Hi all, I''m thinking of useing sub-domains as account keys, something I''ve played with previously. I have accounts and users, fairly standard, except that users can belong to many accounts, and accounts can have many users. So I figure I need to have an area on the main domain, that allows users to view their account memberships and things. Sort of like a dashboard for each user. When they login without a sub domain, all their membership informaition, and cross-account information ( eg todo''s for all accounts ) would be available. When they log in with a sub domain, all information is scoped to the account. Is this thinking fraught with danger? or reasonably sane? Thanx for any insights. Daniel --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On 1/16/07, Daniel N <has.sox-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Hi all, > > I''m thinking of useing sub-domains as account keys, something I''ve played > with previously. > > I have accounts and users, fairly standard, except that users can belong to > many accounts, and accounts can have many users. > > So I figure I need to have an area on the main domain, that allows users to > view their account memberships and things. Sort of like a dashboard for > each user. When they login without a sub domain, all their membership > informaition, and cross-account information ( eg todo''s for all accounts ) > would be available. When they log in with a sub domain, all information is > scoped to the account. > > Is this thinking fraught with danger? or reasonably sane? > > Thanx for any insights. > > Daniel > > > >Daniel, What you''re describing can be done without much trouble. I use a similar model at trackplace.com. Just set aside some domains: # environment.rb RESERVED_SUBDOMAINS = %w( www www1 www2 www3 www4 www5 www6 www7 www8 www9 www10 web app app1 app2 app3 app4 app5 app6 app7 app8 app9 app10 db db1 db2 db3 db4 db5 database blog blogs weblog public private secure store stores help admin admins mail email emails root postmaster postmasters friend friends test testing dev marketing search profile profiles group groups forum forums ) # account.rb validates_exclusion_of :subdomain, :in => RESERVED_SUBDOMAINS, :message => ''Web site name is reserved.'' Set aside a subdomain like ''profile'' or ''membership'' to handle membership stuff and the request_routing plugin to handle routing by subdomain. Hope this helps, -- Zack Chandler http://depixelate.com http://trackplace.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On 1/17/07, Zack Chandler <zackchandler-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > > > Daniel, > > What you''re describing can be done without much trouble. I use a > similar model at trackplace.com. Just set aside some domains: > > # environment.rb > RESERVED_SUBDOMAINS = %w( > www www1 www2 www3 www4 www5 www6 www7 www8 www9 www10 web > app app1 app2 app3 app4 app5 app6 app7 app8 app9 app10 > db db1 db2 db3 db4 db5 database > blog blogs weblog public private secure store stores help admin admins > mail email emails root postmaster postmasters friend friends > test testing dev marketing search profile profiles group groups forum > forums > ) > > # account.rb > validates_exclusion_of :subdomain, :in => RESERVED_SUBDOMAINS, > :message => ''Web site name is reserved.'' > > Set aside a subdomain like ''profile'' or ''membership'' to handle > membership stuff and the request_routing plugin to handle routing by > subdomain.Hi Thanx for your input. I''m not sure I understand what the request_routing plugin would be doing here. Also what benefit is using a special sub-domain over the base domain? Cheers --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On 1/16/07, Daniel N <has.sox-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > > On 1/17/07, Zack Chandler <zackchandler-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > > > > Daniel, > > > > What you''re describing can be done without much trouble. I use a > > similar model at trackplace.com. Just set aside some domains: > > > > # environment.rb > > RESERVED_SUBDOMAINS = %w( > > www www1 www2 www3 www4 www5 www6 www7 www8 www9 www10 web > > app app1 app2 app3 app4 app5 app6 app7 app8 app9 app10 > > db db1 db2 db3 db4 db5 database > > blog blogs weblog public private secure store stores help admin admins > > mail email emails root postmaster postmasters friend friends > > test testing dev marketing search profile profiles group groups forum > forums > > ) > > > > # account.rb > > validates_exclusion_of :subdomain, :in => RESERVED_SUBDOMAINS, > > :message => ''Web site name is reserved.'' > > > > Set aside a subdomain like ''profile'' or ''membership'' to handle > > membership stuff and the request_routing plugin to handle routing by > > subdomain. > > Hi Thanx for your input. > > I''m not sure I understand what the request_routing plugin would be doing > here. > > Also what benefit is using a special sub-domain over the base domain? > > Cheers > > > > > >Daniel, You said "... I need to have an area on the main domain, that allows users to view their account memberships and things..." The request_routing plugin allows you to route off of additional conditions like the subdomain: # routes.rb map.with_options(:controller => ''users'', :conditions => { :subdomain => ''members'' }) do |url| url.profile '''' url.change_password ''change_password'', :action => ''change_password'' ... end members.example.com # => the area you want to provide to handle profiles This is one way to do it... Or a scheme like: john.example.com/profile probably makes more sense. -- Zack --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On 1/17/07, Zack Chandler <zackchandler-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > > On 1/16/07, Daniel N <has.sox-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > > > > On 1/17/07, Zack Chandler <zackchandler-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Daniel, > > > > > > What you''re describing can be done without much trouble. I use a > > > similar model at trackplace.com. Just set aside some domains: > > > > > > # environment.rb > > > RESERVED_SUBDOMAINS = %w( > > > www www1 www2 www3 www4 www5 www6 www7 www8 www9 www10 web > > > app app1 app2 app3 app4 app5 app6 app7 app8 app9 app10 > > > db db1 db2 db3 db4 db5 database > > > blog blogs weblog public private secure store stores help admin > admins > > > mail email emails root postmaster postmasters friend friends > > > test testing dev marketing search profile profiles group groups > forum > > forums > > > ) > > > > > > # account.rb > > > validates_exclusion_of :subdomain, :in => RESERVED_SUBDOMAINS, > > > :message => ''Web site name is reserved.'' > > > > > > Set aside a subdomain like ''profile'' or ''membership'' to handle > > > membership stuff and the request_routing plugin to handle routing by > > > subdomain. > > > > Hi Thanx for your input. > > > > I''m not sure I understand what the request_routing plugin would be > doing > > here. > > > > Also what benefit is using a special sub-domain over the base domain? > > > > Cheers > > > > > > > > > > > > > Daniel, > > You said "... I need to have an area on the main domain, that allows > users to view their account memberships and things..." > > The request_routing plugin allows you to route off of additional > conditions like the subdomain: > > # routes.rb > map.with_options(:controller => ''users'', :conditions => { :subdomain > => ''members'' }) do |url| > url.profile '''' > url.change_password ''change_password'', :action => > ''change_password'' > ... > end > > members.example.com # => the area you want to provide to handle profiles > > This is one way to do it... > > Or a scheme like: > > john.example.com/profile > > probably makes more sense.Ok I think I see what you mean. I''ll give it a try. Thanx for you help --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---