Site 2 design without affecting Site 1

[Steven Barkess]

Hi

Is there a good practice approach to redesigning in Actinic. I have started to play with some ideas in my head. Not being a coder, and from my xp of first site, I found that I made design changes, checked them, then retried.

Given that I have a live site, can I create a Site 2 in Actinic, and then check locally without risking Site 1. I have thought about installing Actinic on another computer but not sure if that would work given the CD reference is unique (I assume).

Any Site 2 tips appreciated.

Thanks

Steven

[TraceyHand]

Hi there,
I can't fully answer this quesiton but I can in part!
You can install Actinic on a second computer and your CD reference will work fine.
I have it installed on both my PC and laptop to enable me to play with it without affecting my live sites.
Also, I can then copy over the site1 folders etc and use it "on the move" when we go to the US.
You're only effectively using a backup of the site so you're not infringing the licence or anything, IYSWIM
Can't answer the bit about Site1 and Site 2 though. I suspect, actually, that you couldn't use a Site2 without a second licence though.
Perhaps someone esle could clarify?
HTH anyway
Tracey

[pinbrook]

Tracy's 2nd PC scenario will work.

the only other way with V6 is to swap the folders around. ie you always work with a folder called site1 but you have 2 site folders and you rename the one you want to work on site1.

if you've got a 2nd pc to use then this is the way to go, as the 2nd way is fussy.

or you could upgrade to v7 with has a test mode for development