I don't see any way to have weather cat "point" to multiple folders
That is correct. That is why there is only
one "path" to enter in the WC Prefs->On-Line->Custom Web "Enable FTP Upload".First, WC will look in the folder you specified in the "Set Save Path". If there is
any file in that folder that has any WC tag, WC will insert the real data at that point in the file. Finally, WC will use its built-in FTP function to upload those file directly to your web site's folder that you specified in the "FTP Details".
Earlier, you posted:
the way my web server works/host, I MUST have that "Index" web page NOT in a folder.
I'm sure that is the way you understand it, and maybe even what Dream Weaver shows you, but your whole web site is actually already in a "folder" on the computer MacHighway is providing. It is usually called "yourDomainName.com/public_html/". That is also called your "root" directory.
NOTE: This assumes you have only one web site,
So, everything you need for your site has either files or folders/directories in that directory.
- public_html
- cache directory
- cgi-bin directory
- css directory
- default.css
- journal-bootstrap.css
- WX.css
- Fonts directory
- AHGBold.ttf
- Calluna-Regular-webfont.ttf
- Museo_Slab_500-webfont.ttf
- etc.
- images directory
- includes directory
- footer.php
- functions.php
- header.php
- etc.
- .htaccess
- Computer-Up-Time.txt
- contact.html
- Date_Time_contents.php
- forecast.html
- guages.html
- graphs.html
- index.html
- error_log
- error.htmll
- all-other-WC-web-pages
Remember, that WC only looks at
one place on your drive for files you want to put and show WX data. That location is whatever you insert in the "Set HTML Source" but that could just as well be the folder you have your "index" and the other 'mostly WC data' page. WC then scans all the files in that location looking for WC tags. It then inserts the real wx data and moves/copies all the files to the place on your disk listed in the "Set Save Path". Finally, at the interval you have specified (every 2 minutes, in my case), WC will upload all the files it copied to the Set Save Path to your web space named in the "FTP Details" setting.
I suspect that part of the problem is that Dream Weaver also 'wants' files in certain places. Aside from that app not being a way to actually learn how to build a web site and the fact that it will add tons of 'bloat-code', it may also be forcing your to store files in certain places. But, as long as you pointy to that directory in the WC Prefs, WC can do its magic for you. The biggest problem I see is that you will be wasting a lot of bandwidth by uploading static pages several times a minute. That could easily be solved if Dream Weaver allows you to store your main wx page one place along with you index page.
"HTML"
(or ".htm" since Windows used to choke at anything more than 3 character suffixes!
) is simply the suffix for what is actually a simple text file. You do not need anything more than a text editor (like the free TextEdit.app) to write an .html file, or a .css, or even .php.
If you can use the post editor at this form to add a bit of style to a post, you can certainly write the text file that becomes your web page.