Re: [binarycloud-dev] Another example of a system needy for BC2

[Alex B. <en...@tu...>]

> The server will host anywhere from 3-100 sites that won't be used very often
> individually, but the server itself will have a decent amount of traffic
> overall allowing me to install so many different sites on a single machine.
> In addition, each site will have its own db instance - I am curious to see
> how this pans out.

Do you mean (for example) a separate instance of mysqld for each site?

> Each site will be almost identical in structure and
> functionality, with maybe a 10% variation between each site instance. So, my
> goal is to obviously re-use as much code as possible for each site, allowing
> them to share different modules, but also have an easy way of administering
> the differences between each site.

Sounds like you need make-make :)

> Ok this site is using this set of interface components, ah - this site
> doesn't use the common module for handling these objects, but the
> specialized one I had to build for their unique situation, this db has this
> extra table cell... OK I've got a new site to build let me click this button
> and then change the preferences so that I can designate specialized modules
> and db characteristics.
> 
> I know this is way too specific to be of design use for BC in general, but I
> thought it might help in considering some type of administration solution,
> which I am going to start conceptualizing today and next week. Come
> September BC2 will probably have all the kinks rolled out and I would be
> psyched to contribute some administration stuff to the platform. Hopefully
> by that time my php skills will be up to par. :?/
> [ Duh, what does $this->mean? ]

You are correct, i.e. we will have some tools for administration of
bc-specific stuff like users, roles, some config, etc.

_alex



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