Looking for suggestions

leoff · Post by **leoff** » Thu 5. Oct 2006, 03:07

I am currently running a phpwcms site that is fairly large or would be considered large if it were a static html site. I need to add a listing of about 250 restaurants with health inspection reports. The client would periodically update the reports as new inpections are completed. Old inpections would be maintained as a sort of archive. Also I would like to have a search function that applied just to this category.

I know I can do most of this in phpwcms but with that many items in one category I am concerned it will be a bit difficult to manage. I have played with mod exdata thinking it might be a resource but have yet to get it work.

I am looking for any suggestions of how to approach this project either within phpwcms or at least easily intergrate it with phpwcms. Any pointers would be appreciated.

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Thu 5. Oct 2006, 15:36

leoff,

You'll be excited to know that phpwcms v. 1.2.8 introduces the ability to search within certain category levels, which is exactly what you're trying to do. As for organization of 250 subpages, you may want to break them down into further subcategories, such as geographic region or cuisine. Then, the breadcrumb might look like "home > health reports > neighborhood name > Captain Geech's Shrimp Shack"

Hope this helps.

leoff · Post by **leoff** » Fri 6. Oct 2006, 07:13

Thanks,

I sort of figured that would be the way to go. Now I have to upgrade the site from 1.2.5 to 1.2.8 and I'm a bit scared because there is so much there already.

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Fri 6. Oct 2006, 07:15

leoff,

I've written what I think to be a bulletproof method to upgrading. You'll be leaving your existing site intact and upgrading a parallel installation, so if you fry it you won't kill the live site.

Take a look here - http://www.phpwcms.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5822

Good luck!