djangocms-multisite

django-multisite support for DjangoCMS

Support

Supported Django versions:

• Django 3.0
• Django 2.2

Supported django CMS versions:

• django CMS 3.7

Assumptions

1. A virtualenv up and running
2. DjangoCMS working

Installation

pip install djangocms-multisite

Usage

1. Open your settings.py file

2. We need to add the configurations for django-multisite :

   • Replace SITE_ID value with the SiteID function:

     from multisite import SiteID
     SITE_ID = SiteID(default=1)
     

   • Add multisite, djangocms_multisite to INSTALLED_APPS:

     INSTALLED_APPS=[
         ...
         'multisite',
         'djangocms_multisite',
         ...
     ]
     

   • Add those loders in the TEMPLATES setting:

     TEMPLATES = [
         ...
         {
             ...
             'DIRS': {...}
             'OPTIONS': {
                 'loaders': (
                     'multisite.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
                     'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
                 )
             }
             ...
         }
         ...
     ]
     

   • For other settings (cache, etc.) check the django-multisite page

3. Add multisite.middleware.DynamicSiteMiddleware and djangocms_multisite.middleware.CMSMultiSiteMiddleware to MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES. The order is important: multisite.middleware.DynamicSiteMiddleware must be applied before cms.middleware.utils.ApphookReloadMiddleware, while djangocms_multisite.middleware.CMSMultiSiteMiddleware must be right after:

   MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = [
       ...
       'multisite.middleware.DynamicSiteMiddleware',
       'cms.middleware.utils.ApphookReloadMiddleware',
       'djangocms_multisite.middleware.CMSMultiSiteMiddleware',
       ...
   ]
   

4. Configure the URL mapping as follows. The tests.test_utils.urls1 path can be the main urlconf file that you already have in your project. And it can be the same for all the domains if you need the same structure.:

   MULTISITE_CMS_URLS={
       'www.example.com': 'tests.test_utils.urls1',
       'www.example2.com': 'tests.test_utils.urls2',
   }
   MULTISITE_CMS_ALIASES={
       'www.example.com': ('alias1.example.com', 'alias2.example.com',),
       'www.example2.com': ('alias1.example2.com', 'alias2.example2.com',),
   }
   MULTISITE_CMS_FALLBACK='www.example.com'
   

5. Run python manage.py makemigrations

6. Run python manage.py migrate to apply the django-multisite migrations

Settings explanation

MULTISITE_CMS_URLS

Dictionary (or OrderedDict) containing the mapping between the domain (as configured in django sites) and the corresponding urlconf.

MULTISITE_CMS_FALLBACK

The default domain to load if any of the above does not match.

MULTISITE_CMS_ALIASES

Dictionary (or OrderedDict) containing the mapping between the domain (as configured in django sites) and a list of aliases. This is optional if all the aliases are configured as django-multisite aliases

Troubleshooting

• Domains in MULTISITE_CMS_URLS must be the same created in your database (via the interface in Home › Sites › Sites).