Set up the Check In/Check Out system

1. Select Site > Manage Sites.
2. Select a site and click Edit.
3. In the Advanced tab, select Remote Info from the category list on the left.
4. Select Enable File Check In and Check Out if you are working in a team environment (or working alone but from several different machines). Deselect this option if you want to disable file check in and check out for your website.

   This option is useful to let others know that you checked out a file for editing, or to alert yourself that you may have left a more recent version of a file on another machine.

   If your remote access option is Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, this is your only Check In/Check Out option. The remaining options in this section apply to FTP, Local/Network, WebDAV, and RDS access methods only.

   If you do not see Check In/Out options, it means that you have not set up a remote server.

5. Select the Check Out Files when Opening option if you want to automatically check out files when you double-click to open them from the Files panel.

   Using File > Open to open a file doesn’t check the file out even when this option is selected.

6. Set the remaining options:

   Check Out Name

   The check-out name appears in the Files panel alongside any files that are checked out; this enables team members to communicate with the right person if a file they need is checked out.

   Note: If you work alone from several different machines, use a different check-out name on each machine (for example, AmyR-HomeMac and AmyR-OfficePC) so you’ll know where the latest version of the file is if you forget to check it in.

   Email Address

   If you enter an e-mail address, when you check out a file, your name appears in the Files panel as a link (blue and underlined) next to that file. If a team member clicks on the link, their default e‑mail program opens a new message with the user’s e‑mail address and a subject that corresponds to the file and site name.

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