Yet more publishing errors

I've been playing with iWeb a bit since it was released, and whenever I actually sit down and do some proper web stuff I get publishing errors.
Publishing Error
An error occurred while publishing file "shapeimage2_rollover4.png"
I've had this lots of times now. At first I thought it was me doing something wrong, but now I'm getting very frustrated. I have no idea which file 'shapeimage2_rollover4.png' is, and since this error seems to halt iWeb in its tracks, leaving an unpublished site, what do I do ? I've deleted everything and started again about 4 times now, and now I'm at the point where I'm thinking iWeb is simply too riddled with bugs to be of any value. Does anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong, or is iWeb just buggy junk ?
Sorry for the sour tone - I'm getting very frustrated.
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.7)
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.7)
Powerbook G4, PowerMac G5 Dual 2.7 Mac OS X (10.4.4)
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.7)

I have been having all the probems as well. My
lastest is "an unknown error occured". So what am I
to do with this?
My issue seems even worse: I can't even publish on local folder. The publish stops at the very same moment, just like if a page or a specific file is corrupted. That's a real bore...
I read in someone responses to
delete all the files on your hard drive, in iWeb,
site and upload agian. I did try that, and seems like
it worked. I may try again. Will let this thread know
what happens.
I did this. It changed... nooooo-thing
I hope they'll fix and improve this. I've bought iLife 06 specifically for iWeb and I just can't use it... Pfew...

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And yet another publishing error

I'm trying to publish my sites to a folder so I can upload them to my domain server. iWeb is not able to publish to the local folder on my desktop without getting a publishing error. I'm seeing other issues similar to mine on the forums. Wondering if anyone has pinpointed the problem and if there's some way to get around it while we wait for things to get fixed in Mobile Me Land.

KimberleeJo wrote:
...getting a publishing error. I'm seeing other issues similar to mine on the forums. Wondering if anyone has pinpointed the problem...
KimberleeJo ~ State the exact error you're getting and paste the URLs of the relevant forum threads here. Meanwhile, +"A lot of problems can be solved simply by..."+ Read more in the "Fix iWeb" section here:
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/WebMusic/iWebTips.html
But before trying such suggestions, read this:
_iWeb ’08: Backing up your Domain file_

Yet Another Publish to .Mac Error

Ok, got iWeb 08. Upgraded. Started it up. Updated my iWeb 06 created sites. Completed successfully.
I then go to publish. Click continue on the "make sure nothing you are uploading is copyrighted...blah, blah, blah." It uploads the sites. Everything is blue. Then iWeb states it will finish updating the sites in the background. Basically updating pictures movies, so on and so forth. Goes through each site and then at the very end after everything looks to be uploaded. Then suddently everything goes back to red and I get "Publish Error...There was an error updating .Mac." That's it nothing else.
I found this tech article: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305954
Did what it said and still nothing. I'm connected to .Mac. Got the green little dot at the bottom of the screen. I can connect to the iDisk. I have tried to remove the previous sites from the iDisk but won't allow me to. Get permission errors if I remember correctly.
Has anyone else had this issue?

Hey David - welcome to the forums...
I had this error and the only fix I had was to redesign my entire website.
I'm hoping that I did that prematurely and that someone here will have and answer.
That said...
At the bottom of the iWeb app page (where the green light is) does it have a personal domain name attached to your email address?
I suggest you tell iWeb under FILE-Personal Domain (something) to turn it off. Will take you to another external website and so 'something'. Then restart iWeb and try publishing again.
That was one step I never tried in trying to fix my issues. It MIGHT help. You can always turn it back on later.
Good luck.
CaptM

PUBLISH ERROR in iWeb

Hello. I just started using iWeb '08 2.0.2 a couple of weeks ago, and all was going well until...
Now whenever I publish, I get an error message "Publish Error, an error occurred while publishing file ... Try publishing again later."
Here's what I've done, based on advice in this message board:
1) Tried again later. Error still happens.
2) Publish All to .Mac. It took a long time, but still the same result in the end.
3) Publish to a folder. I tried the entire site in the local folder, and it works fine. Then I manually copied the folders to the iDisk folder. (That copy was painfully slow, several hours!)
Once copied to the iDisk, the website does not work properly. Specifically, the photo albums no longer appear on the photo pages. Viewing the page source of the photo pages when browsing on line, I see that all the java code is missing, whereas it is still there when I browse the version on my local disk from the "Folder" publish.
Anyway, the website is now a bit crippled, and I can't really invest more time in it since the program is so buggy. Can anyone help?
Many thanks.

I've discovered something weird that I wonder if it has anything to do with not being able to publish. Since I upgraded to iLife 08 when I click "visit site" I get a web page that says the site doesn't exist. Yet when I go to my bookmark that I have for my site it shows up. The addresses are different. The address that iWeb is trying to go to is http://web.mac.com/username/site/page.html. My actual site address is: http://web.mac.com/username/iWeb/site/page.html.
Is iWeb somehow confused? I did at one time copy off iWeb and delete the site of my iDisk and tried to publish all, but that didn't work, so I copied the site back to my iDisk.

Publish Error: There was an error updating .Mac

Hello,
This is the first time I have had any problems with iWeb when trying to publish a site. After the site and pages are created, I keep getting the error:
"Publish Error: There was an error updating .Mac".
- I have iWeb 1.1.2
- I am not over quota.
- My account is not expired.
- I've tried multiple times over a 1.5h period.
- I've tried closing/restarting iWeb, rebooting my machine, and manually deleting all files in my .Mac/Web/iWeb folder in case any got corrupted somehow.
- I've emailed tech support about this too.
Hopefully this is just a server issue on Apple's side and is temporary. Anybody experience problems around today?
Cheers.
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Okay I am very relieved to hear that people out there are experiencing what seems to be the exact same issue (and that I don't have to suffer through Apple support). I as well, after experiecing this issue, was totally unable to login to my website (password kept getting rejected).
As of right now - 12h after first experiencing this issue - I still cannot publish to iWeb.
When trying what was suggested earlier, a lowercase login, I received a new and more interesting error message:
Publish Error: An error occurred while publishing file “navbarseparator3.png.” Try choosing File > Publish All.
I then tried to "Publish All" and viola - it worked! What is fascinating to me is that I have used the same login/password for a year now with no problems and how a single capital letter in a login can cause so much grief. Hmm. Anyways, thank you Mr. Apnewbie for your suggestion.
I think .Mac is a superb service - however for the price, there are still some very fundamental kinks that it seems they didn't throughouly test out at Apple before charging people/releasing their software. Mainly, all the kinks related to multiple passwords with multiple web sites (and obviously logins!).
Mac OS X (10.4.9)
I'm marking this as "solved" (though why we all mysteriously had the same odd experience at the same time is yet unresolved. The solution suggested above has worked for me. Please try and comment here if it works for you too. I hope it does.
Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Publish Error: Unknown Error -- corrupt page?

Hi, everybody --
I publish locally because I'm still building my site & am not ready to go live yet. This morning, I made some more changes to my site & when I published, I got the "Publish Error: Unknown Error" message.
Via some experimenting, I found that the problem is with one specific page - the publishing always stops with that page. If I move it to the bottom of the left-hand list of pages, the site will publish fine until it gets to that page.
Obviously, there's something wrong with that page.
Before I delete that page & re-create it, does anybody have any ideas as to what might be wrong with it?
Things I've already tried:
*) deleting the .plist file from my iWeb preferences folder
*) deleting the iWeb folder from Caches
*) moving the Domain file to the desktop, creating a new test site in iWeb, deleting the new Domain file & moving the original one back in
*) Rebooting
Any other ideas?
Many thanks!
-Michèle from San Diego (in Canada at the moment)

Hello Michelle,
Good troubleshooting.
If you can publish fine with all the other pages but not with that page in the mix then I think you are on the right path, it is something with that page.
Possibilities:
- Media -- Graphics / Movies / Audio files -- If you have 1 or more "bad" files on this page that could be a source of issues. Try removing those file types and publish.
- Fonts -- A bad font file could cause issues when publishing. Try changing all the text on the page to a standard font like Arial or Helvetica.
- Backup -- Restore from a backup before this issue started with that page
Hope that helps.

Publish Error whilst publishing to .Mac from iWeb

Hello.
I have suddenly started getting an error "Publish Error. An error occured whilst publishing file xxx" whilst trying to publish my website from within iWeb.
I have the latest version of iWeb (1.1.2). It used to work OK and I have made no recent changes other than to add a new photograph page. I have plenty of free space on .Mac.
I have tried the following:
- Publishing to Folder (this works fine)
- Deleting the offending file. I then get the error on another file.
- Deleting the domain file and the com.apple.iweb.plist files in ~/Library/Application Support/iWeb and ~/Library/Preferences. I then tried uploading a default site template and got the same error.
- Following the steps on http://karreth.com/iweb/22070571-B241-4C09-840B-288E0EC491F6.html. Same error.
- Creating a new user account and publishing a default iWeb template. Same error.
- Manually deleting all site and rss content from iDisk using Finder, then Publish All to .Mac. Same error.
So, it seems that the error is not related to my web content, nor is it related to my iWeb configuration files. I can connect to my iDisk using Finder without problems and browse the contents, so it is not an issue with .Mac either.
How can I fix this? The error message is useless and I can't find any more detail in the console logs.
Thanks,
Paul

Apnewbie's got a bunch of publishing error tips here:
http://web.mac.com/mark8heaton/iWeb/PublishErrorsHelp/
You might check and see if there isn't anything you haven't tried yet.

IWeb 08 UPGRADE and now receive a "Publish Error"

I am receiving a "An unknown Error occurred" Publish Error after I upgraded to iWeb 08. I cleaned out my iDrive directory, modified my website, etc, and still receive the same error. PLEASE HELP!

I got the "Publish Error", "An unknown error occurred." message when I was publishing to a folder. I tried again and watched the progress carefully, noting that it seem to stop on a blog page. I also found this message in the console log:
2007-08-14 12:37:46.993 iWeb[359] EXCEPTION RAISED during Publish:
** Can't cache image
2007-08-14 12:37:46.993 iWeb[359] Publish error: An unknown error occurred.
I removed the image in the blog's title area and the error went away. It still works after I added it back in. I had to do this for all three blogs on my site.
I do see dozens of these other messages in console log, but nothing has broken yet (that I can tell):
2007-08-14 12:37:47.783 iWeb[359] Error getting configuration data through: getDataAtPath

Proxy servers and the "cannot publish" error - v.1.1.2

Using the latest iWeb (1.1.2), attempts to publish my work to my .Mac account resulted in the infamous "publish error." I then came across this KB article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303927
I turned off my proxy access in the Network settings, and voila, publishing was successful. But now, I'm circumventing my much-needed proxy.
It's been suggested in other threads here that proxies aren't a problem if one's iDisk is accessible through it. This is not the case. With the proxy, iDisk access is fine, it's only iWeb publishing that is a problem.
Any way to keep my proxy and still publish with .Mac?

iDisk access and iWeb publishing ARE indeed different activities. They are similar in that they both utilize the WebDAV protocol over Port 80, but they are different in their individual requirements for back and forth communications with the .Mac servers in terms of how soon or in what timeframe they expect to hear confirmation of transfer back from the server.
It is apparent to me that the network timeout threshold for copying something to iDisk is a lot longer than that for publishing through iWeb. In fact, I would say that iWeb has become a lot more stringent with network timeouts ever since it was updated from 1.0 to 1.1.
Anything in between your computer and the .Mac servers contributes to network latency. There are both software and hardware contributions to this latency. Proxy servers, like routers, can be software or hardware based. Software-based latency is most often greater than hardware-based latency.
I would guess that removing any kind of latency "generating" obstacles within your control would likely improve iWeb function and decrease the incidence of publish errors. Some of these obstacles can include background processes, busy LAN activity (like VOIP use or streaming music/video or online gaming), wireless access points, proxy servers, and routers.
On the other hand, I also think that if Apple increased iWeb's network timeout threshold, that most of the publishing errors that people experience could be eliminated.

Publishing Error

Computer says : Publish Error There was an error updating .Mac.
THis comes up after it going through all the reading of pages/sites etc. and before it says Publishing will now continue in the background...
I have tried it three times yesterday and now again today. same thing each time.
I have updated my site and just can't get it to publish. Any advice???
I am using iWEB v 1.1.2

anne062 wrote:
I am using iWEB v 1.1.2
Anne ~ I've requested that the forum hosts move your post to the appropriate forum +"iWeb (Previous to iWeb '08)"+ here:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1108
anne062 wrote:
Computer says : Publish Error There was an error updating .Mac.
This Apple doc may help:
MobileMe: Troubleshooting iWeb publishing issues
Also +"A lot of problems can be solved simply by..."+ Read more in the "Fix iWeb" section here:
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/WebMusic/iWebTips.html
But before trying such suggestions, read this:
_iWeb: Backing up your Domain file_
If still no luck and you're publishing to MobileMe, MobileMe live chat support is now 24/7 — see this announcement.

IWeb team: What's up with the repeated Blog publish errors?

I maintain a simple, albeit many-entry -- all with photos, Blog on my daughter's .Mac iWeb site. Since the last iWeb update, I've started to encounter repeated difficulties when attempting to publish new Blog entries. All other updates on the site (Photo Albums, About Me, etc.) successfully publish, whereas new Blog entries pose the same problem, as follows:
"Publish error - Can't create the file "shapeimage_(blah, blah, blah).png. The disk may be damaged, full, or you may not have sufficient access privileges."
Many of you are VERY familiar with that ubiquitous message. However, my many attempts at troubleshooting and workarounds (e.g. publish to a folder, close open applications, delete files from iDisk, republish all, trash and rebuild pages, Domain reloads, etc. -- thank you, James Tseng, Varkgirl, et al.) fail to isolate the CAUSE of the problem. Specifically, what is the iWeb app doing while it assembles the Blog page(s) that results in the iWeb-centric "can't create..." error message?
Please note that I am doing nothing different when adding a new Blog. The process is the exact same one that I've employed for over a year, one that lets iPhoto/iWeb do most of the work (in terms of layout).
As most of you know, it's a time-consuming process waiting for updates to publish to the site, let alone wondering IF the updates will successfully publish.
Unless I am mistaken and more often than not, the "shape_image" error message is pointing to a file generated by iWeb as it readies the behind-the-scenes HTML for upload, yes?
I'd appreciate some specific troubleshooting and answers, please.
iBook 14, 1.2 mhz, G4, dual-layer Superdrive, 512 RAM Mac OS X (10.4.4) iLife 06

Hey Randy...
Be sure to send feedback directly to Apple, too, if you haven't already...
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iweb.html
The more people that report these types of issues, the better.

Publish error unknown message

OK, usually if you know what the problem is you can fix it! But this prompt (Publish error unknown) isn't giving me much in the way of info to fix my problem.
This has happened since the latest security download too.
Anybody else with the same error?

I've got the same problem. it started while on vacation in Ireland and thought it was the hookup i was using, but I tried at it again during a stop over on the Mainland and again once I got home in Hawaii. I still get the same unknown error message and all my picture folders are red now where before it was just the ones I had edited. Does anyone know if there is a limit on how many pictures you can have ? I know you can't upload to iWeb more than 99 photos, but what about the whole system and How do you check to see if you exceeded it. ?
aloha
joe

Publish Error - An error occurred while publishing file "/Web/Sites/iWeb/X"

Hello everyone,
I've been using mac for about 10 years now and have finally decided to try out this iWeb application. Spent several hours putting the site together... fun... but when I hit the publish button, the following error popped up.
Publish Error
An error occurred while publishing file "/Web/Sites/iWeb/X". (X being my site name which also happens to be my .mac account name.
So I've spent another 3 hours trying it over and over again but still no luck. So I've searched this forum and see if there's any tips. Found a lot of solutions but none of them seem to help. I've deleted all the folders and file on my 'Sites' folder on the iDisk. Closed all running apps before hitting the 'Publish' button. And I've even deleted all my work and tried just to upload the 'welcome' page. Still doesn't work.
I'm getting a bit annoyed... Are there any solutions for my problem??
I'm using a PowerBook G4 12" 1.33GHz Mac OS X 10.4.9 with iWeb 1.1.2
Any help will be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!!
 88kin 
 PowerBook G4 12" 1.33GHz Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Probably not. No big deal, really. The important thing is we have been able to get your site on the .Mac server, albeit in the homepage directory.
Ok here's your last assignment. This will also take awhile, but when you are finished your site will be up on .Mac and accessible using the web.mac.com/username/iWeb/sitename url.
Since you have already initiated a publish to .Mac from iWeb, the root directory for iWeb should be on your iDisk. You should be able to navigate to the iWeb folder following this path:
Go/iDisk/MyiDisk/Web/Sites/iWeb/SiteFolder
"SiteFolder" should be a folder named for the site you are having trouble publishing.
On your desktop, open the Site folder that iWeb delivered when you published the original site using the Publish to a Folder... command. You will see a number of folders in there and a number of page.html files. Drag each of these into the Site Folder mentioned earlier, on the iDisk. (The one named for the site). The root index.html file, (the one published outside of the Site folder) needs to be placed in the Web/Sites folder; you should see it in the column above the iWeb folder when done. Basically, you are "manually" uploading your site. It's cumbersome and a royal pita, but if successful, this exercise will confirm what I have suspected all along:
The problem is a latency/time-out error. (The actual error message itself is misleading and somewhat immaterial--iWeb probably chose it randomly). Lots of things contribute to it, but basically, iWeb gets tired of waiting on the WebDav protocol and then generates an error message. I wish I could be more specific, but that's about as close as I can get to the core issue. Many folks publish successfully from your area of the world; just keep trying, and when all else fails, you can always swap out the changed files manually following the method outlined above.

Publishing Errors

Hi - I am using a 3.4Ghz Core i7 Imac with 24GB of RAm running Mavericks. Internet connection is through a Time capsule and a Vigor modem. iWeb is version 3.04.
I have a hosted website which I update regularly - the site is at www.mountain-rats.co.uk and has been run via iWeb since its creation. Until yesterday, I have had no problems whatsoever with updating the site.
Yesterday was a big update which I know takes a while because my broadband is very slow - however, it always gets there! After 6 or 8 hrs of uploading (light flashing on modem) iweb reported a publishing error and advised that I try again later. iWeb was frozen and I had to restrat to get control of the programme. Since then, I havenot been able to publish - constantly getting Publishing Error messages.
Funnily enough, all of the updates I wanted to do ARE on the website but iWeb still shows the files and pages as requiring updating - ie they are shown on Red. It seems to me that iWeb has not updated itself to show the latest state of the website - all publishing has in fact been done but iWeb does not seem to show that. Now, I can publish nothing although I can update the pages as per normal in iWeb.Is there any way of getting iWeb to reset or to acknowledge that the publishing has completed and start again? Any help would be much appreciated - I can't update the site any more now till I get it sorted.
Could I dump iWeb and reinstall - would that help?
Regards
Peter

Oooooooooooooops! Sorry about that. Try 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).
3 - launch iWeb and try again.
NOTE: 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.
If you're running Mavericks, 10.9, go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Options menu to bring the this window:
Are you able to publish your site to a folder on the hard drive successfully and have iWeb finish up as it should?

Iweb/ computer to computer transfer/ publish error

Problem with iWeb 09 and in particular publishing on my Blog.
Today I decided to try and shift my iWeb site to a 2nd computer, from my iMac to my MacBook. Both have been installed up to date with all the latest software updates.
I moved the domain.sites2 file as suggested on iwebfaqs website, by flashdrive and put it into the MacBook. My page and all its content from the old machine transferred as would be expected without any glitches. However, when I have tried to publish a new article on my blog on the iWeb site, the first attempt for some reason uploaded without a problem. The second time however, I tried just a minor tweak and it came up with publish error an unknown error has occured.
I attempted several times using the regular methods yet nothing has changed. I have deleted domain and tried again. I am running out of ideas. Any suggestions?

If you are publishing to MobileMe there are problems with it today apparently.
Try here for help....
http://www.apple.com/support/mobileme/
.... and see the System Status in the top right corner.

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