Website Framework Inheritance for Management Complexity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing website hosting systems are complex and time-consuming to create and maintain, especially as they grow in size, and managing multiple websites with consistent branding and updates is challenging due to the need for extensive coding expertise and potential loss of template modifications during updates.
Innovation Solution
A website framework that allows defining and hosting websites by parsing resources based on their position in a hierarchical structure, enabling changes and extensions to the root website to be inherited by multiple sites without requiring code edits, with a dispatcher determining applicable resources for each request and serving content accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If websites are created and maintained using traditional hosting systems, then each website can be independently customized, but the complexity and time required to create and maintain websites increases significantly as the number of websites grows
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments website management into two distinct layers: a root website containing shared resources (templates, styles, functions) and child websites that inherit from the root. This segmentation allows independent customization at the child level while maintaining centralized control at the root level, resolving the contradiction between customization flexibility and management complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The root website serves as a universal template that can be inherited by multiple child websites simultaneously. Changes made to the root website automatically propagate to all child websites, enabling one website structure to serve multiple purposes across different sites. This universality reduces management complexity while preserving customization capabilities through selective inheritance.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional website hosting systems are used to maintain multiple websites, then each website can have unique content, but maintaining consistent branding and updates across all websites becomes challenging
Solution Approach 1:
The root website is configured in advance with standardized branding elements, templates, and common functions that all child websites will inherit. This preliminary setup establishes consistent branding across all websites before they are deployed. When updates are needed, they are made once at the root level and automatically propagated to all children, eliminating the time-consuming manual updates previously required.
3Reliability
If website templates are updated to fix bugs or improve functionality, then the website performance improves, but any custom modifications made to the templates are lost and must be re-done
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts custom modifications from the template layer and places them in the child website layer, which is separate from the inherited root template. When the root template is updated, only the base functionality changes while the child website retains its custom modifications. This separation prevents loss of custom work during template updates while still allowing reliability improvements through root template enhancements.
4Adaptability or versatility
If extensive coding expertise is required to create and maintain websites, then websites can be highly customized, but the difficulty and time consumption of website creation and maintenance increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses template copying and inheritance mechanisms where child websites automatically receive copies of resources from the root website. This copying approach allows websites to be created and maintained with minimal coding expertise, as the framework handles resource distribution automatically. Customization is achieved through configuration rather than extensive coding, reducing the skill barrier while maintaining flexibility.
Data Source
AI summary
Techniques for hosting websites are disclosed. At least aspects of a website are defined in a framework of website resources. The at least aspects of the website are dependent on the website resources and their position in the framework. In response to a request concerning the website, the framework is parsed to determine at least one of the website resources for the request. A response to the request is provided in dependence on the at least one website resource.