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bbigham
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When to create subweb? - 1/23/2002 23:20:43
Just curious -- What criteria do you use to determine when to change a folder into a separate subweb?
I have a website that has grown tremendously since it started and some of the "sections" (folders) have gotten quite large. Do you usually break these off as subwebs when they get X number of pages in them, or do you make that determination by how often they are changed or accessed?
Since FP 2000 made it so easy to convert a folder to a subweb, I'm tempted to do it to a lot of my larger folders, but I'm not sure if that would be a smart move.
I'd love everyone's input on this ....
Barbara
BARD Enterprises
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TimC
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RE: When to create subweb? - 1/24/2002 4:57:06
I usually only break out a subweb if for some reason I want to use a totally new theme and design on a section of a website. I have created a lot of subwebs for people who only want a subdomain, and needed their own seperate password and login, but I find subwebs to be a pain in the "whatever" when you are trying to edit across a whole domain. Since subdomain-webs are merely another folder, just use meaningful folder names and try to keep your files organized in them and you will accomplish the same thing anyways. Not sure if you have tried this before but if you create a new folder, create a file named index.htm or default.htm, you can access it much like a subdomain and that file can have its own new navigation and content structure. You can use "create a new top level folder" in the navigation view of FP and make this the new index or default page in your new folder. Now to access it you type www.yourdomain.com/yoursubweb and it will find the new default or index file.
TimC
Good things come to those who wait...
. . but only that which was left by those who hustled" Abraham Lincoln
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paperfish
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RE: When to create subweb? - 1/24/2002 7:28:50
I use subwebs to manage a multi-author intranet. All the templates, CCS files, and includes are stored at the root level, but authors are limited to their own subwebs for creating/ revising pages.
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erinatkins
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RE: When to create subweb? - 1/24/2002 7:57:47
I use a subweb when a section is different. Example: skating website - subweb = hockey.
I have also used subwebs when I am working on different sites for customers. This way I have things in one place.
Hope this helps.
Erin
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bbigham
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From: Oregon
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RE: When to create subweb? - 1/24/2002 11:43:41
Hmmmmm ..... interesting. I have used them when I wanted a totally different "look" but I also thought many people did it when the main web got too big nd unwieldy. I guess I'm also the type of person who creates a new file folder in my file cabinet (I'm talking paper type here) for every possible topic.
Tim C -- Thanks for the tips about the index.htm within a folder. I didn't realize that!
Paperfish & Erinatkins -- thanks for your input as well. I don't have any co-authors, so that's not a factor (thank goodness).
Barbara
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ed1
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RE: When to create subweb? - 1/25/2002 7:30:28
Hey TimC:
You said [You can use "create a new top level folder" in the navigation view of FP ]
Are you talking FP2002? I can't see how to do that in FP2000. Am I missing something?
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