About GoLive workgroup sites

GoLive workgroup sites are simply GoLive sites that are stored on the Adobe Web Workgroup Server instead of the file system of your computer. The Workgroup Server acts as a repository for sites being developed rather than as a typical Web server. Though stored on the Workgroup Server, workgroup sites have the same structure as regular single-user sites and appear the same in the site window when you open them. However, special workgroup features of GoLive are activated when you open a workgroup site. These features let you track who's doing what in the workgroup--which files in the site are available for editing, which are being worked on by others, and what's left to do for each file.

Files in a workgroup site--pages, images, style sheets, or any other components of the site--have to be checked out before you can edit them. Once a file is checked out, others in the workgroup who have the site open can see in their site window that the file is temporarily locked and unavailable for editing. They also know who has the file checked out, and when it was checked out. The file still appears in the their site window, and it can still be opened, but in read-only form.