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* Develop a system for [[Design Specs: Application Configuration: Maintaining Links to External Resources|Maintaining Links to External Resources]]
 
* Develop a system for [[Design Specs: Application Configuration: Maintaining Links to External Resources|Maintaining Links to External Resources]]
  
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* separate configuration from data initialization
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** current wormbase.conf (Config::General) file contains model info which can get complex and may be difficult to put in .ini format.
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** separate the config data (mostly db connections) into an .ini file.
  
 
== Resources ==
 
== Resources ==

Revision as of 14:17, 24 February 2010

Objectives

Maintain and document configuration of the next generation WormBase website.

  • clean
  • easy to maintain
  • load different variables between dev and live (environment differences in configuration)

To Do:


  • separate configuration from data initialization
    • current wormbase.conf (Config::General) file contains model info which can get complex and may be difficult to put in .ini format.
    • separate the config data (mostly db connections) into an .ini file.

Resources

Part 2: On Configuration (key,pdf) -- Configuration basics (and freebies)


The configuration file for the application can be found in the mercurial repository "wormbase" at the root level. It is called "wormbase.conf".

  • pages are added here (as actions)


The templating system Template Toolkit also contains separate configuration related specifically to data presentation.