yeah like Gordon said, there really isnt much on the internet on dir
structure guidelines except common sense (keep it simple, organized,
meaningful names blah blah) and highly specific rules for individual sites.
i did find a couple state dot manuals,
http://www.dot.state.co.us/DevelopProjects/designsupport/designmanual/
may be interesting to some
i use access a lot. the access 97 handbook by litwin, getz or something like
that has some subs to grab filenames, and somewhere else i got another
technique to put them into tables. then you can drop an activex viewer
(autovue is what i use) to make your own doc mgr. however its not a live
list, and takes upkeep. commercial doc mgrs are too expensive even for
somewhat larger companies. cad and erp are required costs. thats why the
free doc mgr columbus is interesting. its pretty limited, a slightly better
explorer, but it is a network version, its easy to set up and use. they have
a pretty good vision.
"Paul Furman"
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> An idea I've had, is to use a searchable database to direct you to the job
> folders for examples & keeping up with each issue so you know which job
dealt
> with that most currrently. Many of these things are still developed as
part of
> the projects & the project folders are where the "live material" can be
found.
> If these things are kept in the job folders whenever possible, that's
where they
> will be most relevant.
>
> I can definitely relate with your problem though. Those things tend to be
a
> mess. Our office admin folder is spinning out of control recently. Good
> question!
>
>
> Terry Priest wrote:
>
> > What i am trying to do is organize everything except job files. We have
a lot
> > of HR, ISO, Design guidelines, checklists, mostly stuff people ignore if
they
> > can. Its very disorganized because its not in the job flow and it comes
from a
> > lot of different sources. the job directories are pretty well worked out
> > because thats what people care about and use.
>