Editing your theme using WebDAV in Coda for OSX

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Coda is a rather nice code editing tool from Panic, which allows you to easily connect to your store, download and edit your theme files, and then re-upload them.  A free trial can be downloaded from their website at http://www.panic.com/coda/

Coda is very east to set up, and gives you an excellent editor with code highlighting built in. After installing Coda and opening the application, you click the big + (plus) icon to enter the settings for your site.

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You then enter the settings for your Spiffy Store...

  • In the Nickname Section, you enter the name of your store. This is for your reference only so it doesn't matter what you put here.
  • For Protocol, select "WebDAV HTTPS"
  • For Server, enter the address of your Spiffy Store. This is your Spiffy Store address, NOT the address of any domains you have added to your store.
  • In the User Name field, enter your login email that you use to log in to your store's Toolbox.
  • In the Password field, enter the password that you use to log in to your store's Toolbox.
  • The Root URL is the address of your store when accessed through a web browser. This can be either your Spiffy Store address, or your custom domain name... depending on what settings you have added in the Preferences -> DNS & Domains section of your Store Toolbox.
  • The Local URL is not used, so leave it as default.
  • In Remote Root, enter "/dav/" as displayed below
  • Local Root is where you will store the theme files for your store. You should create a new empty folder for your store on your computer to store your theme files locally.

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