Setting up a demo CMS Builder site
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Last Post: March 8, 2010 (RSS)
By kkegans - March 8, 2010
If I have a website already using CMSB and I want to set up a demo of CMSB for customers, using the Demo Plugin. do I need to install a second CMS Builder in a separate directory on my server and point the demo to that installation?
Kurt
Thanks,
Kurt
Re: [kkegans] Setting up a demo CMS Builder site
By gkornbluth - March 8, 2010 - edited: March 8, 2010
From what I understand, a separate demo requires a separate license (at least for a while the "demo" license was available at a reduced rate).
Just to be safe, if I was going to go to the trouble of setting up a separate demo for my clients, I'd not only set up a separate installation, but I'd set up a totally separate set of section editors and viewers as well.
Then again, I list my religious preference as "Devout Coward"
Is there a reason that you'd want the site to be "live" and in "demo" mode at the same time?
If not, then as I understand it you can just turn on the demo mode for the site and a new temporary database will be created for each demo user.
More is avaialble at http://www.interactivetools.com/iforum/CMS_Builder_F35/gforum.cgi?post=72448 and at http://www.interactivetools.com/docs/cmsbuilder/demo_mode.html
and a pretty cool demo of the demo is on-line at: http://demo2.interactivetools.com/cmsbuilder
Others may have had more experience with setting up demos and will probably weigh in with their opinions.
Best,
Jerry Kornbluth
Take advantage of a free 3 month trial subscription, only for CMSB users, at: http://www.thecmsbcookbook.com/trial.php
Re: [kkegans] Setting up a demo CMS Builder site
By Dave - March 8, 2010
Here's some more information on this.
The demo mode feature is built-in, so basically you just enable it and it creates a unique temporary copy of the database for each user. So once you turn demo mode on you can't use that install for anything but a demo, since any changes you make will not be visible to other users.
Let me know if you have any other questions about how that works.
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Re: [Dave] Setting up a demo CMS Builder site
By kkegans - March 8, 2010
Thanks for the reply. You told me exactly what I expected.
What I want is to have a demo of a 2 or 3 page sample website using CMSB on our site for our customers to try. Since I have used CMSB in developing our site, I will need to y install a 2nd CMSB license in a subdirectory off of the root of my web site to run the demo pages correct.
Are there any gotcha's I need to look out for in having 2 CMSB installs on the website.
Kurt
Thanks,
Kurt
Re: [kkegans] Setting up a demo CMS Builder site
By Donna - March 8, 2010
Nope, it should run just fine -- just make sure they're in different directories, and are using different databases (or at least, different prefixes in the same database.) :)
That demo license can still be purchased at 75% off with the promo code CMSDEMOCOPY if you need one.
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