I want to create a large site with VSD and I have read on a couple of threads (but not fully understood) that you can create mini sites linked to the main one, all sharing the same domain. Could someone please elaborate on this process?

Thanks, Kevan

Hi Kevan,
It can be done,VSD has a 500 page limit, so with that you could make another (Continued site) and install in a sub directory. example is in the www slot of vsd you have public_html to install the second half of your website you'd put public_html/continued then vsd will make that folder for you and install the add-on in that folder. now to link to that continued site from the last page of the first, it would be public_html/continued/index.html. hope I explained it right.

what it will look like in the browser search bar is http://www.website.com/continued/index.html

I don't have 500 pages to shw you. try practicing with it and see what you get.

Bruzer,
Thank you for taking the time to respond, I gave up on the forum and played around a bit earlier and figured out a way. I just made another site, nested the new website folder within my original sites general folder and renamed it. So the address is actually nice and clean: http://oldsite.com/newsite,
Hopefully I won't run into any problems doing it like this, but I uploaded a couple of sample pages and everything seems to work fine. If you can see any problems to this method please let me know, but it looks like I could make a 1000 page site out of 25 page mini-sites. Hope this doesn't bite me in the backside down the road.

-Kevan

if it works, great! Let us know it goes ok.
BTW link is inop.
http://www.kellyinfo.com

Hi Kevan,

I have a website of about 100 pages and I'm about to make a whole lot of changes. Could you briefly explain the pros and cons of setting the site up with these 'mini site'?

Regards,
Sharon

Hi Sharon,
I'm sorry, I didn't realize that you posted your question until now. Like you, I made a very large site, over 300 pages, and created it all under 1 main site. The problems that I began having were: the site took a great deal of time to save and preview, it was getting difficult to edit-due to the large number of pages/links and there were a ton of files associated with it-so searching through and editing these became cumbersome as well. By breaking the site into smaller, logical sections it saves time, resources and it is much easier to edit. Hope this helps.

-Kevan

Kevan,
I have the same issue with site-size & was wondering if you have had any problems with your "mini-sites" since this last post?
Bill

Thanks for replying Kevan and thank you for being our guinea pig!
How's your site going? Is there any things we should be aware of being coverting our sites. I don't like the long upload times or searching for the bottom page in the list. I took a look at your site at it all seems to be neat and tidy and working well. A really nice site!

-Sharon

Hi All, We are considering breaking up two of our websites that are heavy with photos and about 55 pages in length, using the suggestion of the "mini sites". I have a couple of questions about doing this... if I have navigational buttons on every page, how do I link them to the right pages if some pages are on site # 1 and some pages are on site #2? For example, on site # 1 the home page would be linked by using the page link button and connecting to the HOME page, however on site # 2 (which is housed in a subdirectory), the link would be a http link that would look like http://domain.com/home.html). Also, how do you recommend handling graphics that appear on all the pages. For example, using the HOME button graphic, do you recommend having that stored on the hard drive for both of the sites (duplicating the graphic so it is easily accessible by each website for uploading) or is there a way to do it so I don't have to duplicate all the graphics that appear on all the pages (banners, nav buttons, copyright info at the bottom of the pages, etc). I love the idea of mini sites, I'm just trying to understand the trade-offs involved. THANKS!! Bonnie