Would this then build me an application for each site? So it would copy the files over for each site. I don't know that this is viable because I have 50 or so sites that would be running on one server. What I would like is just one set of files running at a time and not 50 so that I could save on server resources. Or am I reading this wrong.
thanks mike On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 15:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > I believe this is a build/deploy question as much as a Struts question. But > here goes: > > 1. Drive virtually everything from your application.properties file. All > these properties are available to your Action classes. For example, define > the path to your images directory there, the club name, the jdbc url, etc.) > > 2. Create each site as it's own web app - but keep everything in a SINGLE > SOURCE CONTROL REPOSITORY version. You will create specific sites ONLY AT > BUILD TIME. Again - only one version exists in source control. Call this > The Template. > > This is critical. No site-specific code or properties get checked in > with The Template. Everything is driven from the application.properties > file. > > 3. Define the values in this application.properties file using "tokens", > not actual values. For example: > > in The Template application.properties for Struts: > > club.name=CLUB_NAME > path.to.images=IMAGE_PATH > site.jdbc.url=JDBC_URL > > - etc. - > > 4. Then, for each actual site, create a seperate "properties" file > containing the specific values for that site. For example: > > in "club1.properties" > > club.name=Fred's Club > path.to.images=/fredimages/images > site.jdbc.url="jdbc:oracle:thin:@123.45.67.89:1521:orcl" > > - etc. - > > 5. At build time, use Ant's "<replace>" target to replace the "tokens" in > the struts application.properties file with the site-specific values from > the site-specific properties files. That is: > > > <replace > file="path/to/struts/application.properties" > propertyFile="path/to/specific/club.properties" > > <replacefilter > token="CLUB_NAME" > property="club.name"/> > <replacefilter > token="IMAGE_PATH" > property="path.to.images"/> > <replacefilter > token="JDBC_URL" > property="site.jdbc.url"/> > </replace> > > > See details on the Ant <replace> tag at: >http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/manual/CoreTasks/replace.html > > 6. Create a different ant target to build each site. And maybe a "build-all" to >build all the sites. > > There's a bit of work here getting things organized. But this will allow you to >generate sites from The Template as a build/configuration process > - not as a development issue. > > Summary: > > 1. Drive EVERYTHING site specific from the application.properties file > 2. Use tokens in the application.properties file instead of actual values > 3. Create the actual sites at build/deploy time using Ant and the <replace> target. > > This will work! > > > FWIW - > Kevin > > > > > > Mike Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 05/13/2002 04:51:36 PM > > Please respond to "Struts Users Mailing List" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: (bcc: Kevin Bedell/Systems/USHO/SunLife) > Subject: Multiple sites using one struts application. > > > Hello, > I'm building a site for a group of clubs. All the sites will have the > same set of pages and actions. > > For instance: > > http://clubsites/club1/index.jsp > http://clubsites/club2/index.jsp > http://clubsites/club3/index.jsp > http://anothersite/club4/index.jsp > > All of these sites would basically be the same in terms of layout and > functionality except that the would have different images. They may > also connect to seperate database. How can I set up a site like this so > that I can use the same pages for all of the clubs but pass different > configurations so that I can render the pages with their own images. > > thanks > mike > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: < > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: < > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This e-mail message (including attachments, if any) is intended for the use > of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > information that is privileged, proprietary , confidential and exempt from > disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that > any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, > please notify the sender and erase this e-mail message immediately. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Mike Karl Montana Connect 851 Bridger Dr. Bozeman, MT 59715 (406) 556-1800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
