> That doesn't really sounds like you're running multiple different > sites off one unified codebase - you're providing a library that is > intended to be reused across multiple, separate applications :)
I think that's accurate for this "global site manager." However, I'm trying to determine the best practices for applying the methods I'm using on the site manager to public web sites, themselves. -----Original Message----- From: Sean Corfield [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 7:58 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Feedback on this approach to "many sites, one codebase" (MSOC) On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Rick Faircloth <[email protected]> wrote: > When a user visits www.xyz.com, onApplicationStart() runs a > query that retrieves, among other variables, the absolute path > to those images. Realize, the application that I'm referencing > is a "global site manager" (single codebase) for managing > site content on multiple sites (each with a separate codebase, > as these are custom sites). The end user sites are completely > different. I'm using the "global site manager", at this point, > to simply provide a single app to supply CRUD functionality > to the users for their site content. Even the databases for > these sites have little in common. I just decided that instead > of building CRUD functionality over-and-over for each site manager, > I'd build "one site manager to rule them all." :o) That doesn't really sounds like you're running multiple different sites off one unified codebase - you're providing a library that is intended to be reused across multiple, separate applications :) > The userImages path gets set when the application is first run > by onApplicationStart() and a query, qGetApplicationVariables, is run > that retrieves info such as the userImages path, or, in this case, > qGetApplicationVariables.userImagesPathAbsolute. Then, the query > value for the userImages path is cfset to application.userImagesPathAbsolute > for use throughout the site. I have a site object containing all the site-specific settings. When a request comes in, the domain in the URL is mapped to a site object, and that is used throughout the request for any site-specific info. Site objects are cached for efficiency, of course. This allows me to clearly separate code / data that is common across all sites from that which varies. > If I have the same application name, wouldn't the userImages path > variable be overwritten when another user visits another site using > the same site manager codebase and onApplicationStart() is run again? onApplicationStart() is run once for the entire system in my model. I don't use bare application variables anywhere (because I use a framework that has all the services injected as needed, or uses a bean factory accessible within the framework). -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN Railo Technologies, Inc. -- http://getrailo.com/ An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342449 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
