Help Needed Updating Pages with Library Items

[wcamp]

I'd like help learning if I can do something to make my efforts at working with web pages that have library items much easier and more productive. I have two initial concerns.

1.  To update a several pages at once, I go from Tools > Library > Update Pages. The Update Pages window that open has two filtering options: One is the "Look in" menu, which has only two options, "Entire site" and "Files that use." There's no drop-down option to select one of numerous directories in a site. Therefore, my entire site gets examined regarding whether pages having library items need to be updated. Isn't there a way to make that so-called "filter" perform as a genuine "filter"? Might developers plan to improve that limitation?

2.  That same "Update Pages" window cannot be made wider or taller (on MacBook Pro running macOS Sierra)! I have numerous files in directories that cannot be seen until I scroll down to locate them. Many file names have numerous characters that prevent the entire file name from being viewed in that window without scrolling to the right. I hate having to scroll up and down, left and right, to locate files in that short and narrow window. Is there hopefully a way to enlarge that window? Might developers see the need to improve on that limitation?

I hope to receive encouraging news about items 1 and 2. My upcoming inquiries about updating pages with library items will depend on the answers I receive from these two questions.

BTW: Where on this forum do I note that I'd like to be emailed when an answer is made? I can't find that preference option. Thanks, in advance.

[wcamp]

Hi, Nancy:

In response to your reply . . .

"I don't quite know what you're asking, or why.  If it's working, keep doing what you're doing."

. . . I ask only to be sure that the work that I'll need to do going forward will be done most appropriately. I don't want to repeat such efforts to correct my entries.

If it works to paste into "htdocs" only enough data to direct the php to the specific folder that the SSI file is in (as it does in the second screen shot above), is that the best approach to take?

Thank you.

[Nancy OShea]

My workflow is very simple.  I keep ALL site files in the local testing server folder regardless of file type -- CSS, HTML, JavaScript, PHP, etc....

When previewed in local browser, it maps to http://localhost/sitefolder/filename.xxx

Nancy