Massimo,
I have downloaded and installed the layout plugin you had mentioned
above.
I can see what you are getting at when you are talking about including
the layouts.
I will have a go with this and see what I can come up with.
Thank you for your help!
-David :0)
On Nov 23, 7:02 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
> You layout.html needs to look into
>
> request.env.http_host for the requested host name and include a
> corresponding
>
> <link href="{{=URL(r=request,c='static',request.env.http_host+'/
> style.css')}}/>
>
> so every http_host has it own style.css and images under its own
> static folder.
>
> Massimo
>
> On Nov 23, 4:59 pm, David <digitalcry...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi Massimo,
>
> > Yes I saw the plugin and thought it was pretty fancy. I might have
> > missed the point on implementation of it.
>
> > Here's a better look at what I am trying to do:
>
> >www.example1.com---> css+ static files in their own home directory
> > (Independent of example2.com)
> > |
> > <========================================>web2py + postgresql (1
> > installation)
> > |www.example2.com-----> css+ static files in their own home directory
> > (independent of example1.com)
>
> > Both sites are virtual hosts which have their own static content that
> > is exclusive from each other which they can FTP in and out. This way
> > a user can upload their new layouts without affecting other sites.
> > Both sites will have the default layout of my choosing which can be
> > substituted for their own preferences if they want to change it.
>
> > My thinking is that this would give the domain owner a simple way to
> > implement a custom "template" to modify the look and feel. I would
> > then present them with a small manual on the output tags that could be
> > used to implement boxes, feeds, products etc on their custom
> > templates.
>
> > Both sites will share a common web2py for installation which also has
> > one postgresql installation.
> > What I've done in the postgresql side is added auth field (user_id)
> > and in the views I am pulling data based on user_id and I would like
> > to also pull based on request.env server name. On the named based
> > vhost side I would like apache2 to serve the static files.
>
> > On Nov 23, 1:25 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>
> > > On Nov 23, 11:21 am, David <digitalcry...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Layouts should depend on the domain.
>
> > > > But I don't want to have 50+ installations per server that need to be
> > > > update manually when I make changes to the code or bring enhancements.
>
> > > > They don't need appadmin. I am writing a control panel for them to
> > > > manage users.
>
> > > > Would it not be possible to share a single web2py installation for
> > > > multiple vhosts so I only need to update one directory on each server?
>
> > > Yes you can. You never need more than one web2py installation.
> > > - You can have multiple apps under one web2py installation and map
> > > them ti different vhosts (in this case apache does the mapping)
> > > - You can have one app with multiple layouts depending on the vhosts
> > > but in this case (in this case web2py does the mapping)
> > > - You can have one layout.html and different CSS files depending on
> > > the vhosts
>
> > > The best way really depends on what the differences are and who is
> > > allowed to edit these differences. Are they set once for all? Do you
> > > need to add more? Are the differences just in color and images or are
> > > they differences in the actual HTML?
>
> > > have you looked intohttp://web2py.com/layouts?
>
> > > > On Nov 23, 10:15 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>
> > > > > You should consider different approached depending on whether the
> > > > > layout depends on the domain or the user. If it depends on the domain
> > > > > and it is fixed for domain, I suggest different web2py apps with
> > > > > different set of views that talk to the same db. Usevirtualhosts to
> > > > > map domain into app. If the are per user, I would make the CSS dynamic
> > > > > and retrieve it from the a database based on user preferences.
>
> > > > > On Nov 2, 2:28 pm, David Henry <digitalcry...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Hi Thadeus,
>
> > > > > > Did you happen to have the information on how to set this up?
>
> > > > > > I wanted one web2py with multiple applications that serve unique
> > > > > > views/
> > > > > > html/css to users based on the domain used to access the site so
> > > > > > users
> > > > > > can customize the look and feel to their tastes.
>
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > David
>
> > > > > > On Nov 1, 2009, at 7:41 PM, Thadeus Burgess wrote:
>
> > > > > > > I use virtualhosts on a per domain basis. You are wanting the
> > > > > > > same
> > > > > > > app, with the same data, but different layouts depending on
> > > > > > > domain,
> > > > > > > or do you want two completely separate apps per domain?
>
> > > > > > > -Thadeus
>
> > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 7:12 PM, David Henry
> > > > > > > <digitalcry...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > uld I need symlinks to the virtualhost directory as we
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