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On 22/05/06, dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanks mike, i will look over these in am. > > Don't worry, it WONT be running on iis, you should know that by now!! haha > > ~Dave the disruptor~ > > ---------------------------------------- > From: "Mike Kear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 3:24 AM > To: CF-Talk <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: model-glue on shared servers > > The docs for Model-Glue and for Reactor lag behind the product somewhat. > It's a struggle to keep them in synch with the product because it's moving > ahead so fast. > > I dont want to rehash the VERY LONG thread that went on the Reactor list a > while back, but I'll give you a brief synopsis .... > > - For running Reactor on a shared server ... DO NOT make a mapping > called "Reactor" despite what the docs say. > - Put the Reactor core files in a folder of their own under the web > root. DO NOT put them any lower than that (i.e. dont put them in a > folder wwwroot/admin/reactor they MUST go in wwwroot/reactor. It is this > folder that will contain reactorFactory.cfc) > - Make a folder where you want Reactor to create it's > application-specific auto-generated files. This folder can be anywhere > within your site, e.g. wwwroot/cfcs/reactordata > - Create a ColdFusion mapping (or ask your sysadmin to do it) pointing > to this location. The docs suggest to call it "/myApplicationData" but you > can call it whatever you like. > > If you are using Reactor in your WindowsXPPRo using IIS5.1, you can only > have one site. You can still have reactor running, but there is quite a > lot of complicatoin having several versions. So if you think you might have > several versions of Reactor on your system (e.g. different development > periods and therefore using a later rev of Reactor on one site) I strongly > suggest not using IIS. I changed to Apache for this reason and it made a > great many things easier. > > So .. supposing you decided to stick with WindowsXPPro and IIS5.1 ... ok > here's what you have to do ... > > - You will no doubt have a folder c:\inetpub\wwwroot\MySIte1 which > contains the files for your site called MySIte1. > - DO NOT put your reactor files in the folder > c:\inetpub\wwwroot\MySIte1\Reactor, which the Docs seem to say, but if you > read carefully they dont. > - Put your reactor files in the folder c:\inetpub\wwwroot\reactor\ > i.e OUTSIDE the folders relating to your site MySite1. (this means > you can only have one copy of Reactor running at a time on your WInXP > machine - there are apparently ways to have different copies but I never > figured that out) > - Create the folder for the auto-generated application files INSIDE > your site MySite1, and to take the example above your folder will be > c:\inetpub\wwwroot\MySite1\cfcs\reatordata > - Create a ColdFusion mapping pointing to this folder. The docs > suggest to call it "/myApplicationData" but you can call it whatever you > like. > - When you upload your site to the shared server, you will need to > upload BOTH the files in MySite1 AND those in the c:\inetpub\wwwroot\reactor > tree. These will be INSIDE your site on the shared server. > > This has been written from memory, so I hope it's correct in every > detail. But I can testify that it works on a shared server, but you have > to make sure you dont have a coldfusion mapping called Reactor anywhere, or > that's where the reactor will be run from, not from the files in your own > site. > > Similar principle applies to ModelGlue. > > The key is NOT to have a mapping called "/Reactor" despite what the docs > say. If the reactor folder is underneath the root of the site, it'll work, > believe me. I had it pounded into me hard enough on the Reactor list, > and I've verified it in my own experience. Hopefully the docs will be able > to catch up soon. There's a new version 2 of Model-Glue coming out soon, > and everyone (including me) would rather have the effort go into getting the > new version going properly than have it delayed waiting for documentation > for version 1.x updated. Same with reactor. Doug Hughes is up to his > armpits in things to do, and most of us would rather he spend his time > working on the product than the docs. > > Of course the docs cant wait for ever, and eventually they'll get so far > behind the product they're worthless, but for now most of us working with > Model-Glue and Reactor have figured out the quirks and are leaning in favour > of development rather than documentation for now. > > I hope this helps. > > Cheers > Mike Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia > Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > AFP Webworks > http://afpwebworks.com > ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month > > On 5/22/06, dave wrote: > > > I havent tried it yet (reactor) but my first thoughts were (on it and > > multi-model-glues) "how is sean doing it" > > On reactor I was reading the docs late last night and this is what it says > > > > Configuring Mappings > > Once you've downloaded Reactor you will need to make a mapping named > > "/Reactor" which points to the /Reactor directory you downloaded. The > > reactorFactory component should be in the root of the "/Reactor" path. > > > > Note: You do need to name this mapping "/Reactor". Renaming this mapping > > will cause problems. > > > > Can only feasably do 1 mapping name per server, per instructions but not > > like I wont break any rules > > > > ~Dave the disruptor~ > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:241111 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
