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Author Expert advice on check in out?
Tommy Thomson

2004-02-18, 9:28 am

Hi

ThisisarepostasI'vepostedalreadybutnothadanyresponses.Iguessit
wouldbeusefulifsomeonefromMacromediacouldcasttheireyeoverthis

I'mworkingonasitewithateamofpeopleandweareexperiencingproblems
wherepeople'sworkisbeingoverwritten

WeareusingDreamwearerMXandallhavethecheckin/outfeatureenabled.The
siteisusingjspcodeandweareutilisingMXtemplatesandlibraryitems

Hereisabriefscenario

Paulchecksoutafileat3.15pmmakesachangeandthenchecksitbackinat
3.30p

At3.45Igointomysiteandupdatethetemplateallsitefilesarebasedon.
(Peopleareonlychangingthe"contentarea"onthetemphatewhichisan
editableregion)

WhenIsavethetemplateIampromptedbyDreamweaverMXwhichtellsmethat
filesbasedonthetemplaterequiretobecheckedouttobeupdated.Isayyes
/yestoalltothis.Thesoftwarethenwhizzesthroughshowingthefilesitis
checkingoutandupdating

At4.00pminMXIselectthefunction"selectallcheckedoutfiles"-this
highlightallthefilesIhavecheckedoutatthatpointsoIcheckthembackin

HoweverwhatwehavefoundisthatnextdayPaulopenshissiteandchecksout
thefilehewasworkingononlytofindhischangeshavebeenlost

WearenotnoviceswithDreamweaverandhavenotseenthisbefore.Doesanyone
haveanyexperienceorpossibleexplanationsforwhythismightbehappening

Hopethismakessense

Thank
Graham

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