New structure of Choralwiki websites - November 29, 2009
Posted: 29 Nov 2009 11:20
To manage the always increasing amount of traffic at ChoralWiki, two types of website have been introduced today:
- the contributors' website, intended for users who intend to upload new scores, edit pages, add translations, i.e., everything requires to "write" new information into the website. This website requires to register and login to view most pages;
- the users' websites, intended for users who only need to search information at ChoralWiki, download scores, i.e., everything can be done with "read-only" privileges. These websites can be entirely viewed without registering or logging-in, so they are completely unrestricted for anonymous users.
When visiting http://www.cpdl.org, unregistered users (or registered users whose cpdl login expired) are automatically directed to one of the users' websites. Registered users having a cpdl login active (not expired) are automatically directed to the contributors' website instead.
Users visiting a users' website can go at any time to the contributors' website (for example, because they decided to edit a page) by just following the link shown on top of each page.
Currently, there is one contributors' website and two users' website. Users' websites are daily aligned to the contributors' website, so that the newest additions are available on all websites. We hope this solves the traffic congestion problems recently experienced. The architecture is scaleable, so that additional users' websites can be added to accommodate further traffic growth in the future.
This new structure is now experimental, so any feedback about possible problems observed or suggested improvements is welcome.
Max
- the contributors' website, intended for users who intend to upload new scores, edit pages, add translations, i.e., everything requires to "write" new information into the website. This website requires to register and login to view most pages;
- the users' websites, intended for users who only need to search information at ChoralWiki, download scores, i.e., everything can be done with "read-only" privileges. These websites can be entirely viewed without registering or logging-in, so they are completely unrestricted for anonymous users.
When visiting http://www.cpdl.org, unregistered users (or registered users whose cpdl login expired) are automatically directed to one of the users' websites. Registered users having a cpdl login active (not expired) are automatically directed to the contributors' website instead.
Users visiting a users' website can go at any time to the contributors' website (for example, because they decided to edit a page) by just following the link shown on top of each page.
Currently, there is one contributors' website and two users' website. Users' websites are daily aligned to the contributors' website, so that the newest additions are available on all websites. We hope this solves the traffic congestion problems recently experienced. The architecture is scaleable, so that additional users' websites can be added to accommodate further traffic growth in the future.
This new structure is now experimental, so any feedback about possible problems observed or suggested improvements is welcome.
Max