django-multisite 1.4.0

Serve multiple sites from a single Django application

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README
======

Install with pip::

pip install django-multisite


Or get the code via git::

git clone git://github.com/ecometrica/django-multisite.git django-multisite

Then run::

python setup.py install

Or add the django-multisite/multisite folder to your PYTHONPATH.

If you wish to contribute, instead run::

python setup.py develop


Quickstart
----------

Replace your SITE_ID in settings.py to::

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

Add these to your INSTALLED_APPS::

INSTALLED_APPS = [
...
'django.contrib.sites',
'multisite',
...
]

Add to your settings.py TEMPLATES loaders in the OPTIONS section::

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

Or for Django 1.7 and earlier, add to settings.py TEMPLATES_LOADERS::

TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
'multisite.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
)

Edit settings.py MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES::

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
...
'multisite.middleware.DynamicSiteMiddleware',
...
)

Append to settings.py, in order to use a custom cache that can be
safely cleared::

# The cache connection to use for django-multisite.
# Default: 'default'
CACHE_MULTISITE_ALIAS = 'multisite'

# The cache key prefix that django-multisite should use.
# If not set, defaults to the KEY_PREFIX used in the defined
# CACHE_MULTISITE_ALIAS or the default cache (empty string if not set)
CACHE_MULTISITE_KEY_PREFIX = ''

If you have set CACHE\_MULTISITE\_ALIAS to a custom value, *e.g.*
``'multisite'``, add a separate backend to settings.py CACHES::

CACHES = {
'default': {
...
},
'multisite': {
'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache',
'TIMEOUT': 60 * 60 * 24, # 24 hours
...
},
}


Multisite determines the ALLOWED_HOSTS by checking all Alias domains. You can
also set the MULTISITE_EXTRA_HOSTS to include additional hosts. This can
include wildcards.::

MULTISITE_EXTRA_HOSTS = ['example.com']
# will match the single additional host

MULTISITE_EXTRA_HOSTS = ['.example.com']
# will match any host ending '.example.com'


Domain fallbacks
----------------

By default, if the domain name is unknown, multisite will respond with
an HTTP 404 Not Found error. To change this behaviour, add to
settings.py::

# The view function or class-based view that django-multisite will
# use when it cannot match the hostname with a Site. This can be
# the name of the function or the function itself.
# Default: None
MULTISITE_FALLBACK = 'django.views.generic.base.RedirectView

# Keyword arguments for the MULTISITE_FALLBACK view.
# Default: {}
MULTISITE_FALLBACK_KWARGS = {'url': 'http://example.com/',
'permanent': False}

Templates
---------
If required, create template subdirectories for domain level templates (in a
location specified in settings.TEMPLATES['DIRS'], or in settings.TEMPLATE_DIRS
for Django <=1.7).

Multisite's template loader will look for templates in folders with the names of
domains, such as::

templates/example.com


The template loader will also look for templates in a folder specified by the
optional MULTISITE_DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_DIR setting, e.g.::
templates/multisite_templates


Cross-domain cookies
--------------------

In order to support `cross-domain cookies`_,
for purposes like single-sign-on,
prepend the following to the top of
settings.py MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES::

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
'multisite.middleware.CookieDomainMiddleware',
...
)

CookieDomainMiddleware will consult the `Public Suffix List`_
for effective top-level domains.
It caches this file
in the system's default temporary directory
as ``effective_tld_names.dat``.
To change this in settings.py::

MULTISITE_PUBLIC_SUFFIX_LIST_CACHE = '/path/to/multisite_tld.dat'

By default,
any cookies without a domain set
will be reset to allow \*.domain.tld.
To change this in settings.py::

MULTISITE_COOKIE_DOMAIN_DEPTH = 1 # Allow only *.subdomain.domain.tld

In order to fetch a new version of the list,
run::

manage.py update_public_suffix_list

.. _cross-domain cookies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie#Domain_and_Path
.. _Public Suffix List: http://publicsuffix.org/


Tests
-----

To run the tests::

python setup.py test

Or::

pytest

Before deploying a change, to verify it has not broken anything by running::

tox

This runs the tests under every supported combination of Django and Python.