[wp-hackers] [hendry@cs.helsinki.fi: Asking for directions]

[Mike Little]

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:49:17 +0300, Kai Hendry <hendry at cs.helsinki.fi> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 04:18:44AM -0500, Matt Mullenweg wrote:
> > Your request with regards to leaving the filesystem alone isn't quite
> > practical. Individual blogs need to be able to have their own
> > configuration, templates, CSS files, and everything inside of wp-content
> > (uploaded files, plugins, etc).
> 
> I don't see why that couldn't be stored in the database and served by
> PHP?
> 

There is a performance issue around storing abritrary binary data in
any database. Plus unless you are very careful about how you deliver
such content you can end up defeating any ISP and browser caching for
what should be static files.

Mike
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