Ahh ok that sort of makes sense - in my 'CMS' controller I could look at the hostname, look the domain up and get the associated models..
I guess I need to just find some way of rewriting the URL so they stay pretty. On Aug 25, 9:08 am, Pixelastic <timcc.pe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Maybe you could create a general controller, that will be triggered by > any request to the cake app. And in a method inside it catch the > hostname and make the appropriate db find operation to get the > relevant content and then pass it to the view. > > On Aug 24, 11:21 pm, jonoa <jonoaus...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I think you are referring > > tohttp://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/one-core-one-app-multiple-dom... > > > I believe this scenario is where the author has multiple domains, a > > single app but a different DB containing the application specific data > > for each domain. He hacks bootstrap to match the header hostname to a > > config subdirectory and loads the appropriate db config file. > > > Not quite what I'm looking to achieve but some good concepts there. > > > On Aug 25, 1:25 am, Martin Westin <martin.westin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Did you check the bakery? > > > I think I remember seeing something like that in some article a while > > > back. > > > > /Martin > > > > On Aug 24, 3:38 pm, jonoa <jonoaus...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello all > > > > > Big thanks to all the people who contribute to CakePHP - has certainly > > > > put some structure in to my development and I'll be donating as soon > > > > as I can monetize what I'm working on. :) > > > > > I'm writing an app at the moment - basically it will allow the user to > > > > login, fill out some forms and basically spit out a pre-fabricated > > > > website complete with a registered domain. > > > > > The interface for the user to login and submit the content for the > > > > site and register domains etc is done, the content to be used for the > > > > user-generated website is spread across a few models. I've built a > > > > controller (web) and appropriate views (about, contact) to make this > > > > data available. The website is also themed using native cake > > > > functionality allowing users to pick from a bunch of different themes. > > > > > My question is this - how can I present the newly generated website > > > > and maintain the domain it was registered with? i.e. I can easily make > > > > my themed website available using /web/about/id:1 and /web/contact/id: > > > > 1 - but I need to make it accessible through mydomain.com/about and > > > > mydomain.com/contact. Similarly /web/about/id:2 and /web/contact/id:2 > > > > would be accessible through myotherdomain.com/about and > > > > myotherdomain.com/contact. > > > > > So the workflow is something like this.. > > > > > 1. User logs into corpsite.com > > > > > 2. User enters content information into, essentially a CMS and a > > > > domain is registered for the user-site in the backend (i.e. > > > > mydomain.com) > > > > > 3. Domain is configured in DNS and Apache to point at the corpsite.com > > > > cake application > > > > > 4. Anyone who visits mydomain.com/about or mydomain.com/contact is > > > > essentially seeing a view rendered by corpsite.com/web/about/id:1 or > > > > corpsite.com/web/contact/id:1 > > > > > The tricky part is ensuring the URL for anyone visiting is the same as > > > > the domain that was registered. > > > > > I'd like to keep everything as one app - I'm not sure if this is > > > > something I should be tackling in cake (I looked at routes - but I > > > > don't think it can match on hostname? In any case, if there was > > > > several hundred of these sites, would surely degrade performance too > > > > much). I'm thinking that mod_rewrite will definitely be involved > > > > somehow. Apache I'm pretty sure I can just use a wildcard virtual host > > > > and point it at the same app directory. > > > > > I considered having the app write out a new directory structure and > > > > copy views etc over for each site, but I think that is not going to be > > > > maintainable. > > > > > I think I have the various pieces - just not sure how to architect > > > > them. The fact that my cake app has knowledge of the relationship > > > > between the domain and the model for the content makes me think I can > > > > do this in cake. Scaling out to potentially hundreds of domains needs > > > > to be kept in mind. > > > > > I'm not sure if this makes sense - any advice is greatly appreciated. > > > > > Kind Regards > > > > > Jon- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
