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Can't publish to local HDD any more

 
 
Jeff
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      4th Feb 2004
Suddenly I can't publish my site locally. I have been
publishing to my local HDD as a backup each month without
any problems... This month, it crashes and says I should
check the logs on the web server. I have no idea what to
look at or look for.

The only thing I know of that has changed this month is
that I added a form on one of the pages. Does this
require some special way of publishing to a local
directory?
 
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Jim Buyens
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      4th Feb 2004
>-----Original Message-----
>Suddenly I can't publish my site locally. I have been
>publishing to my local HDD as a backup each month without
>any problems... This month, it crashes and says I should
>check the logs on the web server. I have no idea what to
>look at or look for.
>
>The only thing I know of that has changed this month is
>that I added a form on one of the pages. Does this
>require some special way of publishing to a local
>directory?


No, adding a forms page to your site wouldn't have this
effect. Try the remedies prescribed at:

FrontPage Publish Command Fails
http://www.interlacken.com/winnt/tip...ow.aspx?tip=24

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
*----------------------------------------------------
|\---------------------------------------------------
|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
||---------------------------------------------------
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
|| (All from Microsoft Press)
|/---------------------------------------------------
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      5th Feb 2004
None of this worked... It seems like it got farther along
before it bombed - this is after I removed and
reinstalled the FP server extensions at my hosting
provider.

I have noticed that there is a _vti_cnf folder in pretty
much every folder on the site. I don't see this in FP,
but I see it in ws_ftp - the _vti_cnf folder appears to
hold a copy of everything in the folder.... I have not
noticed this before....

Any ideas?

>-----Original Message-----
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Suddenly I can't publish my site locally. I have been
>>publishing to my local HDD as a backup each month

without
>>any problems... This month, it crashes and says I

should
>>check the logs on the web server. I have no idea what

to
>>look at or look for.
>>
>>The only thing I know of that has changed this month is
>>that I added a form on one of the pages. Does this
>>require some special way of publishing to a local
>>directory?

>
>No, adding a forms page to your site wouldn't have this
>effect. Try the remedies prescribed at:
>
>FrontPage Publish Command Fails
>http://www.interlacken.com/winnt/tip...ow.aspx?tip=24
>
>Jim Buyens
>Microsoft FrontPage MVP
>http://www.interlacken.com
>Author of:
>*----------------------------------------------------
>|\---------------------------------------------------
>|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
>||---------------------------------------------------
>|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
>|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
>|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
>|| (All from Microsoft Press)
>|/---------------------------------------------------
>*----------------------------------------------------
>
>.
>

 
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Jim Buyens
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      5th Feb 2004
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<a97701c3eb9c$3ea98b30$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> None of this worked... It seems like it got farther along
> before it bombed - this is after I removed and
> reinstalled the FP server extensions at my hosting
> provider.
>
> I have noticed that there is a _vti_cnf folder in pretty
> much every folder on the site. I don't see this in FP,
> but I see it in ws_ftp - the _vti_cnf folder appears to
> hold a copy of everything in the folder.... I have not
> noticed this before....


This is normal. If you have a file named
whatever.htm
then
_vti_cnt/whatever.htm
contains whatever information FrontPage needs to maintain about
that file.

You're best off not poking around your site using an FTP program.
Looking is OK, but fixing via that route is doomed to failure.

How large is this Web site? For example, how many files does it
contain, and how many magabytes?

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
*----------------------------------------------------
|\---------------------------------------------------
|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
||---------------------------------------------------
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
|| (All from Microsoft Press)
|/---------------------------------------------------
*----------------------------------------------------
 
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Jeff
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      6th Feb 2004
It is about 150Mb - not sure of a file count. It is just
a family site, so it isn't like a client or anything, but
I would hate to lose all of it if something happened to
the server.

Plus - I am just curious why it quit working when it has
worked for over a year and nothing changed (that I am
aware of).

http://www.thewyatts.net

Since it is getting hard to find this post as it gets
buried, can you just e-mail me direct at
(E-Mail Removed)? Pls include Front Page Help in the
subject or I will probably delete it out of habit...

Thanks
Jeff


>-----Original Message-----
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message

news:<a97701c3eb9c$3ea98b30$(E-Mail Removed)>...
>> None of this worked... It seems like it got farther

along
>> before it bombed - this is after I removed and
>> reinstalled the FP server extensions at my hosting
>> provider.
>>
>> I have noticed that there is a _vti_cnf folder in

pretty
>> much every folder on the site. I don't see this in FP,
>> but I see it in ws_ftp - the _vti_cnf folder appears

to
>> hold a copy of everything in the folder.... I have not
>> noticed this before....

>
>This is normal. If you have a file named
> whatever.htm
>then
> _vti_cnt/whatever.htm
>contains whatever information FrontPage needs to

maintain about
>that file.
>
>You're best off not poking around your site using an FTP

program.
>Looking is OK, but fixing via that route is doomed to

failure.
>
>How large is this Web site? For example, how many files

does it
>contain, and how many magabytes?
>
>Jim Buyens
>Microsoft FrontPage MVP
>http://www.interlacken.com
>Author of:
>*----------------------------------------------------
>|\---------------------------------------------------
>|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
>||---------------------------------------------------
>|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
>|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
>|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
>|| (All from Microsoft Press)
>|/---------------------------------------------------
>*----------------------------------------------------
>.
>

 
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Stefan B Rusynko
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      6th Feb 2004
Since you have had a failed publish do some clean up
1) In Windows Explorer Find and delete all FP Temp Files
Usually in you IE Temp folder, C:\WINDOWS\Temp and
C:\Documents and Settings\<USER>\Local Settings\Temp
2) In Windows Explorer Find and delete all hidden *.web files
Usually in C:\Documents and Settings\<USER>\Application Data\Microsoft\Web Server Extensions\Cache

Then open you online web in FP and run a Tools Recalculate Hyperlinks before you attempt to publish

PS
The size of your site (150MB) may continue to cause you problems (server errors or timeouts)
If your host supports subwebs, you may want to convert some of the folders to subwebs based on content grouping (see FP Help on
subwebs)
Then you can publish the root web (and each subweb) independently
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"Jeff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:b06d01c3ec78$9d365480$(E-Mail Removed)...
| It is about 150Mb - not sure of a file count. It is just
| a family site, so it isn't like a client or anything, but
| I would hate to lose all of it if something happened to
| the server.
|
| Plus - I am just curious why it quit working when it has
| worked for over a year and nothing changed (that I am
| aware of).
|
| http://www.thewyatts.net
|
| Since it is getting hard to find this post as it gets
| buried, can you just e-mail me direct at
| (E-Mail Removed)? Pls include Front Page Help in the
| subject or I will probably delete it out of habit...
|
| Thanks
| Jeff
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| ><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
| news:<a97701c3eb9c$3ea98b30$(E-Mail Removed)>...
| >> None of this worked... It seems like it got farther
| along
| >> before it bombed - this is after I removed and
| >> reinstalled the FP server extensions at my hosting
| >> provider.
| >>
| >> I have noticed that there is a _vti_cnf folder in
| pretty
| >> much every folder on the site. I don't see this in FP,
| >> but I see it in ws_ftp - the _vti_cnf folder appears
| to
| >> hold a copy of everything in the folder.... I have not
| >> noticed this before....
| >
| >This is normal. If you have a file named
| > whatever.htm
| >then
| > _vti_cnt/whatever.htm
| >contains whatever information FrontPage needs to
| maintain about
| >that file.
| >
| >You're best off not poking around your site using an FTP
| program.
| >Looking is OK, but fixing via that route is doomed to
| failure.
| >
| >How large is this Web site? For example, how many files
| does it
| >contain, and how many magabytes?
| >
| >Jim Buyens
| >Microsoft FrontPage MVP
| >http://www.interlacken.com
| >Author of:
| >*----------------------------------------------------
| >|\---------------------------------------------------
| >|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
| >||---------------------------------------------------
| >|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
| >|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
| >|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
| >|| (All from Microsoft Press)
| >|/---------------------------------------------------
| >*----------------------------------------------------
| >.
| >


 
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Jim Buyens
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      6th Feb 2004
"Jeff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<b06d01c3ec78$9d365480$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> It is about 150Mb - not sure of a file count. It is just
> a family site, so it isn't like a client or anything, but
> I would hate to lose all of it if something happened to
> the server.
>
> Plus - I am just curious why it quit working when it has
> worked for over a year and nothing changed (that I am
> aware of).
>
> http://www.thewyatts.net


That's a very large Web, and the size of it is probably the root
of your problems. You really need to segregate content into
several discrete folders, and then make each one a subweb.

For more info, consult the article at:

Connection Times Out During Publish
http://www.interlacken.com/winnt/tip...how.aspx?tip=1

even if this isn't the specific message you're getting.

As to why this problem first appeared now, perhaps you site has
grown a little large; perhaps the hosted server has grown a
little busier; perhaps your network connection is getting busier.
Over time, these and other factors inevitably vary.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
*----------------------------------------------------
|\---------------------------------------------------
|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
||---------------------------------------------------
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
|| (All from Microsoft Press)
|/---------------------------------------------------
*----------------------------------------------------
 
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