I see posts scattered throughout the forum discussing this topic. Seems for one reason or another none have clean workable asnswers. This post is no exception, just additional information in the hope you can pool all the information and knowledge and make what you want work.
This is not a "Fix All". Just another tool in the tool box.
The topic of multiple Osclass installations seems to come up weekly so I decided to offer my limited knowledge about this subject.
The short answer is yes it can be done in a few ways. The best way is database combining known as database integration. I will not go into this because it is difficult if you do not understand sql. There are many sites explaining this such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_integration Database combining allows each site to have it's own database but integrated to other sites. This would be the ideal setup.
Another way is to have multiple installations of Osclass sharing the same database. This works fine if you want all categories, users and item listings to be on all sites. Each site can have it's own theme and use different plugins with a few exceptions. The themes and plugins can generally be modified for each site with no effect on the other sites within reason. This can be structured to use one admin or an admin for each site.
Similar to above would be using a simple gateway site. This gateway site allows access to any site or site page such as by region, city, item catagory or sub-catagory. There can be an unlinited number of these links. Links can be represented by text or images. This would allow for each site to have it's own database or all sites sharing a database. If using seperate databases then each site could have categories, item listings, etc. independent of the other sites but easily accessible through the gateway. Another advantage of having a gateway site and several independant linked to sites is a huge gain in SEO and internet exposure.
Here is an example of a gateway site: http://www.lenaweeproperty.com
The above is fully functional. The gateway linked sites above are using separate databases but could have been setup using the same database. Note that I own the domains but I downloaded (Borrowed) and modified the gateway theme page from Osclass.
If you want just one site but multiple themes then install the plugin - demo_themes.
This allows each visitor to view the site from a theme they chose. The same theme will load each time they visit IF they accepted cookies.
There is much more that can be said but if you are serious about having multiple sites then expect to spend substantial time researching and learning or hire someone that knows how.
Though this is quite basic information, I Hope this helps answer the almost weekly question on how to setup mutiple installations.
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