Version control is one of my biggest pet peeves, with file titles containing a date, and/or "final," "FINAL," "REALLY_FINAL," "UPDATED_FINAL" and so on being used as a poor-man's sort of version control not actually working.
I have one file title, and each time I save from Storyline, PowerPoint. Quizmaker, Word, etc., to the local Box folder, it updates and versions the cloud file automatically in the background. At any time, I can go to the cloud file, view the complete version history, and if necessary, make a previous version the current version. It then updates my local copy of the file to, syncing it to the cloud.
Github works great with files and folders. As Storyline is a packaged set of files you can unzip the .story and add that to Github. That works great and you can do a lot with it. However to open your Storyline again you have to download the complete folder and zip it again and change the extension to .story
Joseph, your method sounds intriguing. I have a few additional questions. First and foremost is security. All the files I am working with are proprietary and must be properly secured. How secure is Box? Second, the versioning control I need requires who made the change, when the change was made, and what change was made. Is Box able to do that, or does it simply change the version number each time a file is changed?
WIth each file save/commit, the user, time, and date are recorded. A comments field is available in the web interface for the user to document the changes he/she made for that version.
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I've had a lot of success with Box.
Version control is one of my biggest pet peeves, with file titles containing a date, and/or "final," "FINAL," "REALLY_FINAL," "UPDATED_FINAL" and so on being used as a poor-man's sort of version control not actually working.
I have one file title, and each time I save from Storyline, PowerPoint. Quizmaker, Word, etc., to the local Box folder, it updates and versions the cloud file automatically in the background. At any time, I can go to the cloud file, view the complete version history, and if necessary, make a previous version the current version. It then updates my local copy of the file to, syncing it to the cloud.
Github works great with files and folders. As Storyline is a packaged set of files you can unzip the .story and add that to Github. That works great and you can do a lot with it. However to open your Storyline again you have to download the complete folder and zip it again and change the extension to .story
Joseph, your method sounds intriguing. I have a few additional questions. First and foremost is security. All the files I am working with are proprietary and must be properly secured. How secure is Box? Second, the versioning control I need requires who made the change, when the change was made, and what change was made. Is Box able to do that, or does it simply change the version number each time a file is changed?
Darin,
Box's security questions are best answered here.
WIth each file save/commit, the user, time, and date are recorded. A comments field is available in the web interface for the user to document the changes he/she made for that version.