Multiple Joomla/Zencarts/etc on subdomains

[paulwiersema]

I have seen several posts which refer to installing Joomla or Zen or mySQL on a subdomain. I specifically remember that the instructions for installation indicate that it should be at the root of the domain, not in a subdirectory. Can someone please shed some light on this issue? I have a client who wants to set up multiple shopping carts and/or product lines on subdomains, keeping them separate. Is it possible/better to set the apps up on BlueHost under the subdomain, or do I need to set it up under the parent domain and just have individual carts (in the Zen case) for each subdomain?

Thanks,
Paul

[bobdog]

There is no problem setting up multiple Zen carts on your domain. I've done it many times. Just set each one up in a seperate directory and database.

[paulwiersema]

Thanks for the confirmation, bobdog.

[felgall]

You should even be able to set them all up to use the same database provided that you either have different prefixes on the table names or set up different usernames for each so as to be able to distinguish what data in the database belongs to which application.