[thelist] Organising client files
M. Seyon
evoltlist at delime.com
Fri Jan 21 22:04:23 CST 2005
Message from Tim Burgan (1/21/2005 10:41 PM)
>Hello,
>
>
>How do you go about organising client files on your local computer.
>
>I have apache installed, where the htdocs directory is nested in an
>annoying spot, so when I'm working on a clients site, I have all there
>site files in a subdirectory of the htdocs
Hi Tim,
I'm not sure if you mean you've got something like C:\Program
Files\Apache\httpd\htdocs\clientdir\
(I'm assuming you're on Windows as you mentioned a My Documents folder.) I
can see that being annoying.
What I've done is use the DocumentRoot and Alias commands in httpd.conf to
create virtual directories, so to speak. My client folders are all on a
separate drive but I've got something like
DocumentRoot "D:/Client Sites/"
So http://localhost/ loads that directory instead of the htdocs directory.
Then within that directory I have the client directories.
You could also create aliases for each client site, something like
Alias /exampleclient "D:/Client Sites/exampleclient/www"
>.. then I have all their other documents.. such as supplied
>graphics/images, paper work, etc all in a subdirectory in my My Documents
>folder.
I keep all my work documents separately in the Client Sites directory. My
Documents is for *my* documents, not my client's.
Here's how my Client Sites directory looks
Client Sites
- Client1
- supportdocs (this is for artwork, logos, templates, etc I create)
- clientdocs (files provided by the client - word files, pdf files,
jpegs, etc)
- www (the website)
- logs (logfiles)
- Client2
- supportdocs
- clientdocs
- www
- logs
You get the idea.
That way everything related to that client's site is in that directory. I
keep them there for as long as the client is active. When the project
becomes inactive or closed, I move it to a different directory to minimise
the clutter in the Client Sites directory.
And of course periodically burn all that to a CD.
Hope that helps.
regards.
-marc
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