Re: web app development

2007-01-31 Thread ianh
Hi, Second that - don't do one database per user. However you can have one model use different tables for each account. By way of example, I am nearly finished a (cake-based) app that allows users to put custom fields in their forms. Of the various approaches, I chose to set up a new table for ea

Re: web app development

2007-01-30 Thread cammo
Thanks Grant, I appreciate your help. I think you are right in regards to database etc... one database would be much easier to manage etc In terms of layout, it will function similar to a cms in that user should be able to modify template, menu items etc so I guess that the ability for

Re: web app development

2007-01-30 Thread Grant Cox
I would not recommend each account having their own database, unless sheer size is a problem (ie each account's data is gigabytes) - it is certainly simpler, and I would imagine more efficient, to use a single database. Logging in via a subdomain / main domain is really an apache issue - it s

web app development

2007-01-30 Thread cammo
Hi Guys, we are in the process of planning to develop a web app using cakephp. I have a few questions and was hoping somebody could provide some feedback / suggestions. Ok basically it is intended to be a hosted application where users will sign up for an account etc... I guess I want to know