[documentation] multi site docs
Anisa
mystavash at animecards.org
Fri Oct 20 15:48:16 UTC 2006
HAH! I win! ;)
When I was installing Gallery, this came up:
" All multisites are installed from this central code repository (codebase).
Enter the directory for the new multisite below. The path must be different
from this codebase installation's path: "
So codebase is OK! Also, I think it has value as a term that is not so
commonly used that it's confusing, it has base, which implies a central
location, and just sounds good.
We'll go with that.
chinami ni, a kind kind gentleman offered his own multi site docs, and a
friend has also offered his expertise, so many of the holes have been
filled, they just need to be rewritten.
Anisa.
On 10/14/06, Anisa <mystavash at animecards.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 10/13/06, Gary Feldman <dpal_gaf_doc at marsdome.com> wrote:
> >
> > Anisa wrote:
> > > Boo! :) I still think it's visually difficult. It feels... wrong
> > > somehow. Certainly, the sites are all managed in one directory tree,
> > > but then why bother with tree, why not just say Drupal directory? Or
> > > Drupal installation? When I said I'd never heard of it, I meant in
> > > the context of multi sites on Drupal. Why do you need tree, what does
> > > it make better, and why aren't you writing multi site documentation
> > > while you're at it? ;)
> > Calling it the "Drupal installation directory" is a viable alternative
> > to tree. Tree is what I'm used to, and it makes it clear that the
> > subdirectories are included, but then my background is in development.
>
>
> Ah ha! Your shady past comes to light. ;)
>
> Subdirectories don't have a lot to do with anything in this case.
>
> Also, once the term "installation tree" is introduced, it can be
> > shortened to "tree," which is distinctive, but shortening "installation
> > directory" to "directory" is likely to be more confusing.
>
>
> I agree with this directory thing. Too many people have folder issues,
> drupal is installed in sub directories, sub domains, subdomains that are
> folders, etc. So, like I said, we can go for the clause, 'where drupal is
> installed', and avoid the whooooole thing all together. Alternatively,
> drupal root, if you must.
>
> As for your last question, part of the answer is that I'm much better at
> > editing than writing, and part of the answer is that I picked a bad time
> >
> > to quit, so my boss convinced me to stick around for another month or so
> > :-)
>
>
> Uh huh. ;) Please do let me know if you have more feedback on the docs.
>
> Anisa.
>
> > >
> > > Sorry to be picky! I'm just trying to understand. :)
> > >
> > > Anisa.
> > >
> > > On 10/12/06, *Gary Feldman* <dpal_gaf_doc at marsdome.com
> > > <mailto: dpal_gaf_doc at marsdome.com>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Anisa wrote:
> > > > Hmmm...
> > > >
> > > > Is there anything better?
> > > >
> > > > If codebase is a problem, in that say, it's technically wrong,
> > then
> > > > perhaps 'where drupal is installed' is just as good.
> > > >
> > > > I've never heard installation tree, and it's not really tree
> > > like in
> > > > structure, since it suggests that the baby sites branch off the
> > main
> > > > site, whereas in reality, they often have nothing to do with
> > > each other.
> > > It's a directory tree, not a site tree. Think of it as it might
> > > appear
> > > in the folder pane of the Windows Explorer:
> > > drupal/
> > > includes/
> > > modules/
> > > themes/
> > >
> > > The directories form a tree, with Drupal at the root. It's fairly
> >
> > > common to describe a root directory with a set of subdirectories
> > as a
> > > directory tree.
> > >
> > > Gary
> > >
> > > >
> > > > An image problem?
> > > >
> > > > Anisa.
> > > > starting to understand the code is gold proverb...
> > > >
> > > > On 10/12/06, *Gary Feldman* < dpal_gaf_doc at marsdome.com
> > > <mailto: dpal_gaf_doc at marsdome.com>
> > > > <mailto:dpal_gaf_doc at marsdome.com
> > > <mailto: dpal_gaf_doc at marsdome.com>>> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Anisa wrote:
> > > > > Now that I have my own multisite (yay!), I started working
> > > on those
> > > > > multi site docs again. My rough drafts are here:
> > > > Getting back to the "codebase" question, my preference is
> > > > "installation
> > > > tree." It's a concrete reference to the directory tree
> > where
> > > > Drupal is
> > > > installed.
> > > >
> > > > The term "code base" connotes, in my mind, the original
> > > source code at
> > > > the Drupal.org <http://Drupal.org> < http://Drupal.org>
> > > site. It's a more abstract
> > > > term, so that one might say
> > > > "CivicSpace is built on the Drupal code base." See the
> > > Wikipedia
> > > > entry
> > > > ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codebase ) for another
> > example
> > > (and no, I
> > > > didn't submit the Wikipedia entry).
> > > >
> > > > Gary
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Pending work:
> > http://drupal.org/project/issues/documentation/
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> >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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