Publishing to web

[jake]

I've finished creating a web site in publisher and am having problems
publishing it to my hosting site. When I click on "publish to web" under the
file menu, it brings up the box asking where to save. According to Publisher
help, I typed in the domain URL in the file name box, but receive an error
when it tries to do this. Do I have to use FTP or is there an easier way?
Also, do I have to send graphics, ie pictures seperately?

 

[sally]

Jake, my host (according to their "help" page) required me to create a new
folder called INDEX and to "publish to the web" with file name "index" and
save as type "Web Page, Filtered". Then I needed to go to the web and type
in the ftp for the host, and copy the index.htm and index_files to the FTP
site window. I hope this makes sense - I have just finished my first website
and I'm still trying to get my SUBMIT button to work. lol.

 

[sally]

Sorry - I missed an important part! Where I wrote "copy to the FTP site
window" I forgot there are three folders in this window - copy into the
"html" folder!

 

[DavidF]

You didn't say what version of Publisher you are using, or which operating
system or which version of which browser...all affect uploading procedures.
So start with:

If you are using a form in your site, then reference: How to publish a
Publisher web in HTTP:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/pages/80557.aspx

reference: Publisher web publication forms 101:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/archive/2006/01/07/80564.aspx

Reference: Prepare, publish, and maintain your Publisher Web site:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA100947601033.aspx
It is written for Pub 2007, but if you are using IE7 instead of IE6, then
the directions for using Vista also would apply to Pub 2003. FTP and HTTP
uploading has changed with the introduction of IE7 and Vista.

If you choose to use FTP uploading then consider downloading and installing
the free FTP client FileZilla:
http://filezilla-project.org/ It is likely to be easier for you. Take the
time to also download the excellent documentation and read it.

DavidF

 

[jake]

Just to update; I'm still having a hard time publishing the web. I'm using
Publisher 2007, (which I really like as far as the desinging) but it is much
more difficult to publish to web. I've used Filezilla to transfer FTP and it
is successful, sort of. The file transfers and I can see it in my file via
my control panel on the site. However, am I supposed to FTP them to index
folder or public ftp or ? Also, I see just one pub. file, not all the
individual pages on the site. When I try to view the site online, the home
pages loads (with image problems) but none of the other pages are available.
Please help!

 

[DavidF]

When you "Publish to the Web" Publisher will produce an "index.htm" file
(your home page) and an "index_files" folder which contains all your other
pages and your supporting graphics and images. Given that you can see your
index.htm file without images, and no other pages, it sounds like you didn't
upload the "index_files" folder. You will upload it to the same
directory...right alongside your index.htm file.

DavidF

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

Are you saying that you are publishing the .pub files?...no no.



--
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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression





| Just to update; I'm still having a hard time publishing the web. I'm
using
| Publisher 2007, (which I really like as far as the desinging) but it is
much
| more difficult to publish to web. I've used Filezilla to transfer FTP and
it
| is successful, sort of. The file transfers and I can see it in my file
via
| my control panel on the site. However, am I supposed to FTP them to index
| folder or public ftp or ? Also, I see just one pub. file, not all the
| individual pages on the site. When I try to view the site online, the
home
| pages loads (with image problems) but none of the other pages are
available.
| Please help!
|
| "jake" wrote:
|
| > I've finished creating a web site in publisher and am having problems
| > publishing it to my hosting site. When I click on "publish to web"
under the
| > file menu, it brings up the box asking where to save. According to
Publisher
| > help, I typed in the domain URL in the file name box, but receive an
error
| > when it tries to do this. Do I have to use FTP or is there an easier
way?
| > Also, do I have to send graphics, ie pictures seperately?

 

[jake]

Quite honestly, I'm not exactly sure what I am publishing. This is my first
atempt to publish a site using Publisher 2007. When I open my publisher file
and click; File - Publish to Web - then follow the Publisher Help
instructions, which tell me to type my URL in the File Name box, and click
save, I now get an error message say the file could not be found, file has
been deleted or moved. Anyway, I've also tried sending FTP, but I now think
I was transferring .pub files. Please tell me what kind of file to
send/transfer and to what folder, i.e. index or public or ?? Any help is
appreciated.

 

[DavidF]

What is unclear about my reply? I told you what to upload...the index.htm
file and the
index_files folder, and since you already have the index.htm file uploaded,
all you have to upload now is the index_files folder. And if it still isn't
clear then go back and again read the material I linked. Forget about HTTP
uploading unless you are using a form. Use FileZilla.

DavidF

 

[jake]

DavidR, thank you for bearing with me. As I said, I am new to publisher and
to creating web sites. I've finally got the files transferred with FileZilla
via FTP and transferred to the public_html file at the host. Site seems to
be working, althought there a few bug which I still have to work on. One
more question, if you don't mind. What is the best way to insert a photo
album or group of photos to a page?

 

[DavidF]

Jake,

It can take a while to wrap your head around uploading, and now that MSFT
has complicated things with Vista and IE7, I think you will find that the
time you invest in learning how to use FileZilla will save you time and
frustration in the future. Glad to hear that you got the site uploaded.

One correction. Not to be picky, but you uploaded your index.htm file and
your index_files folder to your public_html FOLDER, not file. I point this
out, for others who may be reading this, and because of your other question
about photos.

There are a number of ways to insert photos and/or photo albums into a Pub
web. Which is best, depends on what you want to accomplish. The most common
approach usually is how to do thumbnails to full size images. This can be
accomplished by inserting a thumbnail size image (perhaps 100 to 150 pixels
wide), and then linking that image to a large size image that is actually
inserted into another page of your Pub web publication, along with back and
forward links. Alternatively, you can link that thumbnail to a full size
image that you upload to another subfolder on your host...thus my correction
about the use of the words "file" and "folder". For example you could create
a subfolder on your site using FileZilla alongside the index_files folder,
within the public_html folder, called "images". Then your link from your
thumbnail to the full size image that you upload to the "images" folder
would be:
http://www.yoursite.com/images/yourimage.jpg

Reference: How to Thumbnail in Publisher Web Publications :
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/pages/80553.aspx
and: Reduce download times by adding thumbnail images to a Web page:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HP102038031033.aspx

Alternatively, most third party image editors have the capacity to create a
html "slide show", which you can upload with FileZilla to a subfolder on
your host, and link to from your site. Also JAlbum and Porta are popular
photo album programs that are free to use (just Google for the sites). If
you get real invested in this, you can also create an iframe to "import"
your html slide show into a page of your website, but this is probably
beyond what you are asking at this point.

One thing to keep in mind, the more images in your web, the longer it takes
to load. Be sure to either optimize and size your images before you insert
them into a Pub web page, or compress them before you upload them. Pub 2007
has this tool built-in. Reference: Compress graphics file sizes to create
smaller Web sites:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA012301391033.aspx

DavidF