[Discuss] Web Maintenance software (for Windows)

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On 06/06/2012 12:35 PM, Daniel Barrett wrote:
>> What I would like to do is to find a solution for him that does not
>> require the purchasing of a newer version of DreamWeaver. I personally
>> use emacs and vi as does JABR, but these webmasters are not tech savy.
> I'm not familiar with Dreamweaver, but if it stores its files on disk in
> the same hierarchy as your production web site, maybe this would work:
>
> 1. Keep doing everything in your copy of Dreamweaver or any other tool you
> want.
>
> 2. Install Cygwin on the PC, making sure to include rsync and openssh.
>
> 3. Write a simple batch script, with a simple name like "sync-all," that
> uses rsync to copy the files over SSH to your production site, and teach
> your non-tech-savvy webmasters to run it from the command line:
>
>   C:\> sync-all
>
> which runs something like:
>
>   rsync -e ssh -a /cygdrive/c/some/dreamweaver/location yourhost:/path
>
Too complicated for him.

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