Thanks for the info, Pete...sounds like you got a good approach! I'll have to work on how to make things more modular, too.
Maybe this is what all the frameworks discussion is about...fuses and glue, etc... :o) Rick -----Original Message----- From: Pete Ruckelshaus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 10:52 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Constructing multi-user/multi-site applications... I'm not in quite the same situation, I'm just lazy and hated building "almost the same" functionality time after time. What I did was completely retool all of my core code to make it much more modular. To do this, I branched my code into two distinct parts -- core application and site-specific code. Using server mappings and editing my base site-specific code (UI for the most part, 4 page templates, CSS files, etc.). That way, to roll out a "new" site, all I do is edit the UI parts, add site images, etc. The last site I built off of my base site code took me a little over 2 hours to complete once I had a design and wireframe together. I'm pretty proud of the base code, it's not the most complex web app out there but it works well for my clients and the way I price it keeps the site affordable. I also have distribution scripts that blow code updates out to all of the sites that I have that are using this site code. Heck, I even built it to use more than just SQL server (SQL Server, Access, MySQL so far), and do it automatically if that's what the customer's hosting demands. That part uses CFC's which I don't think were in 4.5. Apart from using CFC's (including application.cfc), I don't think there's anything that would really preclude the use of CF 4.5, though honestly it's been YEARS since I've had to develop on 4.5 As far as competing with places that can throw together a site in no time, perhaps you could instead focus on what they CAN'T offer, like personalized service and that sort of thing. Pete ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:258213 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
