Thread: publishing assistance

Hello
I have some links that i can't see anything wrong with that are not working.
I've checked spelling, saved as names and everything but still can't find anything...

its the contact us page links that aren't working.

what info do i need to get you all so you can provide help?
thanks
S

A link to your site would help

oh... iposted it elsewhere...lol
www.lifepartnerschristianministries.com
sorry...lol
seems like i'm having problems with the newsletter page too... i used a selection box with a go button and uploaded all the pdf docs into my CP...

ooo ooo oo
ok found it... i think
both pages i'm having trouble with have forms on them... so they were saved as .php in my control panel.
do i need to do somthing because of that?

For the contact page it is a php page so change the extension in your links. http://www.lifepartnerschristianmini...contact_us.php
As for the pdf documents what do you mean you used a selection box and go menu to upload them to your cp? You have to upload them using either the FTP manager or go into your control panel/file manager and click upload and browse for the files. Then once they are there you can link to them as you would other pages but with the .pdf extension.

i did the upload from the CP for the newsletter pdf's but theres also a form on that page to sign up for the newsletter so i need to change that to .php also... thanks d'son your the smartest...lol =)

Definately not the smartest, but your welcome.

what is it with the error message i keep getting today and yesterday while i'm trying to publish my site... error
the request to connect and log on to an FTP server failed

ok so fixed the php problem.. but now on the newsletter page where the form is and the drop down links to the pdf's i uploaded aren't working

the form when you hit send says it cant find the success.html or the error.html... and i've created both.

On the drop down the links give an error..

the contact us page has the same problem with the send button and the error or success pages...

any suggestions?
s

You have created both success/error pages...they must be saved exactly as success and error do not add any extension to the names.
Have you published them?

so they shouldn't be success.html or error.html?
yes i've published each page...

They must be exactly like all other pages. BV software adds the html extension
You will save as " success " (it's possible that it will default to success.bvp)
The software will convert the file to html. and then you would link to it as success.html

Here's a screenshot.

yep thats what i've done... thats why i'm confused

And you have published them to your public_html ??
Have you confirmed they are there by physically looking in the public_html ??

You must have done something recently as your success page is now visible and was not a couple of minutes ago !!

I'm not having any problems viewing your pages. Seems like all is fine.

Connie

weird... well when i tried to send a test email it said that it wasnt working...
i know that my computer keep glitching when publishing so maybe that was the deal

this is the page i get after i click the submit button in a comment form i put on my site
Not Found

The requested URL /www.lifepartnerschristianministries.com/success.html was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 mod_bwlimited/1.4 Server at www.lifepartnerschristianministries.com Port 80 any thoughts?

the error.html as well as the success.html pages are in my public html on the CP

http://www.lifepartnerschristianmini...m/success.html

the linking on your form is wrong .. you have doubled up the url ..

this works ..

http://www.lifepartnerschristianmini...m/success.html

doubled up the url? what does that mean?

umm .. hit that link i put in first ..look then in your address bar .. you will see your domain name is written twice .. doubled up ..

you will need to go in and edit your form

i see the double up but when i go check out the form to see it is only typed in there once... should I not type in the domain name and just leave it success.html?

Originally Posted by Sperry73lp

i see the double up but when i go check out the form to see it is only typed in there once... should I not type in the domain name and just leave it success.html?

yes, correct ..

ok i did that... and tried it again... granted only on one of the forms on that page but it still shows a double???

and i refreshed the page before trying

okay .. on a closer look .. you seem to be missing a few things as well..
area for email .. name ..

so my suggestion is you start over ..

use the form wizard, to create a simple contact form .. remove both of these and insert fresh ... you can add a text edit comment box using the small contact form template found in the wizard as well ...

i did use the form wizard... i'd havent the 1st clue how to make that on my own...lol... but i'll redo them and see if that helps =)
thanks

okie dokies then .. good luck, i think you will have that mastered in no time at all .. your site is nice looking too btw, just wanted to mention that, nice job there .. :)