RE: [PHP] Web application architecture (subdomain vs. sub directory)

2010-08-26 Thread tedd
At 9:58 AM -0400 8/26/10, Bob McConnell wrote: From: tedd > 4. Host? Roll the dice like the rest of us. Before you can select a hosting provider, define what you want. Are you looking for a cage with power and network connections, a VM that you can load up and manage, or a fully managed ser

RE: [PHP] Web application architecture (subdomain vs. sub directory)

2010-08-26 Thread Bob McConnell
From: tedd > At 1:45 PM -0500 8/25/10, Tim Martens wrote: >>Hi Everyone, >> >>New to the list. Hello! >> >>I'm in the customer discovery phase for a Health IT web application concept >>I have. My programmer is new to web apps, but not to programming and is set >>up with LAM(PHP). We're still debat

Re: [PHP] Web application architecture (subdomain vs. sub directory)

2010-08-26 Thread tedd
At 4:45 PM -0500 8/25/10, Tim Martens wrote: Thanks for all your answers. To clarify my question, I'm looking for advice regarding how best to set up users for a web app, e.g., username.myapp.comvs myapp.com/username and the pros and cons of each. All users will be using essentially the same app

Re: [PHP] Web application architecture (subdomain vs. sub directory)

2010-08-26 Thread tedd
At 1:45 PM -0500 8/25/10, Tim Martens wrote: Hi Everyone, New to the list. Hello! I'm in the customer discovery phase for a Health IT web application concept I have. My programmer is new to web apps, but not to programming and is set up with LAM(PHP). We're still debating weather to use a frame

Re: [PHP] Web application architecture (subdomain vs. sub directory)

2010-08-26 Thread Per Jessen
Peter Lind wrote: > On 26 August 2010 08:08, Per Jessen wrote: >> Tim Martens wrote: >> >>> Thanks for all your answers. To clarify my question, I'm looking for >>> advice regarding how best to set up users for a web app, e.g., >>> username.myapp.com vs myapp.com/username and the pros and cons of

Re: [PHP] Web application architecture (subdomain vs. sub directory)

2010-08-25 Thread Peter Lind
On 26 August 2010 08:08, Per Jessen wrote: > Tim Martens wrote: > >> Thanks for all your answers. To clarify my question, I'm looking for >> advice regarding how best to set up users for a web app, e.g., >> username.myapp.com vs myapp.com/username and the pros and cons of > each. > > Using usernam

Re: [PHP] Web application architecture (subdomain vs. sub directory)

2010-08-25 Thread Per Jessen
Shreyas Agasthya wrote: > I am not sure who the end-users are for your website but if you are > concerned about scalability, I would definitely go for a sub-domain > approach. Assuming you approach a CDN like Akamai and you want to > offload the traffic to come from the cloud, it's lot easier for

Re: [PHP] Web application architecture (subdomain vs. sub directory)

2010-08-25 Thread Per Jessen
Tim Martens wrote: > Thanks for all your answers. To clarify my question, I'm looking for > advice regarding how best to set up users for a web app, e.g., > username.myapp.com vs myapp.com/username and the pros and cons of each. Using username.myapp.com means defining that name in your DNS and ha

Re: [PHP] Web application architecture (subdomain vs. sub directory)

2010-08-25 Thread David McGlone
On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 21:01 +0200, Peter Lind wrote: > On 25 August 2010 20:54, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 13:45 -0500, Tim Martens wrote: > > > > If you're new to PHP, I would recommend not using a framework for the > > experience you will gain with the language, as a framew

Re: [PHP] Web application architecture (subdomain vs. sub directory)

2010-08-25 Thread Tim Martens
Thanks for all your answers. To clarify my question, I'm looking for advice regarding how best to set up users for a web app, e.g., username.myapp.comvs myapp.com/username and the pros and cons of each. All users will be using essentially the same app that will have their data in their account. I c

Re: [PHP] Web application architecture (subdomain vs. sub directory)

2010-08-25 Thread Paul M Foster
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 01:45:33PM -0500, Tim Martens wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > New to the list. Hello! > > I'm in the customer discovery phase for a Health IT web application concept > I have. My programmer is new to web apps, but not to programming and is set > up with LAM(PHP). We're still de

Re: [PHP] Web application architecture (subdomain vs. sub directory)

2010-08-25 Thread Paul M Foster
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 01:45:33PM -0500, Tim Martens wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > New to the list. Hello! > > I'm in the customer discovery phase for a Health IT web application concept > I have. My programmer is new to web apps, but not to programming and is set > up with LAM(PHP). We're still de

Re: [PHP] Web application architecture (subdomain vs. sub directory)

2010-08-25 Thread Nathan Nobbe
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Shreyas Agasthya wrote: > I am not sure who the end-users are for your website but if you are > concerned about scalability, I would definitely go for a sub-domain > approach. Assuming you approach a CDN like Akamai and you want to offload > the traffic to come fro

Re: [PHP] Web application architecture (subdomain vs. sub directory)

2010-08-25 Thread Shreyas Agasthya
> > To: a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk > > Cc: Tim Martens; php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Web application architecture (subdomain vs. sub > > directory) > > > > On 25 August 2010 20:54, Ashley Sheridan > wrote: > > > On Wed, 2010-08-25 a

RE: [PHP] Web application architecture (subdomain vs. sub directory)

2010-08-25 Thread Steven Staples
al@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Web application architecture (subdomain vs. sub > directory) > > On 25 August 2010 20:54, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 13:45 -0500, Tim Martens wrote: > > > > If you're new to PHP, I would recommend no

Re: [PHP] Web application architecture (subdomain vs. sub directory)

2010-08-25 Thread Nathan Nobbe
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Tim Martens wrote: > Language/Framework decisions aside... my main question is about subdomain ( > customerx.appname.com vs subdirectory (appname.com/customerx/) models for > instances of individual customers' accounts. > > It seems most people are opting for the

Re: [PHP] Web application architecture (subdomain vs. sub directory)

2010-08-25 Thread Peter Lind
On 25 August 2010 20:54, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 13:45 -0500, Tim Martens wrote: > > If you're new to PHP, I would recommend not using a framework for the > experience you will gain with the language, as a framework will tend to > hide away certain caveats and peculiarities

Re: [PHP] Web application architecture (subdomain vs. sub directory)

2010-08-25 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 13:45 -0500, Tim Martens wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > New to the list. Hello! > > I'm in the customer discovery phase for a Health IT web application concept > I have. My programmer is new to web apps, but not to programming and is set > up with LAM(PHP). We're still debating