Publishing Web Page For First Time

[RW]

I have Pub 2007 on Vista system. I have tried to follow the directions on
MS's website.
I use the Tools drop down to Map Network Drive, tjem click "Connect to a
website..."
Use wizard to set up a Custom Network Location
Web hosting ISP has given me an address of "ftp.domainname.com" which I
enter, although the examples given have "ftp://ftp.domainname.com" as a
example

When I enter it, it says folder invalid, choose another.

Any help?

 

[Mike Koewler]

Surely you do not enter "ftp.domainname.com" did you? domainname.com
should be the name of your site.

Mike

 

[RW]

No, of course not, I using that as an example. The actual doman name that it
would take ended up being ftp://ftp.webhero.com I have not idea what that
accomplished, but it created a directory and folders. I still cannot publish
to the ftp site, I'm missing something. I need some detailed step by step
directions, but the website doesn't give them.

 

[Mike Koewler]

RW,

Usually, and webhero might be different, but usually, the ftp address
you are looking for will be something like:
ftp://www.yourdomainname.com/public_html/ The final directory can have
an alternate name, such as http_docs, public_docs, etc., but that should
be in the literature your web host sent you.

Your domain is NOT webhero.com. Well, not unless you are webhero and
offering to host web sites. If it has been registered, you should be
able to connect to it once you have the correct domain name, user name
and password. Again, check the instructions for uploading file that you
should have received when you signed up with webhero.

Mike

 

[Meebers]

No expert here, but according to Webhero.com "they are always on call" you
might try, but when I do mine I ftp to domainname.com/mywebsite, not sure
how webhero would know what to do with it.

 

[RW]

I really appreciate your assistance helping me to publish my website for the
first time, it is critical I get this up and running ASAP. This may be
overkill, but here are the steps I am completing, can you tell me where I am
going wrong:

Step I try to follow publishing website to Webhero.com

1. Open website file within Publisher 2007
2. Click on Publish to the Web
3. Publish to the Web Dialogue box pops up
a. In the File Name drop down box it is populated with “indexâ€
b. Save as, type drop down box says: Web Page, filtered
c. There is no visibility to ftp locations
d. Click on Tools drop down menu
e. Select Map Network drive
4. Map Network Drive Menu pops up
a. Leave as drive Z
b. Folder drop down is blank
c. Select Browse and a Browse window pops up
i. Select a network shared folder
1. Network
a. Owner-PC
i. Printers
There are no other folders or subfolders and the Create New button doesn’t
work, I close this pop up
d. Click on link to: Connect to a website that you can use to store your
documents and files.
e. Add Network Location Pop Up window appears
i. Click on Next
ii. New Pop Up Window appears – Add Network Location
1. Select Choose a Custom Network Location and click on Next
2. Specify the location of your network window pops up
a. Enter: ftp://ftp.levation.net (levation is the name of my website,
not the hosting company
b. If I click on the Browse button, I get the same result as 4.c. above.
c. Click next and a new window pops up asking me to Specifiy a user name and
password if Required
i. It is defaulted to Login Anonymously, but I uncheck the box and type in
login name and click next
d. New dialogue box appears asking to name this location, I enter name and
click next
e. Pop up says I have successfully set up network location
f. I click on Finish
3. New window appears – Could not log in to server with login name and
password. I have verified I am entering the correct information, but retry
anyway and click Log On, but the system won’t take the information. I click
on cancel
4. It appears the folder I created is located under the Internet Explorer
directory
5.

 

[DavidF]

I am in the process of writing up some new directions for FTP uploading
using IE7. If you would answer a question or two, it would help. I do not
have Vista installed so I need to know what you are seeing as you try to
upload.

After you click Publish to the Web, and the Save in dialog box pops up, you
have a "Save in" field at the top of the dialog. Directly below that on the
left side my XP shows My Recent Documents, Desktop, My Documents, My
Computer, My Network Places. What do you see listed there?

If you or anyone that is using IE7 would please post back with the answers,
and I will be able to move you a step or two closer to successfully
uploading your files. If you are using IE7 and XP, please let me know. If
you are using IE7 and Vista, let me know. Also, please specify which version
of Publisher you are using.

DavidF

 

[RW]

David,

I am sorry, I have not been on here for a few days. I hope this helps you, I
am using IE 7.0 and Publisher 2007 on Vista. I ended up using Fling from File
Zilla to upload my site and it works well, with only one or two bugs in it.

Here are the steps I was trying to follow with Publisher but gave up on:

Step I try to follow publishing website to Webhero.com

1. Open website file within Publisher 2007
2. Click on Publish to the Web
3. Publish to the Web Dialogue box pops up
a. In the File Name drop down box it is populated with “indexâ€
b. Save as, type drop down box says: Web Page, filtered
c. There is no visibility to ftp locations
d. Click on Tools drop down menu
e. Select Map Network drive
4. Map Network Drive Menu pops up
a. Leave as drive Z
b. Folder drop down is blank
c. Select Browse and a Browse window pops up
i. Select a network shared folder
1. Network
a. Owner-PC
i. Printers
There are no other folders or subfolders and the Create New button doesn’t
work, I close this pop up
d. Click on link to: Connect to a website that you can use to store your
documents and files.
e. Add Network Location Pop Up window appears
i. Click on Next
ii. New Pop Up Window appears – Add Network Location
1. Select Choose a Custom Network Location and click on Next
2. Specify the location of your network window pops up
a. Enter: ftp://ftp.levation.net (levation is the name of my website,
not the hosting company
b. If I click on the Browse button, I get the same result as 4.c. above.
c. Click next and a new window pops up asking me to Specifiy a user name and
password if Required
i. It is defaulted to Login Anonymously, but I uncheck the box and type in
login name and click next
d. New dialogue box appears asking to name this location, I enter name and
click next
e. Pop up says I have successfully set up network location
f. I click on Finish
3. New window appears – Could not log in to server with login name and
password. I have verified I am entering the correct information, but retry
anyway and click Log On, but the system won’t take the information. I click
on cancel
4. It appears the folder I created is located under the Internet Explorer
directory

 

[DavidF]

Thanks for the IE and Publisher and OS used, and I got the directions you
followed from your previous post. I also wanted answers to this:

"After you click Publish to the Web, and the Save in dialog box pops up, you
have a "Save in" field at the top of the dialog. Directly below that on the
left side my XP shows My Recent Documents, Desktop, My Documents, My
Computer, My Network Places. What do you see listed there?"

DavidF

 

[RW]

David,

I don't have a "Save In" area on this pop up page. I can see my folders and
by clicking on the folder, designate where the file is saved. Otherwise the
drop down list is for "Save As - Type" and another drop down list for "File
Name". Other than that I have a Tools button, Save or Cancel. Those are the
only options. I don't know if that helps you, but I think this is
substantailly different from XP or other versions.

 

[DavidF]

Ok...thanks. I guess I will just have to install a copy of Vista on my test
partition so I can see the differences. I really don't want to move from XP
for my production work.

For now, from what I have read MSFT has changed IE7 so as to not support FTP
uploading as in IE6. Until I can figure out a better workaround, I think
using FileZilla is the best solution. Another poster, brelade, posted one
method that I am going to study, but I actually think using a third party
FTP program is probably always going to be a better way to upload Publisher
web files, unless one is using a form that is dependent upon FPSE to
function.

Thanks again for your help.

DavidF