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Like many, I like to save my templates as flat files - but after all this time using EE, I’m still not exactly sure where the best (or most logical) place is to save my templates.

It would be cool to hear where other people prefer to save their templates.
Also, do you put your css/js/etc files in the same area?

we save our templates one level below the web-accessible directory.

/path/to/project_folder/
- docs/
- Makefile
- templates/
- www/
-- .htaccess
-- images -> /path/to/separate/project/content/folder/
-- index.php
-- resources/
--- css/
--- images/
--- js/
-- system/

everything except the www/images directory is under revision control in SVN.  the www/images directory is actually a symlink to another location on the server where we keep the uploaded content (outside of SVN, just regular server backups for that).

In 1.6.x, I saved them in the ‘[..]themes\saved_themes’ directory.  In 2.x, I save them in the [..]system/expressionengine/templates/default_site’ directory.  Not creative, but I can point my IDE (NetBeans) to those directories and FTP changes.

I also save mine where carvingCode does - but I have my install above web-root, so I make sure any non-EE delivered assets such as images are in an assets folder below web-root.

I manage CSS through EE so it’s also in the templates folder.