[Pro] common/Separate resource folder

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Hallo, Actually after having gone through the manual on this and applied different settings on freeway and added some images - it all makes no sense. What is the diffrerence between these two saves? Saving in separate resource folder or common. The explanation in themanual is confusing because it uses words that have different nuances of understanding to different people.

Please can someone explain in a more logical language what the two manners of organising mean.

The manual states that the default is the common, but actually there is a typo here, it defaults to the separate, (version 10.4.11)

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On 11 Dec 2010, at 08:34, Chris Watts wrote:

Hallo, Actually after having gone through the manual on this and
applied different settings on freeway and added some images - it
all makes no sense. What is the diffrerence between these two
saves? Saving in separate resource folder or common. The
explanation in themanual is confusing because it uses words that
have different nuances of understanding to different people.

They’re not actually ‘saves’ as you’ve described them; they’re not
connected with saving at all. All it means is that you can choose
whether to have a separate Resources folder for each page, or a
common Resources folder for the whole site. As you never touch
anything inside the Resources folder (it’s Freeway’s private property
for its working, and contains stuff that only Freeway can put there,
and shouldn’t be fiddled with by the user) then it’s pretty academic
which you choose, unless you have, and know, a good reason for doing
so. If it was me, I’d choose ‘common’, and leave it there.

best wishes

Paul Bradforth
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Hallo Paul,

Ok, still defies logic here. Why would anyone want a separate resource folder for each page. Is this i suppose for much larger websites? Probably that would make sense then to have a separate resource folder for each page, assuming images would go there rather than in the media folder.

By the way your link on the freeway book appears to be broken? on your website.

And where are your photographs…would be nice to see them after 40 years.

Kind regards

Chris

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It’s not that you get a separate Resources folder per page, but
rather per subfolder in your site. So you would end up with this sort
of structure:

site_root/
	index.html
	Resources/
	people/
		tom.html
		dick.html
		harry.html
		Resources/
	products/
		oven_mitts.html
		salsa.html
		widgets.html
		Resources/
	...

If you choose Common Resources Folder, then you only get one folder
for all resources, at the top of the tree, no matter how deeply-nested
your site becomes.

One thing to realize in the first scenario: Freeway is highly
capricious about where it places these resources when they are
repeated throughout your site. You may end up with a common image
(say, one that appears in the header of every page) coming from only
one of these sub-folders’ Resources folder, which can lead to image
paths like this: src=“…/…/people/Resources/header.gif”.

Walter

On Dec 11, 2010, at 4:36 AM, Chris Watts wrote:

Hallo Paul,

Ok, still defies logic here. Why would anyone want a separate
resource folder for each page. Is this i suppose for much larger
websites? Probably that would make sense then to have a separate
resource folder for each page, assuming images would go there rather
than in the media folder.

By the way your link on the freeway book appears to be broken? on
your website.

And where are your photographs…would be nice to see them after 40
years.

Kind regards

Chris

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On 11 Dec 2010, at 09:36, Chris Watts wrote:

Ok, still defies logic here. Why would anyone want a separate
resource folder for each page. Is this i suppose for much larger
websites?

I can’t tell you offhand, although I’m sure someone here can. My
point was, it doesn’t much matter; it won’t materially affect the way
you design sites, or not at this stage of the game anyway. Like I
said, stick it on ‘common’ and don’t give it another thought. Until
one day you need to, of course; I’m sure it’s there for a reason, but
you can certainly ignore it until that day arrives.

Probably that would make sense then to have a separate resource
folder for each page, assuming images would go there rather than in
the media folder.

Whatever you do, don’t go thinking that the Resources folder is
anything you can edit or tamper with in any way. The Resources folder
is how Freeway keeps track of what it’s done, what it’s doing etc.
Everything in there belongs to Freeway, and it’s important that you
never either add to it or take away anything that’s in there. Treat
it as ‘out of bounds’. A Media folder is a good idea, in the same
folder as you keep the site file. You can keep images and text to do
with the site in there and always have it handy. If you put images in
there before you put them into Freeway, it means you can move the
whole site in one folder and Freeway will be able to keep track of
the images. If you simply drag them in from wherever on your hard
disk, then move the site folder, Freeway will report that it can’t
find them, so a Media folder will stop this happening.

By the way your link on the freeway book appears to be broken? on
your website.

Not sure I understand that one — my book is about RapidWeaver, not
Freeway, and as far as I can see, no broken links. Would like to hear
more though, if I’m wrong. What broke for you?

And where are your photographs…would be nice to see them after 40
years.

They’ll arrive eventually. Bit hectic right now. You had me thinking
that you knew me forty years ago there. Turns out you’re quoting my
own site at me. Sneaky …

best wishes

Paul Bradforth
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Hi Paul, yes I know _ Iusedto work for J. Bond. I’m retired now but he gives me a call now and again when he needs advice.

Mmm, very strange, I tried your links to thebookand web design, I getnothing, Iam on firefox but will try…AAAAAGGGHHHH…I have script thingy, I disable it until Isee what scripts are running. Sorry will try again later.

Ok, resource folder got ya.

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t’s not that you get a separate Resources folder per page, but rather per subfolder in your site. So you would end up with this sort of structure:

Hi Walter, thankyou, I like the technical advice as well. I like to know what does what why when and how even if it has nothing to do with productivity per se. So this helps. thankyou.

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