Why Does FP Resend Random Unchanged Files?

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Ken Hall

I'm on my third version of FP (copyright 2002, didn't find a version
number in Help>About). I've noticed this in all three versions. It
decides to reupload old unchanged files. The files it chooses seem to
be completely random. I just got through uploading some new material.
I had to make several corrections so I updated exactly the same files
about 5 times -- nothing was changed except these files. Each time it
wanted to upload a different old unchanged file. It would say
something like "such and such file was change in March of 2001, by so
and so. Do you want to replace the existing file?" So it even knows
this is an ancient file, but thinks it's newer than the one on the
server. But, it didn't think that 2 minutes earlier.

I've also leaned my lesson about saying No, don't do that. Once it
get a notion the file has been changed it's relentless. Every time I
upload forever it will prompt to upload the file. So, I just say Do
It based on my experience that nothing is affected by the unnecessary
upload.

A similar thing I encounter is it asking before replacing a file that
I have changed and is the purpose of the upload. Just now when I re
uploaded the same set of about 20 files 5 times, therefore changing
them 4 times for a total of 80 replacements. It only said 'File such
and such already exists on the server, are you sure you want to
replace it?' one time, for one of these 80 replacements. (the prompt
quote is not exact, but it's the jist of what it says.)

Does anybody know why it does these seemingly random things?

Ken
 
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MD Websunlimited

Ken,

Open the web on the server and do Tools | Recalc Hyperlinks. That will ensure that the meta base is up to date on the server. Follow
that by publishing down to your client. They should then be in sync.
 
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Ken Hall

They are set to "Changed Pages Only" & "Determine changes by
comparing source and destination webs"

If I understand what this means it seems like the safest way to do it
but I know the source web files aren't changing and I can't see how
the a different file or two would change on the server every few
minutes, then go for a couple of weeks and have no changes.



How do you have Publish set? Look at the Options.
File | Publish Web...but don't publish...look at the Options (bottom left button of the Publish box).



| I'm on my third version of FP (copyright 2002, didn't find a version
| number in Help>About). I've noticed this in all three versions. It
| decides to reupload old unchanged files. The files it chooses seem to
| be completely random. I just got through uploading some new material.
| I had to make several corrections so I updated exactly the same files
| about 5 times -- nothing was changed except these files. Each time it
| wanted to upload a different old unchanged file. It would say
| something like "such and such file was change in March of 2001, by so
| and so. Do you want to replace the existing file?" So it even knows
| this is an ancient file, but thinks it's newer than the one on the
| server. But, it didn't think that 2 minutes earlier.
|
| I've also leaned my lesson about saying No, don't do that. Once it
| get a notion the file has been changed it's relentless. Every time I
| upload forever it will prompt to upload the file. So, I just say Do
| It based on my experience that nothing is affected by the unnecessary
| upload.
|
| A similar thing I encounter is it asking before replacing a file that
| I have changed and is the purpose of the upload. Just now when I re
| uploaded the same set of about 20 files 5 times, therefore changing
| them 4 times for a total of 80 replacements. It only said 'File such
| and such already exists on the server, are you sure you want to
| replace it?' one time, for one of these 80 replacements. (the prompt
| quote is not exact, but it's the jist of what it says.)
|
| Does anybody know why it does these seemingly random things?
|
| Ken
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Ken
 
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