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Synchronization question

Sep 17, 2008 10:49 PM

Built a site in DW for use with Contribute. Doing a global change to one of the editable regions. I sync'd my local machine and copied all the most recent files from the server. Now I would simply like to make the global edit on my local machine first, then sync all the local files with the server.

While trying to make the changes on my local files only, DW connects to the server and asks things like "would you like to overwrite you local copy of "x.htm"? Why would it ask this? Overwrite it with what? I thought I was only working with the local files in any case.
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  • trialbomfunknumber2
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    1. trialbomfunknumber2,
    Sep 18, 2008 1:19 AM   in reply to trialbomfunknumber2
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    Should I somehow disable the ability for DW to connect to the remote server - or - is the fact that it's connecting to the server irrelevant and I really am just modifying only my local files?
     
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    2. trialbomfunknumber2,
    Sep 18, 2008 11:47 AM   in reply to trialbomfunknumber2
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    Bump...
     
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  • trialbomfunknumber2
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    3. trialbomfunknumber2,
    Sep 18, 2008 5:30 PM   in reply to trialbomfunknumber2
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    Maybe I phrased the question wrong ...

    Is it possible in DW to edit local files without being required to connect to the server?
     
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    4. trialbomfunknumber2,
    Sep 18, 2008 10:43 PM   in reply to trialbomfunknumber2
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    So I tried simply turning off my computers wireless network connection & making the edits - seems to work as intended.

    After disabling the internet connection, I am able to open local files, edit and have them update globally without getting weird messages like "would you like to overwrite your local version of index.html" when I am in fact working on that same local version of the file.

    I'm assuming I can simply make all the changes I need to this way, then activate the internet connection and synchronize the whole site with the new local files.

    Is there anything I'm missing here that would indicate this might be a bad idea?
     
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    5. merlinvicki,
    Sep 19, 2008 5:49 AM   in reply to trialbomfunknumber2
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    Just turn off the Remote info settings. It will let you edit the local fies with no problem at all. In a collaborative team environment it helps you in a situation when you don't really know if a specific file has been checked out by somebody else. So dreamweaver automatically checks and if it finds any discrepancy it asks you to download the last updated version. I have been using this feature and its a wonderful addon
     
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  • trialbomfunknumber2
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    6. trialbomfunknumber2,
    Sep 19, 2008 6:48 AM   in reply to merlinvicki
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    By turning off "remote info settings" do you mean simply disabling the FTP info? I probably accomplished the same thing by simply turning off my internet connection in any case.

    I have used the sync feature before as well and like it - what confuses me however is when I tried to open the local copy of a file a prompt asked me if I wanted to overwrite the local copy of the file.

    In this case, the newer file (on the remote server) was incorrect and needed to be replaced with the older, local file.
     
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    7. Newsgroup_User,
    Sep 19, 2008 7:21 AM   in reply to merlinvicki
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    trialbomfunknumber2 wrote:
    > By turning off "remote info settings" do you mean simply disabling the FTP
    > info? I probably accomplished the same thing by simply turning off my internet
    > connection in any case.
    >
    > I have used the sync feature before as well and like it - what confuses me
    > however is when I tried to open the local copy of a file a prompt asked me if I
    > wanted to overwrite the local copy of the file.
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    > In this case, the newer file (on the remote server) was incorrect and needed
    > to be replaced with the older, local file.

    It sounds like your site definition is screwy, if you open a local file
    it should do just that, but I don't know why it would want to overwrite
    it with the remote one... unless you are actually looking at the remote
    view, not the local view...

    Dooza
     
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  • merlinvicki
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    8. merlinvicki,
    Sep 22, 2008 12:47 AM   in reply to trialbomfunknumber2
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    You probably have check in/check out enabled. Try disabling that.
     
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