Hi All - I’m working on a fairly large “replacement” site that will have both an elaborate public and member’s only section. I have been coming up with a list of template groups and templates, but wanted to get some feedback from my colleagues and friends on what would be the best route.
SCENARIO ONE:
- /site ** this would be the “public” portion
- (t) index
- (t) blog
- (t) join
- (t) calendar
- (t) contact
- (t) search
- /members ** this would be the “member” portion
- (t) index
- (t) library (for downloads and resources)
- (t) alerts
- (t) dashboard
- (t) calendar
.....
The templates would contain Switch-ee statements that would show the “main” content (blog listing), or the “view” content (individual blog).
SCENARIO TWO:
/site ** this would be the “public” portion
/blog
- (t) index
- (t) view
- (t) results
/calendar
- (t) index
- (t) view
- (t) results
......
BOTH SCENARIOS would also have a store - open to both the members and public
My gut says/wants to use scenario one because I think it would be cleaner and keep designs and features separate from public/members (Yes, there are two separate designs). Yes, the Switch-ee statements could make things confusing but I think I have planned through that.
Anyway, I wasn’t sure if there is a performance reason to use one over the other. So I would appreciate ANY thoughts on this.
As always, thank you in advance!!
Todd