[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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