Drupal "Subsites" module allows you to easily create minisites

I just released a new Drupal module. It was one that has been laying around for some time now, but got constantly improved to make it reusable on as much sites as possible. I stripped the feature set down to the minimum and called it "subsites".

Download it at its Drupal project page.

What are subsites?

Subsites are a part of your website that can have its own menu, theme, custom CSS or anything else you want.

An example? Suppose you are making a magazine website. On most magazine websites you might want to create small subsites about a certain topic. This subsite probably has its own menu (next to the primary navigation). It might also have its own look. This new look could be a minimal change from the default site look (a different background, different colors, ...) or it might be a completely new look.

How does subsites do this?

Subsites can be defined in a few manners:
- Marking individual nodes as belonging to the subsite.
- All pages in the subsite menu belong to the subsite.
- Defining paths that belong to a the subsite. This is done in the same way block visibility works. So you can use PHP too!

Subsites can have ...
... their own page template : page-subsites-{subsite-id} or page-subsites-{subsite-slug-name}.tpl.php
... their own CSS file
... their own theme, different from the default theme
... their own menu.

Subsites can be ...
... a condition in Context module (http://drupal.org/project/context)
... used to define block visibility

That's all?

Nope! Themers and module writers can react differently for each subsite using subsites_get_current and subsites_get.

Want even more?

If you're a more experienced user and need more flexibility, sections (http://drupal.org/project/sections) and context (http://drupal.org/project/context) are your thing.