This is a nice little script for setting up my vhosts.

siteup.sh

#!/bin/bash 
# 
# This is a nice little script for setting up my vhosts.
# I edited it to my needs from the original. Thanks to http://commandlineidiot.com
#
# =======================
# Siteup Script 0.1
# Written by Command Line Idiot
# http://commandlineidiot.com
# You may use, modify, and redistribute this script freely
# Released: August 2007
# =======================

# =======================
#	set functions
# =======================
#	make_vhost is the function to create a config file that
#	Apache2 can interpret. The variable for the domain name is passed
#	into the file at $dname, and the system-wide variable for username
#	is passed into the file at $USER. You may wish to replace the
#	ServerAdmin email address with your own email address. You may alter
#	any of the code between the terms _EOF_ to build your own preferred 
#	standard config file.  

function make_vhost
{
cat <<- _EOF_
<VirtualHost *:80>
	ServerAdmin webmaster@${dname}
	ServerName www.${dname}

	DirectoryIndex index.htm index.php
	DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/${dname}/www/public/

	<Directory /var/www/vhosts/${dname}/www/public/>
		Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
		AllowOverride All
		Order allow,deny
		Allow from all
	</Directory>
	
	ErrorLog /var/www/log/${dname}_error.log
	CustomLog /var/www/log/${dname}_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
	ServerName ${dname}
	RedirectMatch permanent ^/(.*)$ http://www.${dname}/\$1
</VirtualHost>
_EOF_
}

# =======================
#	     header
# =======================
clear  
echo "***      Site Setup      ***"
 
# =======================
# set domain name variable
# =======================
echo -n "==> Enter new domain name (domain.com): "
read dname
echo "Setting up files for ${dname}"
mkdir -p /var/www/vhosts/${dname}/www/public
echo "created /var/www/vhosts/${dname}/www/public"

# =======================
# build vhost config file
# =======================
make_vhost > /etc/apache2/sites-available/${dname}
echo "created /etc/apache2/sites-available/${dname}"

# =======================
#    exit
# =======================

echo "***      Finished setting up files for ${dname}."
exit