Can't synchronize because I don't have root FTP access

Dreamweaver's method of calculating server time is to make a folder, with a
nonsensical name, at the root level of the server.

See http://www.macromedia.com/go/tn_14413 for details.

Because I don't have root level MKDIR permissions (big site, permissions only
allow me to FTP into certain folders), then I can't use Sychronize, which is a
pity.

Is there some file somewhere I could hack which would make DreamWeaver do its
MKDIR in a folder where I *do* have permissions?

AmbroseChappell wrote:

Dreamweaver's method of calculating server time is to make a folder,
with a nonsensical name, at the root level of the server.

See http://www.macromedia.com/go/tn_14413 for details.

Because I don't have root level MKDIR permissions (big site,
permissions only allow me to FTP into certain folders), then I can't
use Sychronize, which is a pity.

Is there some file somewhere I could hack which would make
DreamWeaver do its MKDIR in a folder where I *do* have permissions?

In your site definition, what is the setting for 'Remote Info/Root
Directory?

This should be set to the location where you put your website (i.e, the
directory that your index.htm file would live in). It is this directory that
Dreamweaver uses to create it's temporary folders. If that directory is set
correctly and you do not have FTP permissions, then I can't see any way of
hacking it, sorry.

HTH,

Pete.
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http://www.acutecomputing.co.uk
Derby
UK
Skype ID: acutecomputing

My site is set "correctly", but I guess it might be a rather unusual setup.

Let's say I work for <b>fake.com</b>.

Now fake.com is very big, and I only work on fake.com/products and
fake.com/support and only certain other employees have access to
fake.com/index.html and so on.

So it might make sense to just have fake.com/products as one site and
fake.com/support as another, but that's not the way I want to do it. Apart from
anything else, I need to access include files in my templates which are at a
higher level, say fake.com/global/nav.inc or the like. And I also want to use
root-relative URLs in my code, so that I can link to an image at
"/img/image.gif" rather than "../../../../../../../../img/image.gif".

To sum up, I need the root of the server to be the root of my Site, for very
sensible reasons, but I don't have root access, which is also sensible.

AmbroseChappell wrote:

To sum up, I need the root of the server to be the root of my Site,
for very sensible reasons, but I don't have root access, which is
also sensible.

I can see the problem - unfortunately, I'm not aware of a bodge that would
make it work for you. Sorry.

Regards,

Pete.
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Peter Connolly
http://www.acutecomputing.co.uk
Derby
UK
Skype ID: acutecomputing

Hi Ambrose,

I have exactly the same problem, and while I have found a somewhat dodgy
workaround, I was here in the forums seeing if there was a better way.

What I have done is set up the site correctly, with the parent directory on
our intranet being the root directory, and me only having access to edit in my
directory. Then I've duplicated the site and modified the local and remote
files so that their root is my directory. Synchronise works on that site, but I
can't edit on that site unless I want to edit without seeing any of my includes
in action.

So, edit on the real site, and then switch to the other site when you want to
synchronise. That's the only way I can think of it to work unless I get write
access to the higher level directories.

Cheers,

Michelle

Hi Ambrose,

I have exactly the same problem, and while I have found a somewhat dodgy
workaround, I was here in the forums seeing if there was a better way.

What I have done is set up the site correctly, with the parent directory on
our intranet being the root directory, and me only having access to edit in my
directory. Then I've duplicated the site and modified the local and remote
files so that their root is my directory. Synchronise works on that site, but I
can't edit on that site unless I want to edit without seeing any of my includes
in action.

So, edit on the real site, and then switch to the other site when you want to
synchronise. That's the only way I can think of it to work unless I get write
access to the higher level directories.

Cheers,

Michelle

Synchronise works on that site, but I
can't edit on that site unless I want to edit without seeing any of my
includes
in action.

Why are you not seeing incudes with this setup? Have you enabled their
display in your preferences?

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"mconkas" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Hi Ambrose,

I have exactly the same problem, and while I have found a somewhat dodgy
workaround, I was here in the forums seeing if there was a better way.

What I have done is set up the site correctly, with the parent directory
on
our intranet being the root directory, and me only having access to edit
in my
directory. Then I've duplicated the site and modified the local and remote
files so that their root is my directory. Synchronise works on that site,
but I
can't edit on that site unless I want to edit without seeing any of my
includes
in action.

So, edit on the real site, and then switch to the other site when you want
to
synchronise. That's the only way I can think of it to work unless I get
write
access to the higher level directories.

Cheers,

Michelle

I can't see my includes because I reference them (and my css styles) from the
site root, not from my directory (so that when I copy and move files their
includes string stays the same). There were various reasons for this setup and
I can't quite remember them all at the moment. Took a lot of fiddling to get it
to display in DW, but to still work when I uploaded them to my subdirectory.

MIchelle