Re: [WebERP-developers] Login by company domain

[Jim F. <jfl...@ez...>]

Yes, the multi-company function is one of the things I really like about
webERP.  There are a couple of reasons for my suggestion, however.  As someone
earlier noted on this list, third party providers don't necessarily want to
broadcast a list of their customers.  Secondly, my client expects several
hundreds of companies to use the system ( don't we all ;<} ) and picking from
a drop-down box could get unwieldy.  Finally, our experience is that customers
like to feel that they are unique even though intellectually they know they
are but one of many.  It helps a little to see their company name and a
familiar logo when first they connect.

It's easy enough to do just by including the hosted domain-name for each
company in a file called ./companies/$domain/domain and then iterating through
them all on first contact to choose the right one.  I have a patch to
Login.php that does this.  The domain file could be created from
Z_CreateCompany.php by adding an additional input field.

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 12:14:49 -0800, web-erp-developers-request wrote

> 
> Hmm, there's already multi-company for that situation but you may 
> need to work out different domain name mappings.  The way it works 
> now, you all go to the same place but then you pick from a list or 
> enter the company you want.
> 
> Steve
> 
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> 
> Nice program.
> 
> I have a client that would like to use it in offering a multi-company
> bookkeeping service over the Internet.
> 
> Each company using the system would have a unique domain name that 
> is pointed to the weberp server using name-based virtual hosting.  
> The initial login script presented could then determine the 
> appropriate company and logo to display from the php 
> $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] variable.
> 
> Before I tackle coding this, I want to ask if this has already been done
> or is
> in the works?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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