This isn't news, I'm posting for my own reference as I move from computer to computer frequently as the months go by.

Here's how I set up my projects to not auto-include local or junk files when adding to SVN.

With TortoiseSVN installed, in Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer) right-click on any directory and choose TortoiseSVN -> Settings. Then under General -> Global ignore pattern, add:

thumbs.db *.user *.suo RECYCLER bin obj *.dll *.bak *.log *.~?? *.exe *.tmp *.pdb  _[Rr]e[Ss]harper* 

EDIT 5/10/2011
Here is an update for the settings including the default setting:
*.o *.lo *.la *.al .libs *.so *.so.[0-9]* *.a *.pyc *.pyo *.rej *~ #*# .#* .*.swp .DS_Store thumbs.db *.user *.suo RECYCLER bin obj *.dll *.bak *.log *.~?? *.exe *.tmp *.pdb  _[Rr]e[Ss]harper* *.vs10x *.dbmdl

The equivalent setting in SVN is svn:ignore. 

Surprisingly, a lot of people forget thumbs.db, which is the Windows Explorer thumbnail metadata file that's hidden by default. It's amazing how annoying that beast is in a shared SVN repository.

Anybody else have other filters that should be added? 

I was asked to learn how to use ViewletBuilder so that I can create in-house tutorials for some of the web applications we're working on.

Meanwhile, I was also asked to find a way for one of the teams to be able to versionize and manage their web files. These teams do not consist of developers, just graphic artists, editors, and multimedia specialists.

This is why I went down the wiki path, but wiki's in turn introduce a number of support and maintenance issues, not to mention web design limitations, that made me realize it was not the best path. I asked these folks to consider just using Subversion, and since they weren't familiar with Subversion I created my first ViewletBuilder viewlet as a way of hitting two birds with one stone--explain Subversion while discovering how to use ViewletBuilder.

Subversion for normal people, imagine that. ;) Once I shared it, I realized it's kind of a nice little thing to share with the world. Maybe you might find this useful.

Intro to Subversion - TortoiseSVN Basic Workflow

http://www.viewletcentral.com/vc/viewlet/464812468/