Folder Change in Actinic v10.0.3 Onwards

Actinic v10.0.3 onwards a significant change has been introduced in the handling of files generated during upload and preview, moving them from the Site folder to a separate folder which is always on the local PC. This reduces network traffic, and on multi-user systems can greatly improve preview and upload speed on client PCs.

The following paragraphs provide details of the changes made, for the benefit of users of previous versions:

• On first installing the software you will be prompted for the location of a new Local Folder where the generated files will be stored. The default is in the hidden system folder intended for protected application data (usually C:\ProgramData\) . A different location may be selected, but it must be a local folder, and for technical reasons it cannot be inside the Sites folder.
  
  The following files will be saved to the new Local Folder:
  All files previously stored in SiteHTML.
  All files generated for Content and Design preview.
  All .cat files.
  All generated .pl and .pm files.
  Upload.zip.
  Most .fil files (excluding files related to PSP, SSP, Shipping and searching).
  
  Files used to identify changes have to be kept centrally. So only files to be uploaded are moved to the new location. All cand*.fil, full*.fil, new*.fil and prev*.fil files are still held in the Sites folder, while diff*.fil will be written to the new Local Folder.
  
  
• Some folders previously created during installation are now created when a site is first opened. The folder SiteHTML and the two folders for Content and Design Preview are created under the new Local Folder instead of in the Sites folder, in a sub folder named after the current site. When a site is renamed, this folder is renamed; and when the site is deleted, the folder is deleted.
  
  
• When v10.0.3 or later is started it will delete the old SiteHTML folder from the Sites folder to save space and avoid confusion. It will also remove the preview folders for the user that opens the site. The files generated in the Sites folder in 10.0.2 and earlier will not be deleted by the upgrade, but the user may safely remove those files to clean up the Site folder.
  
  
• For database upgrades, files in the SiteHTML folder or with extension .cat will be tokenised to appear to have been uploaded from the new location. This is to prevent the first web site update from deleting all the files and performing a site refresh. However the scripts, .fil and .txt files will be purged and refreshed during the first web site update.
  
  
• When importing snapshots from earlier versions, Actinic will identify the SiteHTML folder and save it to the new Local Folder instead of the Sites folder.

Sellerdeck 2013 is putting these folders directly into the C drive, a new folder for each site. Is this correct? I accepted all the defaults as I installed it.

Hi Jules,

Yes that's correct inasmuch as it mirrors what I have on my machine, and I also accepted the defaults.

The path to my data is as follows:

C:/Program Data/SellerDeck 2013/site name

Like yourself, I also have multiple folders within the SellerDeck 2013 parent folder: one for each site.

The Program Data folder and sub-folders are hidden by default so their presence doesn't bother me. Everything appears to work fine too.

Sorry I didn't make myself clear. There is no Sellerdeck 2013 folder in Program Data. The individual sites are all directly in C e.g. C:\2008

In other words, something's gone awry. This is about the 6th time I've reinstalled Sellerdeck 2013. Not happy about having to do it again

Ah, something's definitely amiss there

What operating system are you using? Not XP by any chance?

No. W7 Ultimate

W7 here too. That's odd... I can't think of an obvious reason why SD is dumping the data in the root of the drive.

Might be worth making a note of what the default path to the temporary data is on your machine at the installation screen where you're presented with a choice, etc. - in other words, don't select the default on next install without verifying it first.

One other thing that might be worth trying is erasing every last trace of your old SellerDeck install before installing afresh. I've done a few reinstalls myself, and have noticed that SD doesn't always remove itself too cleanly. There are usually some folders and bits and pieces left behind... unfortunately I can't off the top of my head remember exactly which ones they are. I usually do a hard drive search for 'SellerDeck' after uninstalling, and find them that way.

There is a small possibility that remnants of an old installation are confusing the installer when you reinstall. Just a thought...

Don't worry I'm in the registry now

I did another reinstall, and checked the default path to the temporary data as it was going on. Program Data/Sellerdeck 2013 - so definitely correct.

Except - at the end of the process, that folder wasn't in Program Data

Anyway I created it manually and so far, the sites are in there as they should be.

I suspect some odd permissions somewhere.