With a multisite architecture you limit structural costs and management tasks, regardless of the number of websites. After all, you only manage one environment.
Scalability and flexibility are becoming increasingly important to respond to changes in the market.
Multisite: one core – unlimited websites
With a multisite architecture, you can manage multiple websites more efficiently. A multisite architecture consists of one central technical core. This is usually a CMS in combination with one or more databases. This core is the basis for all websites in the architecture. If you opt for a solid CMS, the number of websites you can manage with it is virtually unlimited.
This offers several advantages. First of all, you only have to keep one environment up-to-date and monitor its security. Secondly, you can reuse content and features for all your websites. You also manage users, roles and rights in one place. And - this makes editors happy - you only have to learn one CMS.
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Solutions for multisites have been around for a while. The only thing is that the chances that you could really do something with them are slim. They were mostly incomplete modules for switzerland telegram data open source CMSs and enterprise systems for large organizations. Not an effective or profitable solution for the majority of companies.
Another factor is the lifespan of a website. If you have just invested in a new corporate website, you hope to use it for a few years. Not everyone is therefore able to profit immediately when a new opportunity arises.
Invest in a sustainable model that you can build on for years to come.
Choose your CMS
Today, there are a number of stable open source multisite solutions available for almost any budget. From personal experience, I can highly recommend the CMSs Drupal and Umbraco. For example, Drupal is used by almost all Australian government agencies , Umbraco is used to manage all of the Carlsberg Group brands .
But hospitals, school boards, municipalities, project developers and restaurant chains are also increasingly using multisite solutions. Do you work with a CMS that allows you to easily manage multiple websites at the same time? Let me know in the comments. I am curious to see which other CMSs have developed this feature to maturity.
