(1) Can I have Umbraco code running on multiple web servers all using the same database ? This could be either for scale our scalability or in my case I am wondering if it makes sence for my development environment at home and my prodction environment on GoDaddy to share the same GoDaddy database.
(2) Is it valid to add Templates / Views, and Partial Views to a production environment by siimply FTP in the files up, or do I need to use Back Office to add them so that the database is kept up to date ?
(3) Are there documebnted best practices as to how to set up a development environment with Visual Studio and TFS Source Code control and then how to periodically deploy releases to a hosted production server ?
(4) Why do I not see a "Creat new topic" button in the "Using Umbraco 7" forum ?
1. yes you can share the database between installs, you also need to make sure the files are kept in sync (specifically the media folder - ignore the app_data/temp) there are some settings you need to do, see http://our.umbraco.org/documentation/Installation/load-balancing for info
2.you can copy partial views up, but templates need to be added to the db - the usync package (disclaimer i wrote it) can help with keeping things in sync http://our.umbraco.org/projects/developer-tools/usync it does more than templates, things like macros need to be copied up too,
Newbie Questions: 2 Sites one DataBase ? Visual Studio/TFS Setup ? .......
Sorry if this is obvious but I need to know
(1) Can I have Umbraco code running on multiple web servers all using the same database ? This could be either for scale our scalability or in my case I am wondering if it makes sence for my development environment at home and my prodction environment on GoDaddy to share the same GoDaddy database.
(2) Is it valid to add Templates / Views, and Partial Views to a production environment by siimply FTP in the files up, or do I need to use Back Office to add them so that the database is kept up to date ?
(3) Are there documebnted best practices as to how to set up a development environment with Visual Studio and TFS Source Code control and then how to periodically deploy releases to a hosted production server ?
(4) Why do I not see a "Creat new topic" button in the "Using Umbraco 7" forum ?
Thanks a lot
Terry Clancy
hi Terry I have some but not all the answers
1. yes you can share the database between installs, you also need to make sure the files are kept in sync (specifically the media folder - ignore the app_data/temp) there are some settings you need to do, see http://our.umbraco.org/documentation/Installation/load-balancing for info
2.you can copy partial views up, but templates need to be added to the db - the usync package (disclaimer i wrote it) can help with keeping things in sync http://our.umbraco.org/projects/developer-tools/usync it does more than templates, things like macros need to be copied up too,
3. for visual studio package for helping out with that http://our.umbraco.org/projects/developer-tools/umbraco-visual-studio-project for TFS im not sure
4. don't know sorry : )
Excellent help - thanks Kevin
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