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  • Registered: Mar 16, 2002
  • Last visit: May 13, 2003
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  Posted: May 13, 2003 - 12:16 PM

  Hi all,
  
  Firstly, thanks for the fantastic software! I have a few suggestions based on my initial impressions of postnuke.
  
  Multisites has a few problems:
  o Need to hack themes
  o No separate images/avatars section for different sites
  o Modules (e.g. Gallery) don't support it by default.
  
  Basically, multisites is good for a SINGLE organization. Mass post-nuking would be targeted at MULTIPLE organizations. Instead of each organization requiring a separate postnuke installation, a single installation would support a large number of organizations (similar to http://groups.msn.com). This would allow non-tech people to have a simple customized sites, while the administrator couldadd themes/modules/hacks which benefit everybody using the same codebase.
  
  Why can't Multisites do this? Only because the philosophy of separating site-specific files has not been incorporated into post-nuke when it was written. Everything else is there: it's easy to select different database or table names based on REQUEST_URI or SERVER_NAME, themes allow sites to look individual... there is real potential for mass post-nuking.
  
  The main requirements for mass-postnuking would be:
  o Incorporated into the core design, so module and theme writers produce work that doesn't have to be hacked. This is as simple as adding the requirement "the variable WHERE_IS_PERSO must be included in all image paths" (or similar)
  o Automatic configuration based on REQUEST_URI or SERVER_NAME
  o Separate site-specific images/avatars/files/other directories for better
  customization.
  
  No doubt I am treading a worn-path here with these ideas... please let me know your thoughts!
  
  Roger Keays
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