Table of Contents
Introduction
Content Editor
Templates
Version Control
Work Areas
Access Control
Editing Using Other Clients
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Getting started
Most of the time spent in SiteBuilder will be under the
Files tab. Here is where you edit and enhance you site.
This page consists of two major parts; the file system to the right,
and the buttons on the left, see pictures below.
The file system
SiteBuilder has a virtual file system which does not correspond
to the local file system on your computer network. However, this does
not make the file system much different from other file systems. With
the help of the buttons on the left side you can do most of the basic
tasks performed a normal file system.
The file system
Focusing
You can focus on a file or directory by clicking on the name.
Focusing on a file will allow you to work on that particular file,
focusing on a directory shows the content and allows actions that can
be performed for several files or directories simultaneously. By
clicking on the arrow to the left of a directory its content can be
viewed without focusing on the directory.
To the left of each file name there might be from one to three
icons. The numbers after each file name represent the size in bytes.
The leftmost icon represents the file type and will always be shown.
For instance, an icon with the word HTML on it is a HTML file and an
icon with the word GIF is an image file.
Between the file type icon and the file name one or two status
icons can be shown depending on the status of the file. The left icon
represents the copy in the user's private edit area and the right
represents the repository, where the common version of the file is
stored. More information on how these icons work and look can be found
in the Version control chapter.
The buttons
The buttons
As shown in the picture above, the buttons are either gray or
yellow. When a button is yellow you are able to select it to let it
perform its service. When the button is gray it's deactivated. The
buttons are context sensitive, both according to your access rights
and the file or directory you are currently focusing on. For instance,
if you are focusing on a directory in which you are not allowed to
change anything, then the buttons that handle changes like create or
edit files will be grayed out. The buttons are ordered in groups
according to their area of use:
View
- View
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Views a focused file.
- View source
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Views the source of a focused file. Note
that it is not possible to edit the source when viewing source.
- Log
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Shows the log for the focused file or directory.
- Annotate
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Shows the changes made to the file.
Edit
- Edit/Edit new file
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Takes you to the builtin editor and
lets you edit the focused file. When focusing on a directory a wizard
will allow you to create and edit a new file.
- Edit meta data
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Lets you change meta data such as the
type of the file, the language it is written in, the template it will
use etc.
- Upload file
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Lets you upload the content of a file
from the local file system into the focused file or directory.
- Download file
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Download a copy of the focused file to
the local file system for off-line editing etc.
Editing is done within a form and when finished you may either save
your changes by selecting Ok or throw them away by
selecting Cancel.
File
- Create directory
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Takes you to the create directory
wizard.
- Delete
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Sets a deletion mark on a file. Deletes an
empty directory.
- Copy
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Takes you to the copy wizard, letting you copy
a file or directory to another location.
- Move
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Takes you to the move wizard, letting you move a
file or directory to an other location.
Version control
- Discard your changes
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Removes the changes you have made
since the last time you committed the file. When focusing a directory
you can choose which files to discard.
- Update
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Updates your local copy of the focused file,
or files, with the latest version(s) in the repository.
- Commit
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Commits your changes allowing other user's
take part of them by replacing the current version in the repository
with the copy from your edit area. Will commit the focused file or
allow you to choose the files to be committed from a directory.
- Join
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Joins a file or directory in your edit area with
the same file or directory in another work area. Merges the changes
made in each work area.
Access control
- Add protection point
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Adds a protection point for the
focused file or directory.
- Remove protection point
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Removes an existing
protection point for the focused file or directory.
To be able to add or remove protection points you must have the
permissions to do so. Otherwise these buttons will not be shown under
the Files tab.
Undelete
- Enter undelete mode
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Enters the undelete mode where you
can recover removed files. Undelete mode is represented by a different
background color than normal in the file system and only a few of the
function buttons will be available.
- Undelete
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Undeletes the focused file or directory,
only available in undelete mode.
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