Yeah as have we (VSS I mean), being such a large Microsoft customer we were kind forced to, but when you use SVN or alike you realise just how bad VSS is for such RAD development as web dev is.
Microsoft would be the first to say that it is not that well suited, even VSS 2005 which we have here has some token web stuff added but in all reality it is the same product from 15+ years (which I used for 10 or so) ago when Microsoft thought the web would not catch on :-) it is and was built primarily for Windows development. Granted it works well with DW but if you want great source control for web development I would say look no farther than VSS. VSS, in terms of web development within teams, has little or no useful branching or tagging or code and it's merging simple does not work well and cannot be trusted, not good when working in large teams. In all reality, it is as basic as basic gets for Source Control and IME it us just a way to back up code in a check-in/out basis. N "This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, Registered in England, Number 678540. 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Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com -----Original Message----- From: Eric Roberts To: CF-Talk Sent: Mon Jan 15 08:10:20 2007 Subject: RE: Dreamweaver + Version Control - "Best Practices" Consulting I have used it in the past with no problems and it plays well with Dreamweaver Eric -----Original Message----- From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 15 January 2007 01:43 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Dreamweaver + Version Control - "Best Practices" Consulting VSS is not that well suited to web development, I would stay clear and look at SVN or alike. "This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com -----Original Message----- From: Eric Roberts To: CF-Talk Sent: Mon Jan 15 00:58:07 2007 Subject: RE: Dreamweaver + Version Control - "Best Practices" Consulting Subversion is pretty simple to set up on either Linux/Unix or Windows. I am not sure if the is a VSS port to Linux, but it is a typical MS install on Windows. I think VSS is simpler to use because it is a native Windows app, but Subversion is still stiff competition for VSS in that it is free and it is just as rich and robust of an application. If you are in a Linux/Unix environment, Subversion is the only answer. There are several GUI front ends like KDESVN and RapidSVN that can be used on the graphical desktops like KDE and Gnome. I just set up Subversion on a linux dev box (Ubuntu) with no probs at all. Subversion also has a great set of command line commands to set up repositories and add/remove files to them. If your developers are on Windows boxes, they can get TortiseSVN to commit/update/checkout files they are working on. Eric -----Original Message----- From: Clark Valberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 14 January 2007 12:56 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Dreamweaver + Version Control - "Best Practices" Consulting Neil, I'm sure "check-in/out" doesn't fit the bit here as it doesn't really constitute "version control". They're looking for the best way to roll-out something like Subversion (or similar, if it makes more sense) in a way that works right inside Dreamweaver 8 and flows nicely with their current process of deployment to staging / production servers. The goal here is to get the maximum benefits of version control without using 2 different applications (Dreamweaver + tortoiseSVN for example). Maybe a best-of-breed Subversion extension for Dreamweaver is the answer here. We're looking for someone who's been through the trial and error in setting this up - and has experience using a setup that works. >It really isn't rocket science, check in/check out...:-) or are they >having issues actually setting it up? > > > > > >"This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, >Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed >Business, Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains >information which is confidential and may also be privileged. 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The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." >Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: Clark Valberg >To: CF-Talk >Sent: Sun Jan 14 02:39:45 2007 >Subject: Dreamweaver + Version Control - "Best Practices" Consulting > >I have a client looking for some guidance on using version control from >within Dreamweaver 8. > >Anyone being exceptionally skilled in this area could make some quick >cash doing an hour or two of phone consulting. > >Contact: clarkv [at] gmail . com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. 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