Thread: Publishing Assistance

Hello people

I`ve had my site running for a while now and have been able to update and add pages without a problem.

Recently though I`ve sent pages to update and yet they appear unchanged on the site (yes I`ve updated my browser window and deleted all cache files).
Looking in FTP manager the pages are there in the public folder and look like the page as it has been updated.

No settings have been changed in BlueVoda.

Any ideas?

Originally Posted by tinwolf

Hello people

I`ve had my site running for a while now and have been able to update and add pages without a problem.

Recently though I`ve sent pages to update and yet they appear unchanged on the site (yes I`ve updated my browser window and deleted all cache files).
Looking in FTP manager the pages are there in the public folder and look like the page as it has been updated.

No settings have been changed in BlueVoda.

Any ideas?

what do you mean by 'sent pages to be updated' ? do you mean you have republished them? If so, make sure you haven't at some point renamed the pages.

Yes I`ve published pages as normal, one page was the index page which is called "index", another was a new page called aboutus.
This page should be http://www.tinwolf.co.uk/aboutus.html
The page cannot be found but can be seen in the public folder in FTP manager.

I just know I`m missing something simple but can`t think what it might be.

Originally Posted by tinwolf

Yes I`ve published pages as normal, one page was the index page which is called "index", another was a new page called aboutus.
This page should be http://www.tinwolf.co.uk/aboutus.html
The page cannot be found but can be seen in the public folder in FTP manager.

I just know I`m missing something simple but can`t think what it might be.

So you can confirm that the page file on your server is called 'aboutus' all lowercase, and nothing before or after it? If that is the case it should show... have another look, as you say, it will be something simple and staring you in the face.

In FTP manager the page is called aboutus.html with no spaces or anything, infact I copied the file name directly from FTP manager and pasted it on the end of tinwolf.co.uk/ still nothing.

I`m a bit stumped, I`ve changed and re-published pages many times since I first set up the site back in 2006 with no problems.

Originally Posted by tinwolf

In FTP manager the page is called aboutus.html with no spaces or anything, infact I copied the file name directly from FTP manager and pasted it on the end of tinwolf.co.uk/ still nothing.

I`m a bit stumped, I`ve changed and re-published pages many times since I first set up the site back in 2006 with no problems.

Remove the .html from the name, BV automatically adds that.

The file is saved as aboutus.bvp, I didn`t name it .html.

How many websites do you have? If you have an add-on domain it is very easy to publish to the wrong site.

Just the one domain

Something I`ve just realised, I sent a link to a customer to the aboutus page so he could see a bit of his motorbike vest being made which is shown on the page. The page worked then because he replied and said it was interesting.

So where`s it gone? I`ve re-published it but that doesn`t work, in fact I don`t appear to be able to publish anything although BlueVoda reports that pages are published and the pages appear in the list shown in FTP manager in the public folder.

Open your aboutus page in BV and tell us exactly what the bar at the top of the page reads.
If it reads aboutus.bvp - the click File in the upper left, click Save Page As and make sure it is being saved as aboutus.bvp.
Then publish and see if you can go to the page via your browser. I don't see a link anywhere on your site to an aboutus page.
If you cannot see it, change the name of that page to aboutus1 and then open a new blank page. Save it as aboutus and put a simple text on the page with something like Under Construction. The save it and publish it and see if you can go to it then and get the new page.
Let us know.

Note: There have been some server changes made recently. Possibly you are publishing sucessfully to a server that does not exist.

What is your IP#

Originally Posted by jcaywood

Open your aboutus page in BV and tell us exactly what the bar at the top of the page reads.
If it reads aboutus.bvp - the click File in the upper left, click Save Page As and make sure it is being saved as aboutus.bvp.
Then publish and see if you can go to the page via your browser. I don't see a link anywhere on your site to an aboutus page.
If you cannot see it, change the name of that page to aboutus1 and then open a new blank page. Save it as aboutus and put a simple text on the page with something like Under Construction. The save it and publish it and see if you can go to it then and get the new page.
Let us know.

The page is aboutus.bvp, I have published it succesfully yet it can`t be found. There is no link to the page on the site as the link is in the new index page that I also can`t seem to publish.

Originally Posted by CarbonTerry

Note: There have been some server changes made recently. Possibly you are publishing sucessfully to a server that does not exist.

What is your IP#

IP address is 74.52.137.210
If I go to http://74.52.137.210/~uicnbkcu/ which is my "temporary URL" as shown in my login data I see the new index page I published.

You had a server upgrade. Go here for info

Originally Posted by CarbonTerry

You had a server upgrade. Go here for info

That's useful to know for future questions of this kind... I never realised that it would publish sucessfully on these old server IP's, so never gave that a second thought. Way to go Terry

Originally Posted by CarbonTerry

You had a server upgrade. Go here for info

Thanks for that Terry, I`ll check that out when I get home (it`s still a part time business at the moment).

Shouldn`t the people who were on the old server have been informed of the change or did I miss something?

Originally Posted by tinwolf

Thanks for that Terry, I`ll check that out when I get home (it`s still a part time business at the moment).

Shouldn`t the people who were on the old server have been informed of the change or did I miss something?

We were informed on here, however.. an email wouldn't have gone amiss for those who don't visit the forum often or at all.

I`ve just tried to publish to the new server using the updated bluevoda programme but it refuses to accept my password although I can log into the new server cpanel with the password I`m using.

I`ve tried changing the password on the cpanel but still no luck.

Now is the time to submit a support ticket.
Double check and make sure you have the correct username & password.