Handing over DW site files to client

I am working on a site for a lawyer who is a veritable pain
in the @$$ and was wondering if I should actually hand over the DW
site files upon completion of the project (even though I will be
hosting). I've read in quite a few places that doing so enables the
state to charge sales tax (good vs. service), as you are
effectively providing someone with a software application. Any
thoughts...?

Well...what you could do is become a reseller of Adobe, sell
him a copy of
DW, and show him how to "get" the files.
When he goes in to modify and needs to have everything
corrected...job
security.
gary
"Paevo Kelley" <[email protected]> wrote in
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news:g8edki$4nj$[email protected]..
>I am working on a site for a lawyer who is a veritable
pain in the @$$ and
>was
> wondering if I should actually hand over the DW site
files upon completion
> of
> the project (even though I will be hosting). I've read
in quite a few
> places
> that doing so enables the state to charge sales tax
(good vs. service), as
> you
> are effectively providing someone with a software
application. Any
> thoughts...?
>

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Handing over site files to client: absolutely necessary?

I recently had a client ask me for the "access code" to his site; I told him such a thing didn't exist and if he wanted to update his own site he could purchase a CMS. While Contribute is another option, it is money detoured from me to Adobe, notwithstanding repairing broken sites. My question is, since web design is a service, not a product, is it absolutely necessary to hand over the site files to the client? I don't think a client can access a site using an open source FTP client such as Filezilla without 777 permissions, and I refuse to give these for security reasons.... Does anyone stipulate this in the web development contract or is it merely understood?...

Unless otherwise stipulated, I consider my client to be the owner of the finished files for the web site.
But I suspect this may be a hosting issue. There are a lot of commercials on the radio advertising hosting for only $4.50. When I hear these radio spots, I think, "I wonder if my clients are going to get any ideas." The ones I have heard came from GoDaddy. There's no question in my mind that if one of my server-illiterate clients every tried to do their own hosting with GoDaddy, it would turn out to be a nightmare for them.
Recently, I received an email from a client that told me that she got a really good offer for hosting. I told her that her hosting with me included basic maintenance and this:
"... you are saving money if you host it yourself as long as you have the proper software to upload your files and then you might need other software to make any changes to your web site or pay a web design company to do it. You also need to know a little about web servers. I suspect the hosting that you are being offered is by a hosting company that is just renting you space on a server but not actually doing any work for you—you will have to do everything yourself. So, it’s really not the same web hosting that we do, but if you want to switch over, I will send you the FTP information when you are ready so you can download your files from my server."
She ended up sticking with me.

ICI WSDL Files and logon Information handed over

Hello,
We need to integrate a couple of call-centers, each working with its own telephone switch into one CRM-System.
Thus we plan to develop a specific ICI-adapter which connects the CRM to all switches.
To start we need the WSDL files for the ICI-descriptions, but cannot find them.
Can anybody help me, about where to find these WSDL files?
Also I wonder if the logon process from the CRM-IC hands over some site information to Adapter, so that he knows with which switch the agent is linked.
Thanks for your help
Michael

Hello Michael,
I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for, but section 8.4 of the ICI specification contains the following info:
8.4 WSDL description of the interface
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the Integrated Communication Interface:
ICI Object WSDL file
IciActionItem (see 12 in 3.1) IciActionItem.xml
IciChatLine (see 10 in 3.1) IciChatLine.xml
IciChatSession (see 11 in 3.1) IciChatSession.xml
IciContainer (see 4 in 3.1) IciContainer.xml
IciEvent (see 3 in 3.1) IciEvent.xml
IciFolder (see 8 in 3.1) IciFolder.xml
IciItem (see 5 in 3.1) IciItem.xml
IciMessage (see 9 in 3.1) IciMessage.xml
IciMonitor (see 13 in 3.1) IciMonitor.xml
IciPhoneCall (see 7 in 3.1) IciPhoneCall.xml
IciPhoneLine (see 6 in 3.1) IciPhoneLine.xml
IciSystem (see 1 in 3.1) IciSystem.xml
IciUser (see 2 in 3.1) IciUser.xml
Regards,
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Why use mail client over web site mail inteface?

Hello.
I had question to all emial client user's:
Why use mail client over web site mail inteface?
And I have one more question.
Is there any option to backup/compress your mail in mutt or thunderbird?

brisbin33 wrote:
briest wrote:
brisbin33 wrote:Also, imap in mutt for me is sooooo slow (proportional to the size of the mailbox of course)
Do you use header caching? It can accelerate remote imap access, but is disabled by default. Also playing with imap_idle (yes, if server supports), imap_keepalive (low) and timeout (high) may produce nice results.
i've tried everything (always caching, and setting various imap_* options). trust me. it's funny, it wasn't bad at first, then one day i'd hit j/k and 3 seconds later the indicator would move... that's when i set up offlineimap.
I'm very happy with this maildir setup now . thanks anyway tho.
OMG, mutt is flying right now! Even with header and message cache is mutt + imap not the fastest. I reccomend offlineimap for everyone.

DW 4 not seeing GoLive .site file!

I have several sites created in GoLive 7. I downloaded the GoLive 9 free trial, brought them over into GL9. Then I did the "Convert Site to New Structure" command as I have seen suggested. Downloaded the GoLive to DW migration extension and installed it. So far so good.
But when I go to Import GoLive Site, and navigate to the folder where the site file is (there are actually several, only one is the current one), Dreamweaver does not "see" the .site files, even though when I look in the window in explorer, they are there. All I see are the web-content, web-data, and web-settings folders, but no .site files at all.

rich.leach wrote:
> no, the file was not open, and I tried all of the
various search options
> available in the DW Find feature, especially after this
issue was discovered.
> And if DW customers are required to register particular
file types with DW in
> order to have the application successfully search those
files, that would
> warrant a special instruction set or at least a dialog
box somewhere in DW,
> wouldn't you agree???
This is an issue that I have never come across before. You're
using a
non-standard filename extension, so it doesn't particularly
surprise me
that Dreamweaver ignored it. Have you tried entering
.properties in the
list of filename extensions, as I suggested? If that works,
your problem
is solved. All that's needed is for the documentation to be
made more
explicit.
On the other hand, if your filename extension is likely to be
in
widespread use, perhaps it's something that should be added
to the
standard list of files that Dreamweaver handles. Submit a
feature
request to the Dreamweaver team.
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3" (friends of
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Losing Mouse "hand" over buttons when publish for Web.

Hi,
I'm new to Flash. I'm publishing a web-site and I lose the "Hand" icon for the mouse over buttons after I publish and run the HTML=>Swf files from the Browser. When I "Test the movie" from flash I see the "Hand" over buttons just fine.
Is there a publish setting that I'm missing which allows the hand to remain?
Please help.
Thanks,
Jeff

Hi, Had to work yesterday.
At the moment I'm running/testing locally (which may be the problem) from a flash secure directory on my desktop. So no link sorry.
I think I need to look into setting up a test service with Yahoo or something. Any suggestions? I'm not really sure how to upload my completed website (.html and .swf files) to a service. That's a different topic/question. Any help along those lines is greatly appreciated.
Anyway, I'm using safari 5.1.7 on my IMac. and Safari 6.0.3 on my Mac Pro. and Firefox 21.0 (primarily) or Internel Explorer (rarely) on my "windows" laptop. The "Hand" works on all of these (files local to the respective computer) except the IMAC Safari 5.1.7 flash player 12.0 combination, which was my first test environment scenerio.
I'm planning to do two things.
1) Update my IMAC to Safari 6.0.
2) Set up a test area with a service provider. This in itself may resolve the issue for the Safari 5.1.7. At least I'll be testing in a "real world" environment.
So, thank you for your help with this. I think we can call it solved. If my testing on a true server shows the same results then I may shoot out another question. I think it is a nice goal to have our web site creations run on all platforms and browser comibations but is that realistic? If we test on as many combinations of the most recent software releases as we can with reasonable success what more can we do? I'd like to hear you opinion. Feel free to sent me an email.
Would you like me to open a new question/discussion regarding the help finding and uploading files to a service provider?
Thanks again,
Jeff

Over-riding .LCK files on Inherited Website

Is there any way of over-riding .LCK files?
I’ve recently been given access to administer a
department webpage at a university and defined a site on my
computer - but when I accessed the server's directory I found the
.htm files have the .LCK extension. I was able to download the
files but am prevented from uploading any files. The original
webperson has left and no one has any information.
I was checking the archives and see that the .LCK is related
to Dreamweaver's "check-in/check-out" feature which allows tracking
of files when working in groups. But since I'm now become "the
group", how do I over-ride this feature so I can work on the .htm
files?
~CK

Just delete the lck files on the server as I mentioned
before.
Paul Whitham
Certified Dreamweaver MX2004 Professional
Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver
Valleybiz Internet Design
www.valleybiz.net
"Hurleyburley" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> Unfortunately the previous person who opened the files
and checked them
> out did
> not return/upload them - and didn't leave copies of the
files to upload.
>
> So is there a way to access the files which have been
locked when I don't
> have
> the original checked-out files to check-back-in?
>
>
>
>
quote:
Originally posted by:
Newsgroup User
> If the previous person opened the file in DW it would
have checked it out,
> in the process creating the LCK file. To remove this
file DW needs to
> check
> the file back in. If you are using another program for
this part of the
> operation then you will have problems with DW.
>
> --
> Paul Whitham
> Certified Dreamweaver MX2004 Professional
> Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver
>
> Valleybiz Internet Design
> www.valleybiz.net
>
> "Hurleyburley" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
quote:
Originally posted by:
Newsgroup User
> >
> > Thanks alot for the help!
> >
> > I did enable Contribute in my Remote site. I was
able to download the
> > files
> > to my computer and make changes. When I tried to
upload the updated
> > .htm
> > files
> > I got an error message saying "Encountered 1 errors
(sic) during the
> > transfer."
> >
> >
> > Due to security reasons our university permits file
transfers using a
> > product
> > called SSH Secure File Transfer Client. Does using
the SSH FTC product
> > instead of Dreamweaver's FTP connection create a
problem for the .LCK
> > check-in/check-out feature? Or is there something
else that needs to be
> > addressed?
> >
> >
> >
> > You need to NOT do this. Have you enabled
Contribute in your Remote
> > site
> > definition?
> > --
> > Murray --- ICQ 71997575
> > Adobe Community Expert
> > (If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do
so!)
> > ==================
> >
http://www.dreamweavermx-templates.com
- Template Triage!
> >
http://www.projectseven.com/go
- DW FAQs, Tutorials & Resources
> >
http://www.dwfaq.com - DW FAQs,
Tutorials & Resources
> >
http://www.macromedia.com/support/search/
- Macromedia (MM) Technotes
> > ==================
> >
> >
> > "Hurleyburley" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Is there any way of over-riding .LCK files?
> > >
> > > I?ve recently been given access to administer
a department webpage at
> > > a
> > > university and defined a site on my computer -
but when I accessed the
> > > server's
> > > directory I found the .htm files have the .LCK
extension. I was able
> > > to
> > > download the files but am prevented from
uploading any files. The
> > > original
> > > webperson has left and no one has any
information.
> > >
> > > I was checking the archives and see that the
.LCK is related to
> > > Dreamweaver's
> > > "check-in/check-out" feature which allows
tracking of files when
> > > working
> > > in
> > > groups. But since I'm now become "the group",
how do I over-ride this
> > > feature
> > > so I can work on the .htm files?
> > >
> > > ~CK
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>

Copy file from client machine to unix db server

Dear all,
I have oracle form 10g, and data base server using 10 r 2,
I have an oracle for to browse client XML file and return the name of the file including the path to TEXT item what I want to do after that is to copy the seelcted file from the client to DB server (hint this server over Unix operating system)
I tried
V_Cpy_Result := Webutil_File.Copy_File ('C:\File_Name.Xml', '/u01/oradata/odsuat/ssr_xml_dir/Outbound/File_Name.Xml');
but this does't work, please provide me with the way or the command that I can copy the selected file from client to Unix DB server...

Hello,
If you want to transfer files between client machine and A.S. or database machine, use the Webutil file_transfer package's functions.
Francois

DW CS5 "Get" bug in expanded site files view

Hi,
I just installed the CS5 Design Premium trial and have been playing with Dreamweaver. Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing the following issue...
When in expanded site files view (showing both local and remote), selecting a file on the REMOTE site and trying to "Get" the file does not download the remote file. It instead tries to retrieve the remote copy of the file(s) selected in the LOCAL file list pane.
If no file is selected on the local file list, pressing "Get" after selecting a REMOTE file from the list brings up the "Are you sure you wish to get the entire site" dialog.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Open expanded site files view (local and remote)
2. Click on a file in the remote file list. For testing purposes, click on a file in the LOCAL list first, then select a remote file
3. Click the Get button or right click on the remote file and choose Get.
DW should download the selected REMOTE file if that was the last selected file prior to executing the Get command. (this is the action that DW CS3/CS4 does)
I have submitted this bug in the official Adobe bug reporting system, but I'm curious as to whether others can reproduce this bug.
Thanks

@Murray, I think I have discovered exactly where the bug lies and how you may be able to reproduce it yourself...
@quantumlight - do you happen to have your Site Files panel UNDOCKED and in its own floating panel??
I work with Dreamweaver on a dual/multi monitor setup. I have my split design/code view on one screen, and the site files and code inspector on a DETACHED Files panel on the 2nd monitor.
I did a full DW prefences reset and everything went back to the factory setting, with the Files panel docked to the right hand side of the DW program window. With it docked, I opened the expanded/split site files view and IT WORKED NORMALLY as is expected.
However, as soon as I UNDOCKED the Files panel into its own floating panel and expanded the file view, the bug appeared and selecting a REMOTE FILE and pressing Get, asked to either download a copy of the selected LOCAL file, or if no local file is selected it asks "Are you sure you want to get the entire site"
Redocking the Files panel back to its original position makes the bug disappear.
I have tested this on two Windows 7 machines and one Mac Snow Leopard machine, both with the CS5 11.0.2 updates installed.
It seems it's a Windows version only bug as both Win7 machines produced the bug, with the Mac machine NOT presenting the bug in either docked or floating panel state.
Hopefully the Adobe DW guys see this soon and can work on fixing this bug in the next update.
Do you think i should re-submit my previous bug report with this updated discovery?

How to save a file in client system?

I have a requiremnet like this:
"When the user selects a file from his local drive (say c:\), I have to upload the file to a LAN connected to his machine."
I have written the TestUpload class like below. It will work if my server is on the same machine. But, how can i do this if it is Unix Server?
I was trying to do this for 2-3 days. Please help.
protected void doGet(
HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
HttpSession session = null;
UploadListener listener = null;
long contentLength = 0;
System.out.println("I am inside doGet");
if (
((session = request.getSession()) == null) ||
listener =
(UploadListener) session.getAttribute("LISTENER")
) == null
) || ((contentLength = listener.getContentLength()) < 1)) {
out.write("");
out.close();
return;
response.setContentType("text/html");
long percentComplite =
((100 * listener.getBytesRead()) / contentLength);
out.print(percentComplite);
out.close();
protected void doPost(
HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
response.setContentType("text/html");
// create file upload factory and upload servlet
FileItemFactory factory = new DiskFileItemFactory();
ServletFileUpload upload = new ServletFileUpload(factory);
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HttpSession session = request.getSession();
session.setAttribute("LISTENER", listener);
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upload.setProgressListener(listener);
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FileItem fileItem = null;
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String fileName = null;
String directory = null;
String version = null;
String fullPath = null;
String extension = null;
String folderName = null;
try {
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items = upload.parseRequest(request);
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System.out.println("New file Item::: " + fileItem.getName());
if (
(fileItem.getName() != null) &&
!fileItem.getName()
.trim()
.equals("")) {
fullPath = fileItem.getName();
extension = fullPath.substring(fullPath.lastIndexOf("."));
directory = "\\\\MyLAN\\";
fileName =
fullPath.substring(
fullPath.lastIndexOf("\\") + 1,
fullPath.lastIndexOf("."));
folderName = getFolderName(directory, fileName, extension);
version =
getVersionNumber(
directory + folderName, fileName, extension);
String strFilePath =
directory + folderName + fileName + version +
extension;
System.out.println("path:: " + strFilePath);
//Creating the destination File object.
File file = new File(strFilePath);
if (!fileItem.isFormField()) {
if (fileItem.getSize() > 0) {
// code that handle uploaded fileItem
// don't forget to delete uploaded files after you done with them! Use fileItem.delete();
fileItem.write(file);
fileItem.delete();
System.out.println("upload successful");
// indicate that the upload was successfull
writeLog(
directory + folderName + "log.txt",
now() + " ::: " + "Uploaded the version number:: " + version);
response.getWriter()
.write("upload successful");
} catch (FileUploadException e) {
response.getWriter()
.write(e.getMessage());
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (Exception e) {
response.getWriter()
.write(e.getMessage());
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
session.removeAttribute("LISTENER");
public String getFolderName(
String directory, String fileName, String extension) {
File dir = new File(directory);
boolean folderFound = false;
String foldername = null;
String logFileName = "";
File getFolderNames[] = dir.listFiles();
for (int i = 0; i < getFolderNames.length; i++) {
foldername = getFolderNames.getName();
if (foldername.equalsIgnoreCase(fileName)) {
folderFound = true;
break;
if (!folderFound) {
File f = new File(directory + fileName);
f.mkdir();
f = new File(directory + fileName + "/log.txt");
try {
f.createNewFile();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
logFileName = directory + fileName + "/log.txt";
writeLog(logFileName, "***********************************");
writeLog(logFileName, "Log for the file " + fileName);
writeLog(logFileName, "***********************************\n\n");
writeLog(logFileName, now() + " ::: " + "Created");
return fileName + "\\";
public String getVersionNumber(
String directory, String fileName, String extension) {
File dir = new File(directory);
boolean fileFound = false;
int version = 0;
File getFolderNames[] = dir.listFiles();
version = getFolderNames.length;
return "_" + version;
public void writeLog(String fileName, String text) {
try {
Writer output = null;
File file = new File(fileName);
output = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(fileName, true));
output.write(text + "\n");
output.close();
System.out.println("Log file has been written");
} catch (IOException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
Edited by: AnishThomas on Mar 12, 2008 10:52 PM

Thanks for your reply!!!
jwenting wrote:
no, your code is NOT correct.
It doesn't "upload" anything, as I stated before.It is working perfectly fine if the destination folder is connected to the server machine (which is not the case now).
>
Look into multipart MIME requests, Jakarta Commons File Upload, and things like that to actually upload files to a server instead of insisting on reading them directly from the client's filesystem in your servlet and wondering why that doesn't work if the servlet container is running on a different computer from the client.I AM using Jakarta Commons File Upload. The problem is when I try to access the destination folder(which is in client machine), it can't find as it is searching for the corresponding folder in the server.
>
Unless and until you do that, you're wasting our time and your own.I thought someone could help me i giving me some pointers which I missed. Thanks again!!
Edited by: AnishThomas on Mar 14, 2008 8:13 AM

How to transfer site files from one computer to another?

I've got a couple sites archived on my MacBook Pro that I'd like to move over to my iMac. Is there an easy way to do this that will retain all the site settings and so that the sites will show up in the site files window as I'm used to working with? (CS4)

Yep, super easy too if you still have DW on the machine you are transferring from.
1. Open DW on that machine, go to Site > Manage Sites > Export to create a .ste file for the site.
2. Make a copy of the entire site folder for the site and put it on your new machine along with a copy of the .ste file.
3. In DW on the new machine go to Site > Manage Sites > Import to import the .ste file
3a. You "may" need to relink the site's root folder under Site > Manage Sites > Edit to point to the newly copied site folder on the new machine, but all the FTP info will be there from the import

Open bat file on client machine using webutil

Hi all.
I'm on devsuite 10g.
I want to run a bat file on client machine using client_host function of webutil.
I have tried first to execute the bat file with mouse double-click in order to check if it is ok, and it works.
Now I want to execute this file from my form using webutil.
Here is my code:
--> with this code I select a file from client machine
Declare
     LC$Fichier Varchar2(1000):=null ;
     PC$Filtre Varchar2(2000) := '|All files|*.*|' ;
Begin
     LC$Fichier := WEBUTIL_FILE.FILE_OPEN_DIALOG
     null,
     PC$Filtre,
     'Seleziona un file da caricare'
If LC$Fichier is not null Then
:output.apri_file := LC$Fichier ;
End if ;
End ;
--> with this code I execute the file that I have opened
declare
     cmd varchar2(30000) := null;
BEGIN
     Cmd := 'cmd /c start "" "' || :output.apri_file || '"' ;
CLIENT_HOST(cmd);
END;
When I execute my form I have this error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: ....folder of file opened.
Can anyone help me to solve this problem??
Thanks in advance,
Fabrizio

Fabrizio Delli Priscoli wrote:
Hi Tony.
I have tried to run my bat file with double-click and everything is OK.
When you say the DOS window opens for few second, is your batch file being executed?? did you see the results??
The answer in NO for both of your questions.
If I try to drag and drop the file I have error.
How can I attach an image to this post, so that you can see the error??
Thanks,
FabrizioThis seems like a directory or OS level permission issue on the batch file, What is the error you got when you tried drag and drop the batch file in an DOS window???
I think you need to upload the image to a site and use the markup for the image, include the full URL of the uploaded file between ! (exclamation marks) something like ! http://../post.gif ! without the spaces.
Tony
Edited by: Tony Garabedian on Sep 4, 2008 12:30 PM

Creating print files that clients can modify in the future without using Indesign

If I create a print/design piece for clients in Indesign CS3 is there a file format I can give them that they can modify in the future without coming back to me to modify it for them? Essentially build them a design template which they can use for another program such as word / publisher / something like that?
Yes, publisher is gross...I know, i know, i cringed a little too...

I'm with David on this one. If you can charge the client for making changes to a project you already created, why not do so? If the client has ASKED you for an "editable" format of the project so they can "save money" by making their own edits, they're cheating you.
In a nutshell, if a client wants to edit a project, as Rodney mentioned, they'll need to pony up and purchase the required software, and THEN learn how to use it--nothing is free, right?
Also be aware that by giving a client access to your production files, you are setting yourself up for the possibility of many phone calls "asking" how to do this or that in the files. Unless you also plan on adding a cost update for program tutorials, I wouldn't even think of it.
Another thing to consider is this; once you turn over any production files, you may also be blamed for "corrupt files" when the client takes those files (edited or not) to an unknown printer who may tell the client, "I can't use these files". The client will then call you in frustration, exclaiming "The files you sent me are bad! The printer can't use them. You have to fix this right away." At this point, your best option is to add a disclaimer such as a READ-ME file on the disk, that states you aren't responsible for the quality of output of any files which you do not maintain final production control.
Remember: we (as designers, printers, etc.) are in business to make money doing a job that a client doesn't know how to do. That's what business is all about. Just because a client might want to "save money" by doing it themselves doesn't mean you have to "train" them to do it without charging for that service, as well. In my business, I have an actual cost update item entry called "Software Assistance and Training", and we charge $180 per hour or fraction thereof to walk clients through editing a document we created, if they insist on requesting the project files from us. It makes sure we get paid for the time spent on all projects, even if it means spending an hour on the phone to "walk" a client through the steps of using the program. And finally: A client that doesn't want to pay for your services is a client any profitable business doesn't need.
Just something to think about...
Mikey

FTP publishing on iWeb to replace existing site - files not appearing.

On iWeb, I used FTP publishing to replace my existing site files, then deleted the original files but not only has the new site files not appeared in my public html folder but I get the message:The requested URL /www.geofflevitus.com was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Founderror was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

but I get the message:The requested URL /www.geofflevitus.com was not found on this server.
That's an indication that the index.html file that is created alongside the site folder by iWeb is missing.
Try publishing your site to a folder on your hard driive and use a 3rd part ftp client like the free Cyberduck to upload the site folder and the index.html file.
Cyberduck or Transmit will let you view your server folder in a Finder like window where you can see which files are missing.
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Site files moved to new (identical) server; now iWeb gives "Publish Error"

Our school district just replaced the web server where our teachers publish iWeb sites. All user accounts, passwords, IP addresses, and content moved over just fine, but now when teachers try to publish updates to their existing sites on the new server, iWeb throws a "Publish Error: Unable to communicate with FTP server..." error. Test Connection in the publishing settings works fine, as does logging in to the server using an FTP application, so we know the user accounts are okay.
An interesting twist: I published my existing site (that was experiencing this issue) to a local folder on my desktop, and used a standalone FTP application to upload and replace my iWeb site files manually; when I went in and set the iWeb publishing settings back to FTP server, it was again able to publish updates to the site without issue.
We're looking into a permissions problem on the files that were moved from the old server but so far have not been able to find any differences.
Does anyone have any ideas what may be going on? We have a couple hundred people this is affecting and if it's something we can fix on the back-end instead of having to manually replace all of those site files, that would be a great thing!

The only time that I had to move a bunch of sites to a new server I was instructed by tech support to download all the sites/files and upload them to the new location.
I would assume that, if you don't do this, the permissions could get messed up.
My hosting service uses Webshell4 to manage files on the server. To change permissions you need to select the site folder in Webshell4 and click the "CHMOD" button to get a window that allows you to do this.
Read permissions should be checked for User, Group and Other.
Write permissions would normally be set for User only.
You could try this with one site to see if this is what's required but your hosting service tech support should really help you with this. That's what they are there for.

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