A "how do i do that" question (CMS)

[jacko_162]

OK i have coded a half decent CMS system that i will resell.

 

problem i will have is each person will have different database and probably a different host to my own.

 

if for example i wanted to post a "news" item to all the CMS dashboards how would i go about doing this in the code logistically?

 

only way of doing something like this i can see is hard coding a frame to a PHP file located on my servers?

 

and anyone have any name suggestions for my CMS script, mainly aimed at local automotive and estate agents?

[ZulfadlyAshBurn]

use php to update the database

[shlumph]

Since each CMS install will be on different servers/hosts, you should set up a centralized web service.  In your CMS, you can make a call to the centralized web service to get news, etc.

[jacko_162]

Since each CMS install will be on different servers/hosts, you should set up a centralized web service.  In your CMS, you can make a call to the centralized web service to get news, etc.

 

this is similar idea to what i wanted to do.

 

i plan to release updates initially every few weeks, how would i go about having each script to hold a version number in the sql db, upon loading an "update.php" page i want it to check the "latest version" from my server and compare it to the local version and if its lower then show a message etc..