> I have to emphasize that Site Definitions are core to a lot > of Dreamweaver's functionality. It's not all about holding > your hand! A lot of the behaviors (which you may or may not > have used yet, but I'll bet that when you do, you'll be > hooked) depend on paths, which requires DW have knowledge of > your site structure. Other features need this knowledge as > well. Yes, it does do some hand-holding, but that's because > it's already there - hand-holding is not it's reason for existance!
I think I understand the confusion here - it's not that we don't like the Site functionality, but quite a few of us work with a whole range of servers, and several completely different sites on each server... Now, in Studio, if you want to update one template you open up the RDS connection in the tab on the left, find the file, open it, make the update and save - job done in about a minute In DWMX, you have to connect to the server, find the location, wait for it to build a "Site" with all of the templates, graphics, colors, blah blah blah, then find the file, edit it and save it... You've added about 5 minutes to your quick job OK, so next time you come in, it's happily there already, but it's an awful lot of extra work just to update one bit of code While were on the subject of DWMX's Site functionality - the Image list is a PITA! We have a lot of graphics with the same name, all in different directories (denoting what they are, like thumbnail, medium quality, high quality etc.), but in the Site list you get just the file names and have to scroll right to find out what it is... In Studio you could find the directory you wanted and then find the file Some of my projects run into thousands of graphics (most are named the same over and over), I REALLY don't want to have to wade through the folder to add one graphic where I know it's location Also, in an environment with 5 developers and 3 graphic artists, they're all adding templates and images constantly - do I have to keep on refreshing the Site to get the latest list? In Studio, you just refresh the directory... Philip Arnold Technical Director Certified ColdFusion Developer ASP Multimedia Limited Switchboard: +44 (0)20 8680 8099 Fax: +44 (0)20 8686 7911 www.aspmedia.co.uk www.aspevents.net An ISO9001 registered company. ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. ********************************************************************** ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
