Editing FP 2003 files on a local drive, over a wireless network

[Guest]

Is there any reason the main web site folder (which has a globe icon, when
viewed in Windows Explorer) should not be designated a shared folder?

I edit a FP 2003 web site on the hard drive of my computer (Computer A), and
then publish the changes to a remote server, maintained by a web hosting
company.

So that my assistant can work on the web files on Computer A’s hard drive,
via our wireless network, should I simply make the main web site folder on
Computer A a shared folder, and then have my assistant (on Computer B)
navigate to that folder, use FP’s Open Web command to access the files, and
edit away? Or is it not that simple?

(I realize I’ll need to first buy a second copy of FP 2003 and install it on
Computer B.)

 

[Andrew Murray]

I shouldn't think there's anything preventing that. The Web folder is just
like any other folder, except it happens to contain the web site's files, so
should be able to be shared on a network like any other.

Or, better still work in the c:\inetpub\wwwroot folder which points to the
machine A web address like http://localhost, or the computer's name like
http://computerA/ (or something like that). Then both of you can work on
it (possibly not at the same time), but then you can publish from Local host
to the main web server.

The above would require that you run IIS in Win 2000 Pro or XP Pro, or
Server 20003.

 

[Ronx]

If you share the folder, and your associate makes it a mapped drive on
their PC, there should be no problems.