ExpressionEngine & the Web Agency

EECI US presentation that outlines the problems we encounter when deploying ExpressionEngine in multiple environments and the subsequent tools we built to solve these problems.

Transcript

1. EECMS & the Web Agency New Techniques By Christopher Imrie Lead Developer, Moresoda Tuesday, 16 October 12
2. • Aerospace Engineer • Ex-freelancer • Adobe Certified Instructor • PHP, JS, MySQL • CodeIgniter, ExpressionEngine • Problem Solver Christopher Imrie Lead Developer, Moresoda Tuesday, 16 October 12
3. EECMS & the Web Agency New Techniques Web Agencies Who’s in the house? Tuesday, 16 October 12
4. EECMS & the Web Agency New Techniques Moresoda Our quest for better data Tuesday, 16 October 12
5. Moresoda & EECMS Websites Projects 70% 95% Tuesday, 16 October 12
6. Moresoda & EECMS • Default install • Git Version Controlled • Customised config For multi environment support • Beanstalk Deployments & Team Migration • 3 Environments Development, Staging, Production Bootstrapping EE - Carl Crawley Today 16:30 Tuesday, 16 October 12
7. Moresoda & EECMS GOOD Development Staging Production Initial Setup Tuesday, 16 October 12
8. Moresoda & EECMS PROBLEMS Development Staging Production Continuing Development Staging Production Development Tuesday, 16 October 12
9. EECMS & the Web Agency New Techniques Example Adding a blog to an existing site Tuesday, 16 October 12
10. Adding a blog - Files Development Staging Production Templates Addons Git & Beanstalk Git & Beanstalk Tuesday, 16 October 12
11. Adding a blog - EECMS Creation Development Staging Production Field Group Channel Categories Field Group Channel Categories Field Group Channel Categories Tuesday, 16 October 12
12. Adding a blog - The Problem Development Staging Production Client Data New Features Tuesday, 16 October 12
13. EECMS & the Web Agency New Techniques Data Migration Solutions today Tuesday, 16 October 12
14. Data Migration Duplicate on each Environment via Control Panel 1 Tuesday, 16 October 12
15. Data Migration Migrate entire DB after each environment file update 2 Tuesday, 16 October 12
16. Data Migration Migrate relevant database tables 3 Tuesday, 16 October 12
17. Data Migration Staging and Production share the same database 4 Tuesday, 16 October 12
18. Data Migration Update production first, migrate database downwards 5 Tuesday, 16 October 12
19. Data Migration ? 6 Tuesday, 16 October 12
20. EECMS & the Web Agency New Techniques Examining the Problem 10,000 mile view Tuesday, 16 October 12
21. The pieces Data Communication Sites Overview Compare Data Security Tuesday, 16 October 12
22. A Solution Site Manager Tuesday, 16 October 12
23. Demo Site Manager Tuesday, 16 October 12
24. Site Manager • 2 x ExpressionEngine Modules Client & Server • Powered by RequireJS & AMD RequireJS-for-EE Extension • 2.1+ Compatible Tuesday, 16 October 12
25. Site Manager • Async Javascript Communication • Local & public environment support • What your browser sees, it sees Regardless of installation location Tuesday, 16 October 12
26. Site Manager • AES Encrypted Communication Decrypt/Encrypt on the fly • Public / private key Regenerate to deny existing credentials • Super Admins only • Protected by EE Security Sandbox • Child sites retain freedom control Tuesday, 16 October 12
27. The pieces Data Communication Sites Overview Compare Data Security Tuesday, 16 October 12
28. Demo Site Manager Tuesday, 16 October 12
29. Site Manager • Compare any two environments Live data - compare as you work • Synchronise Data & Settings Channels, Fieldgroups, Fields, Categories • Fault tolerance Native EE methods used where possible • License & version review Tuesday, 16 October 12
30. Availability Tuesday, 16 October 12
31. Availability Today alpha Tuesday, 16 October 12
32. Availability Today Free alpha Tuesday, 16 October 12
33. Availability Free Tuesday, 16 October 12
34. http://github.com/ckimrie Availability Free Tuesday, 16 October 12
35. EECMS & the Web Agency New Techniques Future Where to from here? Tuesday, 16 October 12
36. Future • Testing • Fieldtype extension hooks • Entry migration • APIs for third party data transfer • One click login improvements • Styling improvements Tuesday, 16 October 12
37. EECMS & the Web Agency New Techniques @chrisimrie github.com/ckimrie chris@moresoda.co.uk Thank You Tuesday, 16 October 12