{"id":595,"date":"2024-05-10T13:22:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T17:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/?page_id=595"},"modified":"2025-12-01T10:49:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:49:18","slug":"coda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/departments\/interactive-design\/role-specific-info\/designers-developers\/dev-setup\/sftp-code-editors\/coda\/","title":{"rendered":"Coda Code Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"

SFTP Set Up<\/h2>\n

1. Source Control directories<\/h3>
<\/p>\n

It is most useful to separate out where your Git files live versus any other files.
\nUsing `Sites` is a good place\u2014inside of that, create a `\/themes` directory.<\/p>\n

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2. Add the Servers We Use<\/h3>
<\/p>\n

(Coda calls them ‘sites’)<\/p>\n

** It is important to set the local and remote directories equally (both are a folder containing themes folders). This will make “publishing” with Coda 100% easier and faster (more below).<\/p>\n

nm for theme edits (with Git)
\nSite Tab:
\nRemote Root: `\/var\/www\/sandboxes\/id\/current\/wp-content\/themes`
\nLocal Root: `\/Volumes\/Macintosh HD\/Users\/your-user\/Sites\/themes`
\nServer Tab:
\nProtocol: SFTP
\nServer: ist-wp-app-devl101.bu.edu
\nYour FTP Username and password
\nStatic files directories ( \/webteam, \/bostonia issue files, etc.. )
\nSite Tab:
\nRemote Root: `\/afs\/.bu.edu\/cwis\/webuser\/web\/`
\nServer Tab:
\nProtocol: SFTP
\nServer: webdev.bu.edu
\nYour FTP Username and Password<\/p>\n

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3. Publishing<\/h3>
<\/p>\n

Since you set up your local and remote directories equally, we can edit files, save them, and then publish them at the click of a button or keyboard shortcut ( \u2318 + Control + P ).<\/p>\n

If you haven’t done it yet, look through `2. Add the Servers We Use` section above.<\/p>\n

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4. Show Invisible Characters<\/h3>
<\/p>\n

Showing Invisible Characters (helps for tabs vs spaces)<\/p>\n

Go to `Coda > Preferences > ‘Editor’ Tab`
\nCheck `Show Invisible Characters`
\nCheck `Show Indentation Guides`
\nMake sure `Tab Width` is set to `4` and `Use spaces instead of tabs` is NOT checked.<\/p>\n

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5. Set Some Upload Rules<\/h3>
<\/p>\n

We don’t have to upload some directories, like `.node-modules` and `bower_components`, so we can set some rules to tell Coda to ignore these.
\nTBD<\/p>\n

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Recommended Plugins<\/h2>\n

Coda has a great repository of plugins<\/a>. Here are some recommended ones:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. White Out<\/a> – Automatically trims whitespace from the end of files on save.<\/li>\n
  2. WordPress 4.4 Additions<\/a> – Auto-completion for WordPress 4.4 functions\/constants.<\/li>\n
  3. Sort 1.0<\/a> – Alphabetizes lines of code. Note: Properties prefixed with -<\/code> (e.x. -webkit-transition<\/code>) will be moved to the top of a group of properties with this plugin. Code Climate looks for properties to be organized by the first letter, not the first character.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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