Hi there,

before digging down into the realm of XOOPS, I would like the users of XOOPS to ask a question:

We have set up a site with dealing with global statistical data, enabling the display in form of maps, graphs and tables. (http://geodata.grid.unep.ch/ ) This works with PHP, the data are stored in a MySQL database.

We are planning to start the developement of a national (and regional) site, which would be more or less the same thing as the "global" one, but would offer only the national resp. regional view of the data (and some additional functionality).

Now, the question coming up always is that of maintenance of the code. What if the developer (me) of the global site does some changes in the code (we have some 50 files with each between 100 and 1000 lines). How can it be reflected in the national/regional versions as well?

I thought about each Portal retrieving common bits and pieces of a centralized database, thus having only one place to up-date.

Does this make sense and does XOOPS offer such functionality?

What do you think? Comments most welcome!

Thanks to everyone!