Sorry Gary, I didn't make that clear. I don't want to sell multiple sites and host them all under the same account. I would like to be able to sell a site without regard for where it's to be hosted. Could be on a dedicated server where we could do the regular install like I have on my server, or it could be with any hosting company anywhere in the world.
I think I may be on the right track. I was reading a lot of discussion of running the farcry_core files from somewhere outside the webroot of the site. I understand the logic of doing this if you were going to host multiple sites on the same server, but I don't want to be dependent on the admin people to make this happen. I've created a CF mapping to my root as /farcry. My code is all in there like: (root) -farcry_core -farcry_mysite -fourq Now I'm waiting for the host to change my domain mapping from the root to "(root)/farcry_mysite/www" and create another mapping for mysite.com/admin to point to "(root)/farcry_core/admin". I think I'll be up and running tomorrow. Greg -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Menzel Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 4:39 PM To: FarCry Developers Subject: [farcry-dev] Re: Farcry in a shared-hosting environment? > As it's my goal to sell sites which would include use of the corefiles This would then imply that you would only want one set of core files. If you ended up with 50 sites you would not want a set of the core file living under each sites root directory. I think I can see what you are trying to do (and that is have one account at an ISP and then on-sell multiple FarCry sites from that account). I think you will find that the general Terms and Conditions of most ISP's prohibit this practice. Also, just a tip.... make sure that your own Terms and Conditions clearly state that you are not "selling" any of the FarCry core. You can sell "services" or "maintenance" or "development" work you do yourself but not FarCry itself. > possible to house the core files and the site files together That is exactly how FarCry currently works now. The issue you will need to address in a shared environment is how each site will be maintained through the FarCry Admin Console (a common single mapping for each web server). That is done by ensuring that each site has its own unique domain name. This could be just sub-domains of a main one, or completely separate domains for each. The apps.cfm file in the core has mappings from domains to sub-directories where the individual site files are kept. This needs to be maintained for each site as it is created. In most hosting companies that I know of (at least here in Australia) an extra domain usually means an extra account (although you generally get a few sub-domains for free). And, if you are intending to maintain multiple clients you will find it more "portable" to ensure they have their own account with an ISP. Then there is the issue of storage. Each account will have a limit on storage. And, unless it is a costly account, you will only have a small amount of space that is probably OK for one site, but not 50. Otherwise you will either be in breach of your conditions, or you will be charged excess strorage. My own policy on doing work like this is to tell the client they will have to pay for an account at the ISP (but that I will be happy to set it up for them). That way, whatever I do on their account will not impact any of the others. Of course, as far as the FarCry core files are concerned, upgrading these is an exception you want to enforce so you don't have to upgrade 50 sites. Using individual accounts allows the client to discontinue the use of your services but retain the site itself, you simply hand over control of the account to the client or their nominated operator. And in this case, you want the ISP to maintain the core files because the client has the right to continue using his site even if it is not maintained by you. Most ISP's have "developer" or "partner" or "reseller" programs to handle this that also provide you a better rate for on-selling accounts and allow you to charge the client whatever you wish (so a $50 a month plan to you may be a retail of $75 and you can charge the client $100 if you want) or that provide you a pre-defined kickback. And, having said all that, even if you could create multiple "/farcry" mappings you would have to get the ISP to do that - and then they are going to ask questions. Regards, Gary Menzel --- You are currently subscribed to farcry-dev as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004 --- You are currently subscribed to farcry-dev as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004
