Question

Backgournd info: I have a ISS6 webserver hosting multiple websites. I have about 15 domains that could be considered "sister" sites that share styles, layouts, etc but they still will have their own customization styles. (I haven t created anything but these basic sites just yet)

The question is thus: since a good portion of the CSS and JS for each site will be the same, what are some ways to share a common master CSS & JS directory between sites on the same IIS server?

I know I could host this master directory of common files on one of the domains and it from there but that doesn t seem like the most elegant option. Or I could give each domain its own personal copy of the CSS and JS files as well which probably the worst option.

I do not use any version control software or Visual Studio, just notepad++ so I m not so concerned with sharing files among developers.

Thanks for any input.

Answer 1

For historical record, I d recommend that you infact DO host your shared files on a single, separate domain. Especially if that is all that domain is used for.

The primary benefit is that the domain will be cookieless (reducing bulk in each HTTP call). It s one step down from the optimum solution which would be to host your shared files on a CDN. Amazon s S3/CloudFront solution is very affordable.

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