Re: [Phpwebsite-developers] Branch change next version

[Verdon V. <ve...@ve...>]

I just wanted to throw in my 2 cents on the changes to branches..

I don't use them too often, so I certainly don't have the experience with them of appstate or Tommy have, but I have used them. I have been using symlinks on my server to essentially do what you are describing anyways, so I think this is a good idea. I think one thing you will need to be careful of though is themes. Knowing human nature, I think it is certainly likely that there are many branches out there just using modified versions of default or one of the other themes. In an ideal world, all branches requiring unique themes would have named themes in a unique manner.. but I doubt it. So, imagine a scenario where one has dozens of branches all using uniquely designed themes, all called default. There will need to be some way of dealing with that.

As an aside.. in the past, I have often used symlinks to have my branches share a common theme (for easy maintenance) but then use theme.php for detecting what branch I am in and sending a few branch-specific elements to the global theme.tpl.

Anyways, bye for now,
verdon

On 2009-12-01, at 10:15 AM, matt wrote:

> Good day,
> 
> The next version of phpWebSite will have some neat changes. Thanks to 
> Verdon, File Cabinet supports Lightbox. I have also removed jCarousel 
> Lite and switched to jCarousel. I think those two changes together make 
> a nicer interface for looking through images.
> 
> Besides the above however, I am working on revamping Branches. In the 
> next version, I want to get away from each branch having it's own 
> templates, images, javascript, etc. directories. Instead, those files 
> will be pulled from the hub. This will prevent having to copy files down 
> to each and every branch on a module update. This change should help:
> 1) save hard drive space
> 2) make updates faster and easier
> 3) prevent branches from getting out of sync because an update was 
> missing a crucial file change
> 4) speed up branches as browsers will just need to cache ONE file location
> 
> Since many config options will be moved to the hub, more individual 
> settings will be built into the modules themselves. This will also mean 
> there will be a new module for "Core" settings.
> 
> If you are running a large number of branch sites like we are, watch 
> this list for updates prior to release. I will be working with our guys 
> and Tommy de Jesus (he runs many branches) for input. Stay tuned for 
> more info.
> 
> Best regards,
> Matt
> 
> 
> Matthew McNaney
> Electronic Student Services
> Appalachian State University
> Ext. 6493
> http://ess.appstate.edu
> http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu
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