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OG vs. Multi-database
mbursztein - March 19, 2007 - 12:46
Looking at achieving the following: One central site, many (potentially millions) of sub-sites.
I have concerns regarding scalability and how to achieve.
Need to talk to someone with experience on this and get a sense as to whether the solution is using OG or multiple databases with shared users table.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Marcelo.
Multisite
Marcelo,
Can you give me a call and I can help you make a decision. From what you have mentioned, multi-site would be a preferred way to go but there are lot of other things to consider
i.e sharing of content, customization, maintainence, your hardware infrastructure,etc.
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Roshan Shah
T : 604-630-4292
Will call you
Roshan,
Thank you for your reply. I am in the process of further-defining the requirements for the site and will contact you as soon as I have something a bit more tangible.
I also see you are in Vancouver (604 area code). I am in Ontario and can't wait for the winter to be over.
I'll get back to you.
Marcelo.
Looking forward to your mail
Marcelo,
Winter this time around is real bad. I am really looking forward to summer days :-)
Well, you can also connect with me via skype - 'bpocanada' or with Len Layton 'lenlayton'. Please do not hesitate to contact me for any questions you have while putting forward the requirements. I can definitely help from drupal standpoint.
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Roshan Shah
T : 604-630-4292
Vancouver, Canada
I am back in town on Tuesday
I am back in town on Tuesday and will try to call you next week.
M
I'd certainly go with OG rather than multi-sites
Hi Marcelo,
We've done work with both. The process of upgrading and maintaining one Drupal site with even 1000 organic groups is trivial compared to the work of maintaining 1000 sites from a well established multi-site. There are some things you can quite easily automate, but others are going to become very time consuming. If you need each sub-site to have it's own domain or sub-domain then you'll find it considerably easier to setup and maintain OG. It is a common enough question though - I got a call about this same issue from someone who was struggling to set up shared users tables last week.
It all boils down to what it is that you actually need vs what it is you can afford. You can provide unique themes easily enough through OG. And if you can afford to maintain 1000 different databases (or millions), you'd have an extremely flexible system. Had to chime in on this subject. We're also in Ontario.
Mike
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OpenConcept | WLP | prax.ca
OO | Octopus
Gut feeling also says OG, but I can't figure out themes per OG.
That's definitely a concern: It may not be a big deal to provision sites on separate dbs but maintaining would become a nightmare, specially if we need to maintain modules and settings across multiple databases. You said in your post that it is possible to have different themes for different OGs but so far I am not able to figure out how to achieve that. Is there an extra module I need to install?
M
Groups of OG Modules
I don't recall there being a separate OG module required to set a unique theme per group. We were using 4.7 at the time though, but the option to choose a default theme for a group was definitely there and well tested.
If you need professional help in setting this up or customizing our install, please let us know - support@openconcept.ca
Mike
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OpenConcept | WLP | prax.ca
OO | Octopus
Can an OG group actually have a group of its own?
I want to create a site with profiles, groups, discussiions, a store.
I would like to be able to have this backend be used as a white box and then have others use it with a different theme.
Is this a multi-site solution or an OG solution.
Also if it is an OG solution can this new site have its own group?
With OG can i have a url re-direct to a subdomain. either newsite.mysite.com or mysite.com/newsite?
Thanks,
Chris
Drupal Developer
Hi,
I have 5+ year exp in php and 3+ years exp in drupal.
i am very good in drupal. I had done 60+ sites in drupal and make many module also for our client requirement.
Looking for your response.
Thanx
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