things we have all learned where to look for

[denise]

For the wiki, I'd like to build a list of "things we have learned where to look for" -- like, "I want to change this thing. Where in the code would i find it?"

Some examples of what I mean, quick 'cause my brain's melting:

text string on page $foo --> in $foo.text or in ~/bin/upgrading/en.dat
styles --> ~/bin/upgrading/s2layers
all the routines that make html controls --> ~/cgi-bin/htmlcontrols.pl
control strip --> ~/cgi-bin/weblib.pl

Stuff like that! What should be on that list?

Comments

[foxfirefey]

* The messaging system
* How to go into the database and list out a table, list out what tables, list out the columns of the table, do simple searches

[ninetydegrees]

Images and CSS files: /htdocs/img and /htdocs/stc, but the hardest part for me is remembering which one has the image I want (theme images are in /stc but theme previews are in /img for example).

[pauamma]

Where's JS?

[ninetydegrees]

Hmm. /htdocs/js ? Yep, that's it.

[jeshyr]

Is there logic about which goes where, and what does "stc" stand for anyway - I keep wondering!!

[ninetydegrees]

I'd say stc is static something content.

[exor674]

Siteschemes ( /schemes )

Controller files -- ugh, need to finish that commandline tool ( the "what controller is in charge of this path" one )
Templates ( /views )

[kareila]

I'm always forgetting where the WTF methods are... It's cgi-bin/DW/User/Edges/WatchTrust.pm, I believe (on iPad, can't easily check)

[jeshyr]

It's "table of contents" rather than "index" type information but at least some of this information could usefully go also into http://wiki.dwscoalition.org/notes/Main_development_folder under subdirectory sections for each directory.