[Geomoose-users] Multiple sites sharing the same Geomoose code

[Brent Fraser]

Well, at least I'm not too far into left field...

Thanks!

Best Regards,
Brent Fraser


On 12/6/2010 10:16 AM, Len Kne wrote:
> Hi Brent
>
> We are doing something similar:
>
> We use a session variable to set settings.ini, which in turn sets the Mapbook.  See http://www.geomoose.org/wiki/index.php/Modification_to_Use_Multiple_Map_Books
>
> Len
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brent Fraser [mailto:bfraser at geoanalytic.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 11:11 AM
> To: Bob Basques
> Cc: Geomooselist
> Subject: [Geomoose-users] Multiple sites sharing the same Geomoose code
>
> Bob (and others),
>
>     I've been thinking about enhancing GeoMoose to allow multiple "map sites" to share the same GeoMoose code, mostly to improve the ease of
> maintenance.  Rigth now I just copy the entire gemoose2 directory.
> While that is expedient (and allows me to tweak parts of the GUI without fear of impacting other sites), I'm deferring an upgrade nightmare.
>
> Instead of having geomoose.html as the site url, my strategy is to have something like:
>
> http://myserver/maps/php/geomoose_start.php?conf=site1
>
> The geomoose_start.php script would set a SESSION variable for the ini file name:
>      $_SESSION['ini_file'] = '../../conf/'.$_REQUEST['conf'];
>
> This would be used in config.php; so  instead of the current:
>       $CONFIGURATION = parse_ini_file('../../conf/settings.ini');
> it would be :
>       $CONFIGURATION = $_SESSION['ini_file'];
>
>
> geomoose_start.php would also read and send the site html file (e.g.
> site1_html.txt) to browser.  i think those are the only changes I'd need to make...
>
> FYI, the directory structure would be:
>
> geomoose2
>       conf\
>           site1.ini
>           site1.xml
>           site2.ini
>           site2.xml
>              :
>
>       htdocs\
>           site1_html.txt
>           site2_html.txt
>              :
>
>           skins\site1\site.css (optional)
>           skins\site2\site.css (optional)
>              :
>
>       maps\
>           site1\
>           site2\
>              :
>
> Your thoughts?
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Brent Fraser
>
>
>
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