[renathy]

Hi!
I am new to Yii and I want to create the correspondint file structure.
I need frontent to be accessable via www.mysite.com
and backand to be accessable via www.mysite.com/admin

I will use simple hardcoded admin username/password for administation for now.

What would be the best folder structure?
I have found the following http://www.yiiframew...i-project-site/
but I do not understand if it fits my needs.

As I have read in some forum topics this makes two different vhost links (for backend and frontend).
I actually do not need it. I need to have only one virtual host link that points to www.myside.com.

[sensorario]

I suggest you to create admin module. So you link will be index.php?r=admin/controller/action instead of index.php?r=controller/action.

[yugene]

Admin module
or
add sub-folder "admin" in /controllers and /views and put you controllers and view files into them.
If you need something simple I'd go with the second approach. For a more advanced usage I'd go with an admin module.

I'd use the approach from the link you provided for a large/huge project only.

[renathy]

Thank you.
I have quite simple project, so I like an approach with admin subfolders.

However, I have a question:
when do you choose to have admin subfolder and when do you use admin module?

[yugene]

Module usage description - I couldn't describe better

In other words: if you need not only back-end CRUDs with views, but used in back-end only models and/or components and/or external libraries, then, of course, you'd better to use a separate admin module.

IMO, there's not that big difference for a simple back-end between these approaches, and the choice often depends on whole application design and architect developer taste.

[Bynton]

If you want to go for advance you should go with module or add sub-folder "admin" in /controllers and /views and put you controllers and view files into them..

[MobiDev Corporation]

I believe it's better to use module, it's more yii-way.