MS Publisher bogging down website???

[Abi]

I created what I think is an extremely simple site in MS Publisher, then put
it out on the web with my Yahoo host (paid site, not a freebie). Some
members are having problems viewing, and I don't know why. I piloted to
several people prior to releasing to the public and they haven't had a
problem viewing. Is it merely a dial-up v. modem issue?

Below are replies to a post about by site, where they believe it's something
I'm doing in Publisher, but I don't understand it (which is why I made a
simple Publisher site, with nothing complex).

Thanks for any insight!

"> Your site http://www.club-10.com/ isn't displaying a page at
present. It

appears that the dynamic xml include is making a huge page = greater than
100k. I have tried to access it through some diagnostic tools and the page
shows as being tool large."

"I am able to view it this morning after clearing the cache for that page.
The page's code is huge though. Must be because it was created with MS
Publisher using an XML schema.

Sue, I'm on cable too and I couldn't get it to load past the point where the
xml data was included/written. I tried it through mega-proxy and it choked
on the page size. Ditto for a page analyzer. 4 different browsers...zip!

XML docs can be really cool, but this is major overkill for a simple
webpage. The code weight/visible content must be at least 1000:1, maybe more.

Oh well, to the site owner, you might want to look at building faster
loading pages"

 

[David Bartosik]

As I document at http://www.publishermvps.com/WebDesign/tabid/29/Default.aspx
- I can tell you are using File, Save as. Refer to the publishing articles at
http://www.publishermvps.com/WebDesign/Version2003/tabid/33/Default.aspx -
you should use File, Publish as. Don't use the File, Save as.

 

[Abi]

I have attempted several times to Publish the site through Publisher. It
never worked, so I used the Smart FTP program and that's why I was doing
"Save As."

I've followed the steps in your link, but as soon as I do the "Open", it
gives me the "cannot connect to..." message. Apparently I don't know how to
Publish through Publisher. It was easy to use the the Smart FTP program.
What am I missing?

I'm getting frazzled to the point of just using Yahoo's tools to re-build
the site...a prospect that doesn't thrill me at all.

As I document at http://www.publishermvps.com/WebDesign/tabid/29/Default.aspx
- I can tell you are using File, Save as. Refer to the publishing articles at
http://www.publishermvps.com/WebDesign/Version2003/tabid/33/Default.aspx -
you should use File, Publish as. Don't use the File, Save as.

--
David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com

I created what I think is an extremely simple site in MS Publisher, then put
it out on the web with my Yahoo host (paid site, not a freebie). Some
members are having problems viewing, and I don't know why. I piloted to
several people prior to releasing to the public and they haven't had a
problem viewing. Is it merely a dial-up v. modem issue?

Below are replies to a post about by site, where they believe it's something
I'm doing in Publisher, but I don't understand it (which is why I made a
simple Publisher site, with nothing complex).

Thanks for any insight!

"> Your site http://www.club-10.com/ isn't displaying a page at
present. It

"I am able to view it this morning after clearing the cache for that page.
The page's code is huge though. Must be because it was created with MS
Publisher using an XML schema.

Sue, I'm on cable too and I couldn't get it to load past the point where the
xml data was included/written. I tried it through mega-proxy and it choked
on the page size. Ditto for a page analyzer. 4 different browsers...zip!

XML docs can be really cool, but this is major overkill for a simple
webpage. The code weight/visible content must be at least 1000:1, maybe more.

Oh well, to the site owner, you might want to look at building faster
loading pages"