How To: Notes: Working in a Workgroup Environment

When working in a multi-developer environment and passing around the RSS files you (or someone you work with) may encounter a dialog claiming that the Feed doesn't belong to the current site and asks if you would like to add it to the site.

This happens because either the name of the site or the path to the root directory of the site has changed. RSS DreamFeeder has to maintain the relationship between file locations and absolute URLs so it must know the current path to root.

To avoid this problem in a multi-developer environment we suggest using a shared server volume so that the path to the volume is the same for everyone editing the files. That's all you need to do in a Mac environment because the network path will be used. The best way to do this in a Windows environment is to map a drive (I like W: for website) and just have everyone work off the mapped drive. Once the driver letter is established and the path consistent then you need to go to each developer's machine and be sure that the name of the website is the same and the path to the site is set consistently.