We have recently added support for the “svn+ssh://” protocol in Timeline.
“svn+ssh://” is basically the standard svn protocol tunneled through the SSH connection.

“svn+ssh://” protocol is used for SVN access by many hosting providers. For example, if you use Media Temple hosting, you can easily create an SVN repository inside your Media Temple account which can be accessed via “svn+ssh://”.
Here are some quick instructions on how to use Timeline with your Media Temple SVN repository.

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This is a re-post of my article originally posted on the great web design and development blog - Six Revisions. You can read the original article here: http://sixrevisions.com/project-management/the-ultimate-guide-to-version-control-for-designers/

For most developers version control tools are the most important tools in their toolbox. Every development project starts with choosing the right version control system.

However the majority of designers are still not familiar with the concept of version control, and a very few designers actually use some versioning tools in their work. This article will help you to understand why version control is important for designers and help you to start using it for your projects.
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We created the PixelNovel accounts to be the best storage for versioned Photoshop files. However, Photoshop files is not the only type of files that designers deal with - design projects aslo involve InDesign, Illustratior, Flash files, html, css and all type of script files such as PHP, ActionScript, Ruby and so on. And since PixelNovel is just a convinient wrapper around standard SVN server you can also all sorts of files in you PixelNovel account.
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