trust me, your feature requests get through using the 'wishform', regardless of the wording on that. I recommend using it to submit feature requests, regardless (with all due respect to whichever one of my coworkers put that wording in the auto-reply). But I'm all over it here too, so I'll be conveying what I learn from you all.
-Vern > -----Original Message----- > From: Joshua Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 2:38 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Macromedia Folks: What are you thinking? > > > You may also take note of this reply I got when submitting the feature > request from the form you directed me to: > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > --------------------- > DREAMWEAVER MX - PREVIEW RELEASE > If you are contacting us about feature requests or problems for > Dreamweaver MX, please direct your comments instead to the > online forums > for the Dreamweaver MX Preview Release. We are actively monitoring > these forums as a single source of feedback and support for > the preview > release: <http://webforums.macromedia.com/preview_dreamweaver_mx/>. > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > --------------------- > > Joshua Miller > Web Development :: Programming > Eagle Web Development LLC > www.eaglewd.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (304) 622-5676 (Clarksburg Office) > (304) 456-4942 (Home Office) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vernon Viehe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 5:03 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Macromedia Folks: What are you thinking? > > > I wanted to talk to some of our most seasoned CF'ers around > here before > I got back with you on this. We stepped through what was necessary to > set up the RDS connection and edit files both in CF Studio > and DWMX, and > what the fundemental differences are. We think we've boiled > it down to a > few relevant differences. > > 1.) You must declare a local root folder: > Keep in mind, you don't have to d/l the whole site to this folder. In > fact, you can view files in the "remote" view so that you're > looking at > them live on the server. When you double-click the file, it > will appear > to open directly in DW (what actually happens is that DW > d/l's the file > to the local folder you declared in the definition, if you chose "Edit > files directly on the testing server" in the site wizard, or chose > "Automatically upload files on save" in the regular definition box, DW > will upload the file as soon as you hit Save.) This is in effect the > same as editing live on the server, with the exception that you will > have a local copy of whichever file you edited, saved in a > corresponding > location in the local folder. > > All in all, this doesn't seem to present any barriers to > one's workflow, > it's just a different methodology whose results are pretty > much the same > in both programs. > > 2. There is no option to use FTP/RDS in the save-as dialog box: This > means that to save & upload to another site/location other > than the site > currently chosen, you have to first save it to the corresponding > location in the local root folder of that site, then switch to that > site's definition in the files window to "put" the file. This can > require a few extra steps which I can see being a pain if you need to > save the same file to several sites often. > > Otherwise, if it's in the current site, then the option to > Automatically > upload on save pretty much takes care of this. > > If the FTP & RDS Explorer in the save as dialog is important to you, > please let us know by using the Feature Request and Bug > Report form at: > http://www.macromedia.com/support/email/wishform?6213=6 > > I hope this helps! > > Vernon Viehe > Community Manager > Macromedia, Inc. > Online diary: http://vvmx.blogspot.com/ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joshua Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 8:57 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Macromedia Folks: What are you thinking? > > > > > > Why did you remove basic use of FTP/RDS from Studio and > > replace it with > > the Dreamweaver SITE function? > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
