Suggestion - Misc Global Settings - HTTP/URL to Gallery

[ArtM]

I'm setting up MULTIPLE Databases for EE for specific purposes.
(e.g., Friends, Family, Test, Public, etc.)

In the Editor - Miscellaneous Settings under GLOBAL, there is a field for entering the

" HTTP address (URL) to gallery, with trailing slash. "

This does not work very well in a multiple database situation!!
Ideally it would be on a 'per Exhibition' basis.

(The same comment is true for the

Webmaster Email (for sql error page): )


- Art

[tommykjensen]

If You use different databases I see no problem?

You can organise the galleries in folders like this:

http://www.domain.com/family/
http://www.domain.com/friends/
http://www.domain.com/test/

etc.

and it would work just fine.


ps yes this method requires a complete EE to be installed in each folder with the complete folder structure etc.

[ArtM]

tommykjensen said:

You can organise the galleries in folders like this:

http://www.domain.com/family/
http://www.domain.com/friends/
http://www.domain.com/test/

etc.

and it would work just fine.

I was thinking more along the lines of

http://family.domain.com/
http://friends.domain.com/
http://test.domain.com/

In which case, I suspect EE might have some internal difficulties pointing to the right URL.


ps yes this method requires a complete EE to be installed in each folder with the complete folder structure etc.

No problem. That's how I have it set up. With different database names in the connect.php & preferences.php files.

- Art

[tommykjensen]

I dont see a problem with that way either as long as the databases are seperate.

I haven't done it yet but I do plan to create a second EE using that domain naming method. But it will be seperate virtual sites.

[ArtM]

Not quite there yet, BUT ...

To run multiple photo exhibits and databases, my thoughts are to use a common 'image databank folder'(IDB). In that way each copy of EE can draw its particular exhibit from the databank; yet workflow in exhibit creation is identical. Within the IDB, I have set up folders for each size path AND for Thumbs & Microthumbs. (I create all these different sizes with PhotoThumb, copy EXIF/IPTC reduced size versions to the UPLOAD EE Folder, and do the 'Manual Upload-Special Step 5' Function.)

This all works great, but here's the 'But' ...

EE does not like having the Thumbs & Microthumbs anywhere else except under the EE copy root. So I have to move the 'minipics' to a special folder under the EE copy root. (This also adds duplicate copies to the server.)

When I set EE up this way, the online exhibit works & appears fine. But the 'Path Analyzer' complains with various errors along the 'Not Found' line when run. All other diagnostic type functions - like the Photo Editor-Check Validity& Exhibition Editor Thumbs/Microthumbs displays work fine.

A) I think there may be a problem with the Path Analyzer.

B) It would be R-E-A-L-L-Y nice if one could put ALL the different size AND Micro/Thumbs data in ONE folder - outside of EE!

- Art