Publishing changes only to Folder

I am wondering if anyone can tell me how to publish only changes to a folder. I takes a while each time I make a slight change or correct an error to upload the entire site to my .com server. I am using Transmit FTP client which is slick but it has to "do" the entire site each time. If I could just upload the changes I could save tons of time. is there a way to do this? Thanks
Jerry H

I have an article on my site describing this problem, a possible solution and some links to other resources.
http://www.rowan-cottage.co.uk/Site/Selective_Uploads.html
Michael
iMac Intel Core Duo 2GHz www.rowan-cottage.co.uk
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Why can't Apple make 'publish changes only' for non .mac users?

The recent iWeb update to 1.1 and the now increasingly obvious differential between .mac and non .mac features has prompted me to post here today.
I can understand comments, passwords and search facilities being a .mac only experience because it requires server side technology. I can also understand that .mac users get enhanced features like slideshows as well.
But why is the fundamentally *basic* option to 'publish the changes only' not available to non .mac users?
I know uploading to .mac uses a different protocol to uploading via FTP, but I don't think it is about that. Obviously the software engine in iWeb 1.1 can now track the pages that have changed, and flag those for uploading. So if the facility to do this is not available with non .mac uploading, is this some form of crippleware? Can any software engineers comment on this or am I talking off the top of my head? [And please mods, don't delete this post - I use the word 'crippleware' in its harshest form, clearly I can still use iWeb to make fantastic websites - I am asking a technical question here.]
Michael
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OK, from reading this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=486335&tstart=0
There is a pattern: An error occurred while publishing file “/blah/blah", while file "/blah/blah" seems to be random from one person to the next, but they all share one thing and that is communication protocol.
For iWeb to be able to publish changes to .Mac, it has to:
1. identify if the file exists
2. do the following:
2a. if not exists, copy it to .Mac
2b. if exist, do some sort comparison - CRC checksum -
2b1. if checksums match, don't copy
2b2. if checksums don't match copy it to .Mac
At least I think that's what going on, I don't have .Mac so that is best I can think of. Perhaps, some Apple SW engineers can jump in here.
Now, the bad part is iWeb has to (and I'm assuming iWeb uses WebDAV):
1. go thru each file locally
2. crawl its way into .Mac (WebDAV is a slow protocol) to find the the counter part.
3. when it finds a file that matches a client side file, it has to (some how) do checksum on-the-fly across the net work (which is slow and congested)
#3 is I think where it failed, there are many factors here: 1) networks congestion 2) latency 3) protocol overhead 4) checksum calculation time etc...
iWeb eventually times out because any/all of the above.
It's nice that WebDAV can author to the host yada, yada, but it's so SLOOOOOW.
What I would do is for every publishing, I would build a files and their checksums keep it on the host (or local, must be hidden).
For subsequence publishing, I would (use a fast protocol like FTP) download this pre-built files/checksums list. Locally, do a full publishing, making checksum comparison, the result is delta changes; upload only those. Build a new files/checksums list upload that too.
What I mean to say is offload everything that is possible to local machine, bandwidth is PREMIUM!

Unable to FTP to Publish changes

Hi,
So, my original problem was that iWeb would not open properly. I got that fixed, but now I cannot publish changes to my site. I have tried the following:
1. Tested FTP connection (worked three times)
2. Tried to publish entire site
3. Tried to publish changes only
Whenever I try to publish, it looks like the site never uploads. I started to publish it last night, and left it running overnight in case I wasn't waiting long enough, but it still never finished uploading. Any thoughts?

If you are using iWeb 09 and the built in ftp, then perhaps don't. Instead, select publish to a local folder and then download Cyberduck which is a dedicated ftp programme and is free and use this to upload your site instead.

I have iWeb '08 and just switched from Mobileme to GoDaddy and using Filezilla. Now when I make changes through iWeb it doesn't actually publish to my desktop folder. In fact, it doesn't publish at all but says that it did.

I have iWeb '08 and just switched from Mobileme to GoDaddy and using Filezilla. I also just upgraded to Lion. Now when I make changes through iWeb it doesn't actually publish to my desktop folder. In fact, it doesn't publish at all but says that it did. How can I make changes in iWeb and publish to a folder?

Choose the destination in the publish settings page as shown in the second example on this page...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/Publish-Website.html

Publishing changed pages only

How do I get iWeb to only publish changed pages? It is taking an incredibly long time for my uploads because it is re-publishing my entire site each time I make a change. Also, is there a feature in either iWeb or iPhoto that lets me shrink my picture size? Thanks.

Like you, I also have iWeb 1.1.1 and publish to .mac as my host. I just did a test and created a test page within my 'Site 1' (Note, names have been changedc to protect the innocent, as Sgt Web used to say). It was the only page/site with the red color. When I clicked publish, the progress window said "Creating welcome", then "Creating Site 1", then "Creating Page 1" (that's first page in Site 1) then "Creating Page 2", etc through all 24 pages in Site 1. Then "Creating Site 2" followed by each of the 5 pages in Site 2. Then "Creating Blog" followed by each of the 4 entries in my blog.
so I conclude that you must be born under a lucky star, as I'm clearly not experiencing the simpler world that you are. I'm envious!

Changes only in iweb o9

Hi, I have searched these posts nad the web and haven't found the answer ( that I can understand:)) I have iweb 08, I publish to a folder and then upload to my isp web space through a third party ftp app. Every time I want to change I have to delete the site and re-upload, tiresome. I hear you can make changes in 09. What does that mean exactly? Can I change one photo? Delete and/or replace one page? Add text to one page? Do I upload the whole site and it just replaces the changes only, or .. ok, I am lost and a newbie as you can tell. Do I need to or should I use Apple's built in ftp now to accomplish those changes? Thanks for any help you can give:)

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Have you cleared your browser's cache and reloaded the site?
If you have and still not see the changes publish the site to a permanent folder on the hard drive and open the site locally. If all the changes are there they the problem lies with the uploading of the files.
If you're using iWeb's ftp client try publishing to a folder and using a 3rd party ftp client likeCyberduck (free) or Transmit. I use Transit and find it easier to set up. Both can determine the new files and upload just the new ones. But for that to work you have to leave all of the files in that permanent folder between edits and republications.
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IWeb won't publish changes to website without adding "/SiteName"

I'm trying to publish changes to my website with a URL that is an established domain name.
When I click "Publish Site", iWeb adds "/SiteName" to the URL and the changes are
published to "URL/SiteName". But when I search for my site on Google (it pops up
readily as the website has been accessed many many times), the OLD, UNCHANGED
website with the old URL comes up. To get the revised website, users would have
to specifically use the CHANGED URL, "URL/SiteName."
Every time I try to remove "Site Name" from the blank for Site name, iWeb puts
"SiteName" back in. How do I keep the Site name slot blank so that iWeb will
publish my changes to the old familiar URL that can be found on Google?
As a Server engineer commented to me, "There has been a folder called [SiteName] uploaded
recently to the root [URL] of your account. This make me suspect that iWeb is set to publish in the
wrong directory. Make sure it is publishing to the public_html directory."
I put "public_html" into Directory/Path. Still no changes to my website at URL; changes have
been published only to "URL/SiteName".
Any help available?

That is the way that iWeb works and it is normal practice to get the url with the Sitename in it. As you have found, if you try to leave the sitename blank, iWeb will put it back in.
The server engineer that you spoke to is correct that your site folder has been uploaded to your 'public_html" folder on your server.
If you want your url without the sitename included, then you need to upload the contents only from your site folder and NOT the whole folder itself and then your url will be http://www.domain.com without the http://www.domain.com/sitename/page name.html.
You can achieve this by publishing your site to a local folder from iWeb and then you need to download an ftp programme such as Cyberduck or Yummy ftp. You then use either of these 2 to upload only the contents of your site folder to your 'public_html' folder on your server and if you just upload the contents and NOT the whole folder itself, then your url will be http://www.domain.com.
Sometimes putting 'public_html' into the Directory/Path will not work and you'll need to strart from scratch, so you'll need an ftp programme so that you can link up to your server and you can see exactly what is in your public_html folder on your server and delete the site folder and start again, by then uploading just the contents of your site folder rather than the whole folder itself.
Ultimately, what you need to do is upload the contents and the contents only of your site folder and NOT the whole folder itself to get your url back to http://www.domain.com without the sitename.

IWeb won't publish files, only folders

here's the problem,
I've create a web and clicked publish to my 3rd party host. Once iWeb told me it's done with background uploading I FTP to the site and found nothing but published empty folder structure. So, I delete them and upload again. The problem still there. Anyone know how to fix this?, now I have to publish site to local and upload files manually.
Another question, it appears that my host needs me to upload everything to "htdocs" folder for my web to be viewable. But iWeb will create folder of my web with my web title beside htdocs folder. Is there anyway that all of contents to be exported to htdocs folder without changing my site title to htdocs? so I can use Publish only change function.
Thank you in advance.

If you want the iWeb FTP to upload to htdocs, you need to specify this in the Directory/Path field on the Site Publishing Settings page.
The method suggested by Ethmoid is better as the iWeb FTP uploads the whole folder and this may not be what you want.
If you require your site to be found in Google etc and to download reasonably fast in the browser, you need to add tags for SEO and optimize the files before upload. To do this, you need to publish to a local folder anyway.

How to Change Outlook Default Folder for Insert-Attachment and Save Email/Attachemnt while Outlook is open (VBA)

Hello,
Office 2010 32bit, VBA
Is it possible to programmatically do the above while Outlook is running? If so, I'm hoping to make that change from a Word macro.
I tried tinkering with the reg key and that doesn't work because it appears Outlook only respects it at startup time. Similary changing Word File-options-location of documents is respected only when Outlook starts.
I'm looking to seamlessly keep Outlook's default folder in sync with Word's default folder as the users change working folders in Word, which they do many times per day (and they chose the folder among a couple of thousand possibilities).
I'm hoping there is a difficult-to-find Outlook object I can manipuate to get to the end result. IF there is such an Object I have been unable to find it.
Many thanks!
Julie

Hi Julie,
Based on my research, I think outlook object model doesn’t provide the way to change the default folder for insert attachment and save email/attachment.
The way to change it is that we need to modify the registry setting and the outlook app should be restart.
# How to set the default attachment folder in Outlook
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/252732?wa=wsignin1.0
You may create the add-in to custom these actions (e.g. attach attachment, save email)
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I updated to os x 10.8.5 today and now I cannot publish changes to my web page through iweb. iweb crashes every time I try to publish

I updated to os x 10.8.5 today and now I cannot publish changes to my web page through iweb. iweb crashes every time I try to publish

First do the following:
1 - delete the iWeb preference file, com.apple.iWeb.plist, that resides in your
User/Home/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete iWeb's cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
User/Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.iWeb folder (Snow Leopard and Earlier).
NOTE: In Lion and Mountain Lion the Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and hit the Enter button - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
Next, in Lion and Mountain Lion the Home/Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and press the Return key - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
To open your domain file in Lion or Mountain Lion or to switch between multiple domain files Cyclosaurus has provided us with the following script that you can make into an Applescript application with Script Editor. Open Script Editor, copy and paste the script below into Script Editor's window and save as an application.
do shell script "/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.iWeb iWebDefaultsDocumentPath -boolean no"delay 1
tell application "iWeb" to activate
You can download an already compiled version with this link: iWeb Switch Domain.
Just launch the application, find and select the domain file in your Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder that you want to open and it will open with iWeb. It modifies the iWeb preference file each time it's launched so one can switch between domain files.
WARNING: iWeb Switch Domain will overwrite an existing Domain.sites2 file if you select to create a new domain in the same folder. So rename your domain files once they've been created to something other than the default name.
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Using 10.6 iweb 3.04 . I make a small change on a page , then choose publish changes , but seems to take hours and seems to want to publish the whole site , not just a small change?

Using 10.6 iweb 3.04 . I make a small change on a page , then choose publish changes , but seems to take hours and seems to want to publish the whole site , not just a small change?

Doing the following wouldn't hurt either:
delete the iWeb preference files, com.apple.iWeb.plist and com.apple.iWeb.plist.lockfile, that resides in your Home() /Library/Preferences folder.
go to your Home()/Library/Caches/com.apple.iWeb folder and delete its contents.
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launch iWeb and try again.

How can I get my published files in a folder back to Iweb? Iweb files deltd

I have accidentally deleted the original files in Iweb for a site I have created and ftp up to a host, so they don't even exist in the domain.sites folder location it seems now and they were never uploaded to .mac.
I have published them to a folder on desktop and was wondering if anyone knows how I can get those files back into Iweb for editing?
HELP PLS!!

Stelle:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Go to Varkgirl's iWeb Tips and Tricks site and download her Automator application for backing up your Domain.sites file on a daily basis. That can prevent this situation in the future. Run it after any changes have been made with iWeb.

Can't Publish changes using FTP

Ok, here is the whole story! At first I published my site using mobile me but then realized that my URL was way too long and not what I wanted since I am making a business site and wanted www.businessname.com. So, I bought a domain from godaddy and then hosted my site using that account. NOW, when I try to publish changes or even republish the entire site to make changes, nothing happens! It will say that my site is now published but then when I click visit site, a message comes up saying that the mobileme page I am looking for can not be found???? But I am not using mobile me to publish anymore!!! Any idea what I need to do? Thanks!

Okay, so when you purchased your domain name from GoDaddy did you also buy a hosting account from them?
If you didn't do this, then you are not publishing using ftp at all. You are still publishing to MobileMe, but you simply need to direct your domain name to web.me.com using CNAME forwarding.
If you did purchase hosting from GoDaddy too, then perhaps rather than using the built in iWeb ftp, you should publish to a local folder and upload to your server space using Cyberduck or Transmit which you can download for free.

Can't publish changes - buttons disabled

Dear all,
I can not publish changes to my sitethrough iWeb. The buttons are disabled to publish and I have no ideawhat to do... I have to update my website! I have 2 mac computers athome, but just one of them is with all the site that I've donebefore. It's EMMANUELEBALDINI.ME
I have Time Capsule also, but I don'tknow how to copy the whole site in it.. and also, how to update mywebsite.
First it has appeared UNKNOWNPUBLISHING ERROR OCCURS. THE DISK MAY BE DAMAGED, FULL, OR YOU MAYNOT HAVE SUFFICIENT and I tried to cancel some dates to fix thisproblem and now it doesn't appear this message, but the buttons andthe option to publish the website don't appear.
Some help?
Please...
Fernanda

First we need some details: where are you hosting the site? Have you visited the site to see if the changes have been made? Try clearing your browser's cache (Command+Option+E for Safari) and relaod the site.
Have you tried publishing your site to a folder on your hard drive? If not do so.
A first fix attempt can be the following:
delete the iWeb preference file, com.apple.iWeb.plist, that resides in your Home() /Library/Preferences folder.
go to your Home()/Library/Caches/com.apple.iWeb folder and delete its contents.
launch iWeb and try again.
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Can no longer publish changes

I've obviously heard that Apple are no longer running MobileMe but I thought it was running until next year.
Have been trying to publish changes to my website via MMe but keep getting message saying 'can't connect to MobileMe'. Admittedly, this has happened since I upgraded to ilife 11.
Any answers anyone?

Try this:
go to the System/MobileMe preference pane and log out of MMe.
login with a bogus username and password like "test" and "test". This clears the caches.
login with your correct username and password.
launch iWeb and try again.
If still not working try the following:
delete the iWeb preference file, com.apple.iWeb.plist, that resides in your Home()/Library/Preferences folder.
go to your Home()/Library/Caches/com.apple.iWeb folder and delete its contents.
launch iWeb and try again.
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