How to work with Actinic correctly

[Stevet]

Hi

This is a newbie question regarding working with Actinic. I have installed Actinic on my local computer on the C:/ drive using the default installation and my websites are kept and maintained on the company's Marketing server on the M:/ drive. I notice I have been getting messages about links and paths etc.

I am redesigning an existing ecommerce website using actinic and will eventually customise it using Dreamweaver 8.

What I would like to know is what is the correct set up for me? for example should I copy everything to my local actinic folder on my own local computer and maintain a back up on the marketing server in case my "unstable" pc should crash OR install actinic on the marketing server (would that work?) OR the way I am working now with Actinic on my local computer with my images and customisations on the Marketing server but converging on my web server?

I am trying to avoid problems down the line where I could come unstuck.

Advice would be greatly appreciated

Regards

Steve

[Duncan Rounding]

You said the amswer that I would suggest - keep everything in the Site1 folder locally and perform regular backups to your company server.

[RuralWeb]

Actinic works best when it has everyting on the same PC and files are all stored in the site 1 folder. You can backup using snapshots to any where you want.

[pinbrook]

Run Actinic soley on the C drive of your PC (including keeping images within the site1 folder) and backup to the M drive (snapshots and/or zip site1).