Oops... typo. You will only see ".dev" in DEVELOPMENT. Therefore, you'll need to strip it off in development, rather than production.
On Feb 24, 2011 8:47am, jqdur...@gmail.com wrote: > Why not use mydomain.com.dev? Then just strip off the ".dev" before using > the server name variable while in production. This doesn't really seem > like that big of a hurdle. > On Feb 24, 2011 8:38am, Rick Faircloth r...@whitestonemedia.com> wrote: > > > > > > Perhaps a good approach might be to use fictitious domains > > > > locally, since I'm planning to develop sites that are void > > > > of client content until the client works with the app to supply > > > > every piece of data and asset. > > > > > > > > That way, I avoid using any client assets in development locally, > > > > isolating the local-development app from the client-facing app. That > > > > minimizes editing of the host file and I don't have to bother > > > > with making sure client assets, either database or files, get > > > > transferred to the server. > > > > > > > > Sigh... so many possibilities... too many, actually. > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Jason Fisher [mailto:ja...@wanax.com] > > > > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 8:15 AM > > > > To: cf-talk > > > > Subject: RE: I think I'm confused... > > > > > > > > > > > > One solution is to have a table of sub-domains that refer to the main > > > > application config table: lookup "domain.com" or "blog.domain.com" or > > > > "www.domain.com" and find the parent config record for "www.domain.com". > > > > In that case, you can then add "dev.domain.com" to the sub-domain table, > > > > but you'd still have to have the dev.domain.com entry in your local > hosts > > > > file for it to work. > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > From: "Rick Faircloth" > > > > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 8:01 AM > > > > To: "cf-talk" cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> > > > > Subject: RE: I think I'm confused... > > > > > > > > I could easily see that working for single sites, > > > > but if I'm developing a "multiple sites, one codebase" > > > > application that depends on reading specific domain > > > > names for setting sites variables, that means I have > > > > to have those dev.mydomain domains in the local hosts > > > > file, as well. > > > > > > > > I could just use the "mydomain" part of the url for > > > > identification, but as someone pointed out earlier > > > > in the MSOC discussion, that wouldn't account for > > > > subdomains, if they're used, such as blog.mydomain, etc. > > > > > > > > Any thoughts on this concern? > > > > > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Mike Kear [mailto:afpwebwo...@gmail.com] > > > > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 6:04 AM > > > > To: cf-talk > > > > Subject: Re: I think I'm confused... > > > > > > > > I use different domain names. I have www.mydomain.com for the live > > > > server site, and dev.mydomain for my local development sites > > > > > > > > Then in my hosts file, i have the line: > > > > > > > > 127.0.0.1 dev.mydomain > > > > > > > > for each client site i have. With apache, the local dev versions and > > > > remote server versions behave in an identical manner > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Mike Kear > > > > Windsor, NSW, Australia > > > > Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > > > > AFP Webworks > > > > http://afpwebworks.com > > > > ColdFusion 9 Enterprise, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Rick Faircloth > > > > r...@whitestonemedia.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Ok... thanks Mark and Eric > > > > > > > > > > We need a better solution available to developers > > > > > to be able to switch between local and server DNS. > > > > > > > > > > Perhaps, a switch of some kind that could be inserted > > > > > into a URL to tell a browser to use a local hosts file > > > > > if that switch is present. > > > > > > > > > > http://local/www.xyz.com > > > > > or > > > > > http://l:www.xyz.com > > > > > > > > > > That would certainly be a *lot* easier than constantly > > > > > editing that hosts file. > > > > > > > > > > But it's good to know that I can use a local DNS file > > > > > that way! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342566 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
