[dba-Tech] Website Structure Question

[Tina Norris Fields]

Thanks, Jim and Rocky,

I think I have some of it figured out.  A couple of months ago, my 
provider changed servers.  The new root directory for the website was 
named httpdocs, and everything got copied into that new directory, 
including a copy of httpdocs and its contents.  I've done a little 
cleaning up and things are looking much tidier.  I will be watching to 
see if redundancy creeps in again.  I remember that there was quite a 
bit of built-in redundancy in sites built with Microsoft FrontPage, so, 
I was sort of trained to expect it, but, this was way too much. Part of 
the difficulty stemmed from the fact that VSD wanted to use a certain 
naming structure and Tina wanted to use another.  Both got used, then 
multiplied by the new root directory for the website files.  Whew!

Best,
TNF

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

On 4/25/2015 3:25 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> Hi Tina:
>
> I have seen this happen...even done it myself on occasions. Generally, I would think it is an error as the code is expecting to be starting from the root and is not checking its current start position.
>
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tina Norris Fields" <tinanfields at torchlake.com>
> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2015 7:50:35 AM
> 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
>