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3. Usage

Once installed, you should find a shortcut to XSitecopy in the Internet section of your gnome system menu. If you are not running GNOME as your desktop environment, simply type xsitecopy into an xterm.

3.1 Quick-Start

If you've never used sitecopy before, you should take a look at the README file that comes with the distribution. When you run xsitecopy for the first time, it will set up 2 things in your home directory; a configuration file where your site definitions are stored, and a storage directory where it will place (relatively small) configuration files to keep track of the files you add, change, move or delete on the local copies of your websites.

To create sites, click New site . You will be asked various details, and appropriate defaults will be setup.

If your remote site does not yet hold any of your local files, click on the Initialize button, and answer yes to the pop-up question. Ensure you are connected to the network your FTP/WebDAV server is on, and then click Update. A dialog box will appear, prompting you to click Begin to start the file transfers. Do so, and depending upon the size of your site, some time later the dialog will report that the update is complete, and if there were any errors, a button will appear to let you view a list of them.

If your local site is already the same as your remote site, you should then click Catch-up and answer yes to the pop-up question.

3.2 Detailed Guide

The main window is divided up as follows:

At the top is the menu. At the moment, all you can do from the menu is exactly the same as from the toolbar. You can use the buttons in this bar to perform operations on your website(s). It can also be used to create & delete sites, as well as get further help.

The main area below the toolbar is split into 2. On the left is a tree view. This shows the title of each site as an entry in the tree.

If you expand these items, the files that are related to the selected site will be shown. Clicking on a file brings up information about that file in the right side of the window.

If you click on a site, the details and attributes of that site will be displayed in the right hand area.

FIXME: Add info about each frame? Much more to add to this section in the future...


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