Collaborating on a site
When you work on a large-scale website with other members of a team, it can be difficult to keep track of who is editing what. As a result, “collisions” can occur when two people try to edit the same document at the same time: when the document is saved, changes made by one or both authors may be lost. To help avoid such problems, Namo WebEditor can directly interface with a source control system that keeps track of documents being edited and prevents collisions from happening.
Namo WebEditor supports two different source control systems: Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, and WebDAV. The same source control-related commands in Namo WebEditor are used for either system. The only difference in the way Namo WebEditor interfaces with SourceSafe vs. WebDAV is how you specify a source control server to connect to.
Requirements for using source control
In order to use Namo WebEditor’s source control features, you and your computer must meet the following requirements.
for SourceSafe
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe client software installed on your computer
- a username and password for a SourceSafe database
for WebDAV
- a username and password for a WebDAV server
Also note that Namo WebEditor’s source control features are only available when you work with a local siteA managed collection of documents, folders, and resource files on the local file system that you intend to publish as a Web site. (a collection of files managed with the Site Manager).
In this section
Connecting to a source control server
Adding files to source control
Checking files out and back in
Retrieving the latest versions of files
Removing files from source control