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Jaffa Cakes
Jaffa Cakes
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October 3, 2018
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Dreamweaver _notes Appear When Disabled

  • October 3, 2018
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Hello,

I'm currently having an issue where I have disabled the creation of the Dreamweaver design notes feature in my current site, yet Dreamweaver continues to create new _notes directories.

The setting that I have disabled in an attempt to prevent note creation: Site Setup/Site Settings > Advanced Settings > Design Notes - Uncheck Maintain Design Notes

This setting does not seem to actually stop the creation of these folders, although the "Clean Up Design Notes" does work to remove all _notes folders except for the root _notes folder.

After searching online for a while it seems that every answer is the same "Disable the creation of design notes in site settings" which seems to not work. If anyone else out there has the answer or a workaround for me I would appreciate it very much.

The reason I would like these folders removed is that I commit to a repository on GitHub, and the _notes folder counts as changes that are being made to the repository, resulting in a lot of illegitimate files being displayed as having been edited.

Thanks in advance!

P.S: I am running the latest subscription version of DreamWeaver CC

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Correct answer BenPleysier

Create a file named .gitignore in the root directory. Inside that file, enter

_notes/

More info here https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore

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BenPleysier
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BenPleysierCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
October 4, 2018

Create a file named .gitignore in the root directory. Inside that file, enter

_notes/

More info here https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore

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Jaffa Cakes
Jaffa CakesAuthor
Inspiring
October 4, 2018

Ah, thank you, this proves to work well. Although it would still be nice to disable these folders and files completely not using a build in Git feature.

BenPleysier
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BenPleysierCommunity Expert
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October 4, 2018

The syncing that you are referring to can be used to synchronised the Dreamweaver program settings and those stored in the cloud. It has nothing to do with keeping track of transferred files/the _notes folder.

Why the fuss regarding the _notes folder?

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Jaffa Cakes
Jaffa CakesAuthor
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October 4, 2018

When updating to GitHub it is quite annoying having a bunch of Dreamweaver _notes folders and files come up as code that is changed in my repository, which means I need to remove them. This can be a hassle so I would just like to remove them in the first place.

BenPleysier
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BenPleysierCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 3, 2018

The _notes folder that you are referring to are not design notes, they are notes so that Dreamweaver can keep track of new/modified files. It is used to sync the remote and local files.

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    Jaffa Cakes
    Jaffa CakesAuthor
    Inspiring
    October 3, 2018

    It seems that even when I have disabled syncing in Dreamweaver my issue persists.

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