Slooowwwwww Publisher file

[core20]

I'm never used Publisher 2003 before to do a complete web site so maybe I'm
just missing something but the program was running ok and now is pitifully
slow.

Assume my computer meets all basic requirements and more.

I tried to reinstall Publisher. I tried moving the files to another drive
on my system (RAID 1+0). No updates available that I haven’t run.
Restart…yep…

The site I'm working on has a 'lot' of photos in it. I'm copying the photos
off a current site done in Dream Weaver. I think it Dream Weaver. Would
this type of copied photo cause Publisher an issue?

At 30some pages, I can hardly click on anything and not have to wait 30
seconds for that to go. There are a lot of images on these 30 pages. Maybe
200-300.

Is it simply a matter of too many photos? At what file size does Publisher
2003 slow? Or, is there a limit to the # of pages before it slows? The
current size of my Publisher file (.pub) is 3,890 KB.



Is the issue simply the size of the Publisher web site with all the photos?
Keep in mind that I’m only about ½ the way through the pages I need to put
together.


Here are my questions:

What is the best work around? Here are two 2 I came up with and neither
worked:

I thought I might move the site to Frontpage 2003 but I can’t find any way
to do that.

Or, I thought I might create several parts of the same site and merge them
together later in Publisher. Is this an option? How would I do that?

Any better ideas?


Thanks!

Ben

 

[DavidF]

Ben,

Read the third FAQ here:

http://ed.mvps.org/Static.aspx?=Publisher/FAQs

You probably need to update your video/graphics driver.

You might also find that saving the images to your hard drive, and then
inserting them into the Pub file rather than copy and paste might help. You
might also find that if you size and optimize the images before you insert
them, that may also help now, and in other ways down the road.

You might also compress your images...especially if you don't optimize them
before inserting: Compress graphics file sizes to create smaller Publisher
Web pages:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011266301033.aspx

Your best workaround is to produce your site in FrontPage. Publisher is a
DTP with limited web building capability, and can be a good choice for
simple static sites, and for those without FrontPage. But since you have
FrontPage, build your site in the program specifically designed for the
task. In the long run you will be much happier.

You can break your site up and build it with multiple Pub files, and then
link everything together, but I don't think your problem has much to do with
the size of your file...3.9 megs is not that large considering how many
photos you are using.

DavidF

 

[core20]

I've seen your name all over this group. Let me thank you for you help for
EVERYONE!

How do I create 'sub' Pub folders? I've looked around and can't find a
button that creates this?

They are mentioned in your posting here:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/archive/2006/01/16/81264.aspx

If I can break up the site into 3 of these Pub Folders, and use a page to
link everything together, that would get me through the day.


Ben

 

[core20]

David,

I've looked everywhere for instructions on how to create multiple Publisher
files, pub folders, sub folders, sub pub, etc.

How do I insert, create this 'sub' folder in Publisher 2003?

Help as soon as you can.

I'm stuck until you reply.

Thanks!!

 

[DavidF]

Ben,

You are welcome...thanks.

I would try updating your video driver before resorting to breaking up your
Publisher document and building a multiple folder website. From what you
described, the problem is not the size of your Publisher document. Also run
the design checker under tools...you might have something else going on.

With that said, here is an article that discusses building a website with
multiple Pub docs: Building a web site with multiple Publisher web
publication files:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/archive/2006/01/16/81264.aspx

I use multiple files myself, but approach it a bit different than David
Bartosik suggests. Instead of renaming the index.htm file to music.htm as in
his example, I just let Publisher use the default naming convention. I would
create a folder on my site called "music" and then upload the default html
output from Publish to the Web to that folder. Then the link to the "home
page" or the index.htm file would be written:

http://www.yourdomain.com/music/index.htm

and http://www.yourdomain.com/music/index_files/page003.htm

to the other pages in the folder. But, you can do it anyway you find most
logical and easiest for you.

As to creating the subfolder on your site, that depends on how you are
accessing your webspace. I use a separate FTP client to upload my files, and
its a simple matter of creating a subfolder alongside the index.htm file and
the index_files folder in the root directory. Perhaps your easiest way of
doing this without knowing how you are uploading your files, is for you to
log on to your webhost, and the control panel they provide, and look for the
file and folder management tool, that all control panels have. Then you can
create a subfolder from there...and when you get ready to upload your second
Pub file html output, direct it to that subfolder.

Like I said, I would try to find out why your Pub file is behaving this way,
before going to the trouble of splitting up your site and using multiple Pub
files...but then, that is your decision. Good luck.

DavidF