multiple websites

[LyndaPostal]

I am new to source control and I think I may have done something wrong here.

I have multiple websites on my server. Most of them I work on by myself. There are a few that others also work on.

so I installed the Vault server ... and when it got to step 7 on the
http://www.sourcegear.com/vault/support ... orial.html page I chose a site from the drop-down list like the instructions told me to:

7. Updating System - Web Site

The final step is installing the Vault virtual directory. By default, Vault is installed to the IIS default website. However, the Vault installation program will detect whether you have more than one website configured, and if you want the virtual directory installed to a different site, make your selection from the entries in the combo box.

Now I want to add another website. What do I do?

thank you
Lynda

[lbauer]

Now I want to add another website. What do I do?

Vault runs as a web service, so it must be installed to a website. The Vault Server only needs one website/web service for proper installation.

When you install Vault to a particular website, it doesn't necessarily mean you will be updating that website with Vault; it just means the website is the "home" of the Vault Server which runs as a web service.

When you add files to Vault and modify them, the files end up in a SQL Server database, rather than on a website. Storing them in a database like SQL Server allows you to keep track of the various versions, do searches, etc.

It's possible to update files in Vault and also have the files show up on a website if you use the feature called Shadow Folders. A Shadow Folder is a directory on the same machine or LAN as the Vault Server that contains the latest version of a folder in the Vault repository.

Shadow Folders are set up in the Vault Admin Tool->Repository Options.
For documentation, see Vault Admin Tool Help->Repository Options->Configure Shadow Folders.

Let me know if I have misunderstood what you are trying to do.

[LyndaPostal]

the website Vault was installed to is efolkmusic.org ... I now want Vault to manage source control for tricor.aspappdev.com ... should I have installed Vault to the Default Web site instead of efolkmusic.org? By the dialog given in the installation instructions, I was under the impression that I could install to additional websites if desired. Should I re-install Vault to the Default website? And then use Repositories for the individual sites hosted on my server (the few that actually have others that work on them also?)

In addition, files I check in are not being deployed to the website upon check in and I thought this would be a default behavior. So how do I get my changes to reflect on the site? Shadow Folders?

I really am confused here ... I've never used source control. I just am POSITIVE that I need it and I need to get it working because my associate and I keep stomping all over each other ... and it is getting frustrating for the both of us

Please, please help ...

Thank you so much for your patience ... I usually catch on much quicker; must be having a blonde week