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iWeb quits at half the preparation of the files when publishing the whole site

SOS ! After having saved my site on a local folder, I can't publish anymore my whole site through iWeb to FTP. iWeb quits when arriving at half the preparation of the files for publication. At one moment I had the message "Insufficient memory" (?!?). My site www.yesicannes.com is now big enough after one year of reports published with many pictures, but before I published my site on a local folder, I had no problem publishing frequent updates. But as I published on a local folder, I have to publish again the whole site and iWeb stops all the time before the publication. Any help please ?

alainguer@gmail.com

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 4 Giga RAM memory

Posted on Dec 30, 2011 12:46 PM

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Posted on Dec 31, 2011 1:12 AM

Why exactly are you publishing your site to a local folder and then using iWeb to upload? I don't quite see the point?


If you are publishing to a local folder, then you may as well upload your site from there and download and use Cyberduck to do this.


Are you publishing your site to a local folder as a backup? If so, don't because it is not a backup at all. If you want to backup, then you need to backup your domain.sites file instead.

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Dec 31, 2011 1:12 AM in response to Ahïaïaïweb

Why exactly are you publishing your site to a local folder and then using iWeb to upload? I don't quite see the point?


If you are publishing to a local folder, then you may as well upload your site from there and download and use Cyberduck to do this.


Are you publishing your site to a local folder as a backup? If so, don't because it is not a backup at all. If you want to backup, then you need to backup your domain.sites file instead.

Dec 31, 2011 6:51 AM in response to Ethmoid

Hi! Thanks for the answer. You taught me that publishing to a local folder was no backup... As Apple doesn't provide any user manual, how could I know but learning from a forum ?


I used to publish my numerous updates (YesICannes.com is a Web Magazine) without any problem through iWeb. I've made a mistake I guess by trying to backup the site on a local folder. I've tried to publish again on my local folder, in order to publish with Cyberduck, but again, iWeb crashes at half of the process. So, my files in the local file are not updated! I'm in jeopardy...


Perhaps, iWeb is damaged and doesn't work properly? Can I re-instal a fresh version without risking loosing my site, which would be a catastrophy ?


And, by the way, could you please give me a step-by-step procedure to backup my domain.site file ? That would be an emementary precaution because I'm afraid to loose my datas with these Iweb problems.


I thank you in advance and wish you a nice New Year's Eve.

Jan 2, 2012 6:07 AM in response to Old Toad

Hi! Thank you for your answer, Old Toad, and Happy New Year.


Well.. I already saw your answer on the forum and tried your solution before. With no results. iWeb keeps on crashing halfway of the whole site publication. By the way, I deleted the com.apple.iWeb.plist but I could'nt find the com.apple.iWeb.plist.lockfile you mentionned. Is that unusual ?


Would you have any other idea ? Do I have to replace Iweb and how can I do it ?


Thank you in advance for your help.

Jan 3, 2012 9:26 AM in response to Ahïaïaïweb

Move your domain.sites file to the Desktop, launch iWeb and create a new test site. See if you can publish that new test site to a folder. If you can then iWeb is OK and it's your domain file that's the problem.


If that's the case try this to see what page is cauising iWeb to crash:


1 - open your original domain.sites 2 file.

2 - create a second site (B) in that file.

3 - move all of the pages from your current site (A) except the first site down to the site B.

4 - publish site A with only one page to a folder.

5 - if you can publish successfully drag the second page from B back to A and try to publishl

6 - if successful publication, drag another page from B to A and publish.


Continue that until iWeb crashes or does whatever it does not. You can assume that the last page dragged into A if the problem. Move it back to B and drag the next page to A and publish again.


What we're trying to do is see if you can publish your enitre site except for the one page you have determined to be the problem. Then you will have to recreate that page.

Jan 3, 2012 9:38 AM in response to Old Toad

Thanks again for the time you spend trying to help me. But where is this domain.sites 2 file ? I can't find it !

And I can't understand the rest either... Sorry, but how to create a site in that domain.sites 2 file ? How to move all the pages but one from A to B ? I have tried to move the page where iWeb crashes to the end of the site but it keeps on crashing.


By the way, the problem lies perhaps in the number of pages (some 250). Perhaps iWeb can't upload so many pages in once... I browsed my local file with Safari and all the pages seem to be there. Perhaps could I upload from my local file with iWeb SEO Tool ? Then I would keep on uploading updates from iWeb...


Thanks again for your help.

Jan 3, 2012 9:56 AM in response to Ahïaïaïweb

The domain file is located in your Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder.

User uploaded file

Regarding the number of pages you might want to split up the site into multiple sites of smaller size and link them together as one big site. That will make editing and publishing much quicker.


Since you're using your own navbar that could be easily done.

Jan 3, 2012 11:30 AM in response to Old Toad

Hi! Thanks again for your time and the precisions.


I guess you think as well that the problem lies in the too big number of pages.


"Since you're using your own navbar that could be easily done." The thing is, I don't know how to split the site. It is a Web magazine, so I can split it by months. But I don't have any clue of how to do it. Is there any tuto ? What is a navbar ?


Meanwhile, as I am very upset because my site looks awful as there is cahos in the pages at the moment iWeb crashes when uploading, what do you think if I publish with iWeb SEO Tool after having checked through Safari that all my pages are on the local file ? Do I risk to lose anything ?


Thanks in advance for your kindness.

Jan 3, 2012 1:46 PM in response to Ahïaïaïweb

I was referring to the group of links on the first page and other pages:

User uploaded file

but now realize that's not the part of your site you're referring to.


I'm not sure how you have your magazine site organized. Based on just what i've seen on the first page of the magazine page you could put all of the December pages in it's separate site and link to the site as you link to the pages only they are in a separate sitel


To split the sites, say by month, make a copy of your domain file and name it December.sites2. Open that domain file and delete all of the pages from it except those associated with December. Then make another copy of the full domain file and delete all files except those for November. That should reduce the size of each domain file down to a more reasonable size.


You could do this all locally, i.e. publishing to a folder on your hard drive, while leaving your online site untouched until you've got it worked out. However you will have to publish them to your server so that you can get the hyperlinks between sites established. You can do this by giving the sites names, i.e. December, etc. and non with the same name as your current site. Once you have the new site(s) up and running to your satisfaction change the current site so that the magazine files are not in it's domain file and the link to the magazine

User uploaded file

points to the new magazine site. You'll see what I mean and can refine the concept to fit what you need. I have a family site that has nearly 80 pages, each of which is a separate site. So when I finish with a page (nearly all are never edited once they are published) I can put that domain file aside (but backed up) and not have to deal with it.


You can lay it out graphically on paper to get an idea how you will want to separate and group the pages.

Jan 4, 2012 2:58 AM in response to Old Toad

Hi, thanks for all these explanations. I'm afraid it's too long a work for me to do now.


First, I don't really understand how to do because I'm not familiar with these Domain files handlings. I don't know how to link the sites between them and all the procedure seems very difficult to me.

On the other hand, I've gone through the Domain file and it only contains pictures published with the articles. And no files like I can see inside my local file, where all the events are easily discernible and could be put in separate file... So, I can't sort out pictures only in the Domain file.


I need to have the site working the soonest as possible so, would you please tell me if I risk loosing some site elements if I publish the local file containing all the pages with iWeb SEO Tool ? I aready used this soft to upload the whole site with succes. I browsed through the local file, starting by cliking on the YesICannes Mag Summary and all the events/monts are there and all the links play when clicked on.

Then, when the site is published as it was previously, I could take some time to split the site.


Do you think this solution right? Thanks for your comprehension.

Jan 4, 2012 10:16 AM in response to Ahïaïaïweb

If you start using Cyberduck to upload your site it can, after the first upload, upload only those new or changed files. See this tutorial: 02 - Uploading Only Those Newly Published or Edited Files When Using a 3rd Party FTP Client. SEO is not good at that.


If you want to change you can do so completely independant of your current site and wait until you've got the new site(s) up and running before swapping it for your current one. No need to rush into it. Start slow and learn the process.

Jan 4, 2012 10:46 AM in response to Old Toad

Well... My idea is to upload the whole site with iWeb SEO Tool that can do this (I've uploaded many times the whole site through its FTP) and not with Cyberduck. The thing is, after publication with iWeb SEO Tool, all the pages in the left window are blue, as if iWeb and iWeb SEO Tool were related. And then, when the whole site will be reloaded on my server, I guess iWeb will be so good as publish the updates, and only that I will ask it to do.


My question is: I cklicked on the YesICannes_Mag.html file in my local file, and the Magazine Summary showed in Safari. I clicked on the links and the pages showed like they should on the Web. I thing all the files from all the pages seem to be there. So, if I publish the "yesicannes" file containing all these pages, (the files is 584,8 Mo heavy for 21 420 éléments), do I risk to loose something of my site ?


Thanks for your time

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