Can Publish but not Visit

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Can Publish but not Visit

Hello to all,

I put my web site up a few days ago, made some changes, managed to visit it from I-Web and everything was fine. But now for the last two days I cannot gain access to my web site. The strange thing is that I can publish it from I-Web, but when I try to visit it I get the page that says it cannot find the web site.

Any ideas of what I am doing wrong ?

I-Mac, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Jun 29, 2008 8:25 AM

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Answer 1

Akdream

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Jun 29, 2008 8:50 AM in response to MichelM

The URL of your website is
http://web.mac.com/YourUsername

where YourUSername is your .mac username

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MichelM Author

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Jun 29, 2008 10:17 AM in response to MichelM

Hello,

I know what the url format is, and I have also tried simply typing it directly as well as use the Visit button in I-Web but it does not work. I am trying to figure out if I-Web can publish, but I can reach the site, where is it publishing to ? I am even receiving the confirmation from I-Web that the site has been updated.

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Roddy

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Jun 29, 2008 10:26 AM in response to MichelM

To confirm that your site has been published go to Finder/Go/iDisk/My iDisk/Web/Sites and double click the index.html file.
What URL are you entering into the browser?

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MichelM Author

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Jun 29, 2008 4:53 PM in response to MichelM

I followed your recommendation and the URL that appears is the following :
file:///Volumes/michelmalo/Web/Sites/Photography/Welcome.html

and when it goes into Safari it tells me that it cannot find the page. I am guessing that while its telling me that its publishing it really is not. Is that correct ? And if so, what would you suggest as another step to try to resolve the issue ?

Thanks for the help already.

M

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Answer 5

Akdream

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Jun 29, 2008 5:01 PM in response to MichelM

I think the problem here is the index.html file which is a redirect-only file.
Entering http://web.mac.com/michelmalo/
Redirects to: http://web.mac.com/michelmalo/Photography/Welcome.html
which is inexistent.
Maybe you changed the sitename or pagename and the index.html didn't get updated.
To fix it make a "Publish All" from File menu instead of a Publish.

Regards,
Cédric

PostEdit: Doesn't seem to be the case after reading your last post...
However you're not alone with that Mireille is experiencing the same since a month...

Maybe due to WebMe.com?

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MichelM Author

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Jun 29, 2008 5:10 PM in response to MichelM

Cédric,

Thank you very much, or by judging by how your name is spelled, Merci beaucoup. Everything is OK now. You are correct concerning the name change. A few days ago I did change the name of the side itself. So thanks again.

Michel

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Roddy

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Jun 29, 2008 7:06 PM in response to MichelM

Your site seems to be OK now at ....

http://web.mac.com/michelmalo/Photography/Welcome.html

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