Merge branch 'develop' of git://github.com/EllisLab/CodeIgniter into develop

1 files changed, 65 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/general/managing_apps.rst b/user_guide_src/source/general/managing_apps.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..996481354
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/general/managing_apps.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+##########################
+Managing your Applications
+##########################
+
+By default it is assumed that you only intend to use CodeIgniter to
+manage one application, which you will build in your application/
+directory. It is possible, however, to have multiple sets of
+applications that share a single CodeIgniter installation, or even to
+rename or relocate your application folder.
+
+Renaming the Application Folder
+===============================
+
+If you would like to rename your application folder you may do so as
+long as you open your main index.php file and set its name using the
+$application_folder variable::
+
+	$application_folder = "application";
+
+Relocating your Application Folder
+==================================
+
+It is possible to move your application folder to a different location
+on your server than your system folder. To do so open your main
+index.php and set a *full server path* in the $application_folder
+variable.
+
+::
+
+	$application_folder = "/Path/to/your/application";
+
+Running Multiple Applications with one CodeIgniter Installation
+===============================================================
+
+If you would like to share a common CodeIgniter installation to manage
+several different applications simply put all of the directories located
+inside your application folder into their own sub-folder.
+
+For example, let's say you want to create two applications, "foo" and
+"bar". You could structure your application folders like this::
+
+	applications/foo/
+	applications/foo/config/
+	applications/foo/controllers/
+	applications/foo/errors/
+	applications/foo/libraries/
+	applications/foo/models/
+	applications/foo/views/
+	applications/bar/
+	applications/bar/config/
+	applications/bar/controllers/
+	applications/bar/errors/
+	applications/bar/libraries/
+	applications/bar/models/
+	applications/bar/views/
+
+To select a particular application for use requires that you open your
+main index.php file and set the $application_folder variable. For
+example, to select the "foo" application for use you would do this::
+
+	$application_folder = "applications/foo";
+
+.. note:: Each of your applications will need its own index.php file
+	which calls the desired application. The index.php file can be named
+	anything you want.