Comments on: Band on the Wall

By: Louis W

Louis W — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:22:15 +0000

Lol. Fair enough, had to ask thou. Thanks for the link, I actually have that bookmarked but never read it…

By: Phil Thompson

Phil Thompson — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:34:06 +0000

No chance! The amount of time I’d have to put into supporting and answering user’s questions (or ignoring them and damaging my reputation) would render it a very expensive exercise.

By: Phil Thompson

Phil Thompson — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:32:35 +0000

There’s a bit of object caching and local RSS feed caching. Any external data pulled in from APIs is cached too. The HTML isn’t cached – as too much of it is dynamic.

The reason I use my own framework – and calling it a framework is pretty an insult to the creators of proper frameworks – was because the existing ones didn’t suit my needs. I found them all either too big and daunting or too reliant upon PHP4.

Here’s a good link:
http://anantgarg.com/2009/03/13/write-your-own-php-mvc-framework-part-1/

By: Louis W

Louis W — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:52:58 +0000

Oh, and any chance you would be releasing your framework? :)

By: Louis W

Louis W — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:52:23 +0000

Good job indeed. I love posts like this that give us a little peek behind the scenes.

Aside from the query caching, are you employing any kind of output cache to assist in performance?

I would love to hear more about your framework. Maybe a post about how you set out to make your own php framework, it’s components, and general organizational structure. I have been using Code Igniter (Kohana was a spin off) and have been thinking about making something custom to better match how we develop sites.

By: Phil Thompson

Phil Thompson — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:01:44 +0000

Sadly, I’ve never been to Band on the Wall but I’m really excited about it’s reopening.

I didn’t use a framework for the CMS – I used my own mini-framework for it all. I did contemplate using a framework like Zend or Kohana but only in so much as to make life easier for any future developers.

The search is done using Fulltext search with MySQL5. Results from several tables are brought together in one view and then MySQL Fulltext search functions produces good relevant results.

By: Howie

Howie — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:35:21 +0000

Great work for a great venue. I’m old enough to remember it in it’s heyday. The owner used to get up on stage at the end of the night and play sax with the band. Hope it succeeds again

Interesting analysis of the implementation. What (framework) did you use for the bespoke CMS? I’ve come across similar issues with image/link/resource selection. I too have developed a custom picker, but don’t (yet) integrate it with TinyMCE

And what did you use for the search solution. Lucene?

Thanks for sharing