Cannont Upload Publisher 3-Page Web Site

[Bill]

I am trying to create a simple three page web site, but have been unable to
upload the files to display correctly at my Comcast site.

When I try to Publish to the Web directly with File/Publish to the Web
option the URL is not found. I cannot figure out why the URL will not come
up and allow me to save to a directory.

I also tried Publish to the Web by saving the .htm/.html files to my
desktop, then uploading to the Comcast site via their web page utility, but
I can only upload the first page which display limited as I do not know how
to upload the other folder with the pictures and other pages, Comcast will
only allow one file at a time to be uploaded.

Help/advise appreciated. Bill

 

[DavidF]

Bill,

There are three articles here about uploading. If you aren't using a form,
then the FTP uploading protocol is probably the easiest, as it does not
require the use of FPSE. Read here:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/archive/category/1921.aspx

Also you might want to just skip that and download and use a dedicated ftp
client, such as Filezilla, which is available for free:
http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/

It would be a pain, but you could create a subfolder called index_files on
your site, and then upload each of the files one by one. Or, you could
choose to not use the subfolder option and then you could also just upload
each file. Look under Tools > Options > Web tab and uncheck "Organize
supporting files...", and while you are there, uncheck 'Rely on VML...", and
"Allow PNG...", which will help lighten your html output and improve the
loading time of your pages.

DavidF

 

[Bill]

Thanks David. FTP worked. Did not realize if I would have enabled FPSE at
Comcast HTTP should have worked too. I'll play around and take a look at
Filezilla and the loading options you noted. Appreciate the help. Best
regards, Bill

Bill,

There are three articles here about uploading. If you aren't using a form,
then the FTP uploading protocol is probably the easiest, as it does not
require the use of FPSE. Read here:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/archive/category/1921.aspx

Also you might want to just skip that and download and use a dedicated ftp
client, such as Filezilla, which is available for free:
http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/

It would be a pain, but you could create a subfolder called index_files on
your site, and then upload each of the files one by one. Or, you could
choose to not use the subfolder option and then you could also just upload
each file. Look under Tools > Options > Web tab and uncheck "Organize
supporting files...", and while you are there, uncheck 'Rely on VML...", and
"Allow PNG...", which will help lighten your html output and improve the
loading time of your pages.

DavidF

 

[DavidF]

Thanks for posting back. It is appreciated.

DavidF

 

[bonnit]

i dont know if it helps or not but i had been having trouble uploading my
site too, and the reason was because my hosting site didnt allow me to upload
files to my root directory (/ ) i had to upload to the /public_html and i was
getting so annoyed, also once i had figured it out i had another problem that
the host site required the index files themselves to be in the same directory
as the index.htm itself rather than in another folder, but the index page
itself required the files to also be in an index_files folder - was a massive
nuisance but it was something quite simple - hope it helps

 

[Mike Koewler]

bonnit wrote:
i had to upload to the /public_html and i was

getting so annoyed,

This is standard, though the exact folder varies. It might be
html_public, httpdocs, http_public, but the same idea.

the host site required the index files themselves to be in the same directory
as the index.htm itself rather than in another folder,

This is odd. Are you sure you understood the instructions correctly?

Mike