problem publishing a web site to the web

[gillianalexis]

I am trying to publish a web site I created in publisher to the web. I go to
FILE and click on Publish To The Web. It askes me to save as and I type in
my FTP address. Then it askes me to save it as index.html and it saves it as
a filtered html file. Then askes me for my login name and password for my
ftp account for my web server and then it gives me an error message and says
it can't save the index.html file b/c the folder is "read only". I checked
the folder it was saving to on my computer and it was Read Only and I changed
it so that it WAS NOT read only but it changed back on it's own after i tried
to publish the web site again to the web.

If anyone knows how to fix this please help!!!

 

[DavidF]

If you burned the file to a CD or DVD it goes to read only, and may keep
that attribute when you copy it to your hard drive. Also as a rule you
should not open Pub files or Save To removable media. Always work from your
hard drive. To make sure this isn't the issue, then open the Publisher file
and do a Save As to a new name for the file. Close the file and right click
the new Pub file in Windows Explorer and check the properties to see if it
is read only. If it is ok, then use the new Publisher file.

Before you Publish to the Web and upload your new web files, log on to your
web host and use the control panel they give you, and delete the old
index.htm file and the index_files folder. Then back to your Publisher file

Publish to the Web and upload your new files.

If that doesn't fix your problem, please post again.

DavidF

 

[jinglepop]

Since I can't get a pop-up window to work tonight for a new question, let me
add to this thread here.

When I "publish to the web," instead of a page being saved as, say, page 2,
it gives it some ridiculous number like 923, and when the new page is
uploaded, pictures from my picture folder don't load. Also, all of my pages
have numbers in the hundreds.

You can see what I mean at maryannfarley.com.

Thanks...

 

[DavidF]

Yes, Publisher specializes in naming pages with some ridiculous number,
unless you give it a name.Go to Tools > Web page options. In that dialog
under Publish to the web you can name the page...the file name. For example
you could name your "buy" page "buy.htm", your galleries page
"galleries.htm" , etc. Then when you Publish to the Web, Publisher won't
choose some ridiculous and random number to name the page.

Note also this is where you also add the page description and
keywords....and/or change the page title.

As per your "picture folder" not loading, I am not sure what you mean. Your
pictures load when I load your pages, so what do you mean?

DavidF

 

[jinglepop]

Hi David--

I did try naming the page, like you say, but it still uploads with that
insane number. Publisher 2000 used to create and save pages as the simple
page numbers you used in creating them, so I'd get the "page2.html" extension
on my web site, and that was fine with me.

Naming the page would be fine, too. I tried doing it with my page 2, calling
it "buy.htm," but it's still showing up on the web with that crazy number.
Should I perhaps clear all old Publisher files from the server?

As for pictures, the pix on the index page show up, but not on the remaining
pages. Little "x" marks appear there instead. In Publisher 2000, pictures
could end up all over the place on the page (has the 2007 version improved
that?), so I placed pix on the pages using the "html fragment" tool and saved
the images in a separate images folder on the server. The pix are being
picked up fine on the index page, but not on the others.

I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong here, because it seems pretty
straightforward. Your help is *greatly* appreciated.

Mary Ann (maryannfarley.com)

 

[jinglepop]

David--

I just wrote to say that I got the pages to work now, but am still having
trouble getting the images up. But when I posted the note, I got an email
saying site was too busy, so I don't know if you got it. If you did, pardon
this repetition.

Mary Ann

 

[DavidF]

Mary Ann,

I see that you got your pages renamed and loaded. Good job...no more
"insane" names ;-) I am kidding you a bit about your word choice, but I have
found the arbitrary way Publisher 2003 assigns page names a hassle too. I
write a lot of absolute links, and it is much easier in Pub 2000 when you
know the second page will be called Page2.html, etc.

Pictures...I haven't experienced the problem you describe with Pub 2000, so
I can't comment on why your images shifted around. Pub 2007 does treat
images a bit different than 2003, but not enough so that you should buy it
to "solve" your issues. You have already found the best way with any version
of Publisher, and that is to import your images rather than insert them. It
is a bit more work, but you get the best quality images this way. Given that
images are so important to your site, I would stick with the pre-optimizing
and importing your images. And by the way...I like your art!

The solution to your problem is pretty simple...you will kick yourself. You
aren't writing the links to the images correctly. On your home page, the
logo in the upper left corner is located here:
http://maryannfarley.com/images2/untitled.gif
On your buy.htm page, that logo doesn't load because you have written the
link to the logo this way:
http://maryannfarley.com/index_files/images2/untitled.gif
Just rewrite your link to where the images2 folder actually is, and the
image should load.

As Pub 2003 uses a subfolder (index_files) by default to contain all the
other pages in your site and the inserted graphics, it can be a bit
confusing. Pub 2000 did not use that subfolder.

DavidF

 

[jinglepop]

David--

Ah, I see. In Publisher 2000, when I wrote the html fragment, I would just
write <IMG SRC="images2/untitled.gif">. But when I inserted the code like
this, as you said--<IMG SRC="http://maryannfarley.com/images2/untitled/gif,"
it worked! Now I just have to go page by page and fix the coding.

Between the new Vista program, the new Publisher version, the new computer,
plus my web host shutting down its shared servers (I had to find another and
switch my site over), I've been having a meltdown these past few weeks. I'm
no genuis with this stuff...I just like to find my route (like on the subway)
and that's all I need to know! Many, many thanks for your good
instructions. You're a patient man.

And thanks for your kind words about my art!

I'll let you know if I get stuck again.

Mary Ann