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johngowland
Inspiring
February 1, 2018
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How can I put my local folders in the cloud.

  • February 1, 2018
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Please forgive my for not searching this forum extensively for an answer.

I have a number of mobile devices that I wand to edit a web site. So I really need it not to be "only" on a local machine.

I want the local folders to be in the cloud so I can access it with any mobile device and ideally like most cloud technology for it to be reflected on a local drive.

So when I go to work or or to another country and take one machine with me I will have no access issues.

I mainly use mac but occasionally would like to use a SG 8+ or a SG Tab2

John

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Correct answer johngowland

My isp server is in another state, they are always 4 hours ahead of me in Perth. That is ok as long as the time is stable.

I have another question which I have been searching for an answer for a few days here and other places.

I want to make links from a  DW home page to a number of my youtube videos and one to the youtube channel I own.

I can insert a small link with image to a youtube video but when I click on it will not show full screen.

Can someone help me or direct me to where people can help?

Thanks in advance.


Sorry for the inconvenience I got it working.

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B i r n o u
B i r n o u
Legend
February 1, 2018

it is quite confusing (I'm not english native) to understand what you do mean when saying

".. I have a number of mobile devices that I wand to edit a web site..."

do you mean that you would like to edit your web site content ? edit your web site structure ? both ? or just visiting the web site ?

depending on your request there are different solution, or no solution at all

please precise what you would like to handle and I will go further... at least I'll try

J
johngowlandAuthor
Inspiring
February 1, 2018

Thanks for your prompt reply.

I have a Mac Book Air and a Mac Book Pro. I never take both with me to work or abroad. If I change an index file for example on one machine and upload it the index file on the other machine has not been updated.

I want to edit a web site from any device and the "local" folder to be in the cloud so its always the same no matter what machine/device I want to edit it with.

I know its a bit complex but this must be a common issue.

Thanks again

John

B i r n o u
B i r n o u
Legend
February 1, 2018

ok I better undesrtand now, the confusion was about the SG8 and the SGTab2... because as it is a Dw forum, it wont be possible to install Dw on such tablets.

so if you just wan to be able to use both Mac and work on the same local file you have plenty solution but none of them are the one to go with... it will depend on your own context and workflow

the easy way is to have a shared folder that both machine will go to get the local files and folders. you can have this shared folder locate on the cloud (dropbox, sugar sync...), on a personnal network (owncloud, aerofs, bittorrent...), on a NAS (synolgy, freenas, drobo...), , on a USB key of passport drive.

it's easy to set up, but will affect performance and/or workflow.

as you will be alone you wont have any needs to set up any webdav or dw advanced extraction mode...

an other solution, will be to set up a middle remote server, like a depot... and each time you know that you will change machine, you will have to place all your local file on the middle web server... and then from the new machine, get all the files before working

still an other solution will be to use a github and work from a clone folder... but you still will have to commit and push all your working folder each time before leaving... so as you are alone to work ... except of the versionning process, you wont gain any advantage compare to the previous solutions

there is certainly others ways... but so far that are the ones that I (and my folks) use and set here at the office, because depending on projects, we are almost in the same situation

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