Uploading only changed files

[alan_sh]

Pablo,

When I upload, I have two destinations - my local NAS drive (has PHP support) and LCN - my web host. When I change something, the idea is to upload to my local drive, test things out and, if OK, upload to LCN.

However, if I only select "changed files" to upload (publish files of modified objects only), that's fine for my local upload, but when I come to upload to LCN, there is nothing to upload as (I think) WWB has reset the modified tags.

Is my thinking correct? Am I doing it right? If I know what the issue is, I can allow for it (always do a full upload to LCN), but if there is something I've missed, can you let me know?

Cheers

Alan

[Pablo]

The 'modified' flag will be reset after publishing the page.
Normally users only publishing to one location.

[alan_sh]

OK thanks. At least I know.

Maybe I'm strange in that I publish to two locations to test out php functions, but I bet I'm not the only one

Iis it worth my asking for a mod in the suggestions area to make a modified flag for each publishable location?

cheers

Alan

[Pablo]

I'm afraid that will require a major redesign of the application.
The modified flag is saved per object/page, not for a publish location.

But maybe instead of publishing, you can preview to the NAS location?
You can set the preview location in Tools->Options->Files & Folders

[alan_sh]

Will the preview work with PHP files? You mentioned before that you change things around for a preview on the assumption that it's a local hard disk.

Alan

[WWBman]

Have you tried using File > Export to HTML to the NAS
and normal Publish files of modified objects only to your web host?

[Pablo]

if you do not enable 'remove PHP code during preview' then the PHP code will not be removed.
Of course, you will need to preview the site via a server in that case.

[alan_sh]

Thanks - yes, I do that - upload to my W drive (which points to my web files) and then preview using a browser pointing to the site URL.

I haven't tried export to HTML - I'll look into it.

Having said that, it doesn't take that long to do a full upload anyway (about a minute).

Alan