Sites

Alchemy supports multiple websites from a single Rails application. Each site has its own domain, languages, and page trees.

How Sites Work

A site is identified by its host name. When a request comes in, Alchemy matches it against the configured hosts and serves the correct site's content.

Attribute	Description
Name	Display name of the site
Host	Primary domain (e.g. www.example.com)
Aliases	Additional domains that serve the same site (space-separated)
Redirect to primary host	When enabled, alias requests are redirected to the primary host

Setting Up Multiple Sites

The Alchemy installer creates a default site. To add more sites, use the admin interface under the Sites module.

Each site needs at least one language. After creating a new site, Alchemy will prompt you to create its default language.

Single-Site Setups

Most Alchemy installations use a single site. In this case, you can ignore the Sites module entirely — the default site created during installation handles everything.