[dba-Tech] Website Structure Question

[Tina Norris Fields]

I recognize the unzipping a compressed file thing, and have learned to 
backspace out the final suggested folder.  But, I'm not doing something 
like that with these sites, at least I don't think I am. I crafted a 
site, using the CoffeeCup VSD, making the structure as I went along, and 
making the links I needed.  There's a form - a pdf file - that I link to 
for registration in a golf tournament.  That form gets changed a bit 
from one year to another.  I actually change the name each time to 
identify the year.  I modify the link property, then ftp the changed 
page and the new form up to the site.  How annoying to have a 404 
appear, or the wrong form appear! Exploring the site, both on the local 
computer and on the web, I discover multiple copies of the same 
folders.  Wow!  Okay, so it makes sense to have some redundancy, in case 
of damage to a primary folder, but this seems to be too much.  So, I'm 
exploring how that happens, how much of it I should expect, how many 
copies of folders I can delete without destroying the website.  
Learning, learning.
TNF

Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com
231-322-2787

On 4/25/2015 10:57 AM, Rocky Smolin wrote:
> I see this sometimes when unzipping a compressed file - I think it's
> probably when the user uses Send To-->Compressed (zipped) folder by right
> clicking the file and choosing that from the context menu.
>
> R
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
> Tina Norris Fields
> Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2015 7:51 AM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Website Structure Question
>
> Hi All,
>
> I've noticed on more than one occasion that a website has duplicate folders,
> something like this:
>
> //root > httpdocs > files > download
>
> and
>
> //root > httpdocs > httpdocs > files > download
>
> These appear to get created by the application being used to craft the
> website.  Most recently, I'm seeing this in a site crafted with CoffeeCup's
> Visual Site Designer.  When I want to update just one page, it is possible
> to fail to get the updated page into the correct folder.
> I'm not happy with this, and I don't recall deliberately adding redundant
> folders.  Anybody else have experience with this?
>
> Thanks,
> TNF
>
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> 231-322-2787
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