays what user can see on user's customized site.

Is the above possible with openACS?

Regards,

Kofi Boateng

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2: Re: Dynamically create customized websites for Users (response to 1)
Posted by Malte Sussdorff on 06/23/07 12:42 PM
Yes, one of my customers is running exactly this setup using dotFOLIO which allows you to have communities for each user. The change of the domain would have to be done using something like NGINX, doing a domain rewrite from www.dfe.com to dfe.abc.com, which allows openacs to handle it better.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to contact me.

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3: Re: Dynamically create customized websites for Users (response to 1)
Posted by Brian Fenton on 06/25/07 10:47 AM
Hi,
also take a look at this posting:
https://openacs.org/forums/message-view?message_id=1057010

Brian