I migrated my iweb site from mobilem to another host and now some of the movie links that I use are not working. Everything else is working like text and photos but the movies I get the quicktime icon in the place for them. What am Idoing
As I mentioned in reply to your other post, republish your site from iWeb to your new host.
If you use the iWeb FTP all the files will be uploaded correctly...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/Publish-Website.html
If you attempt to migrate the files from MobileMe to another server, you may break the site structure or not transfer all the files and folders.
Your QT movies will be in the Media folder so you can check the contents of this on the server to see if the files are there. Use an FTP app or your host's file manager to do this.
As I mentioned in reply to your other post, republish your site from iWeb to your new host.
If you use the iWeb FTP all the files will be uploaded correctly...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/Publish-Website.html
If you attempt to migrate the files from MobileMe to another server, you may break the site structure or not transfer all the files and folders.
Your QT movies will be in the Media folder so you can check the contents of this on the server to see if the files are there. Use an FTP app or your host's file manager to do this.
Hi Roddy,
thanks for both replies, sorry for the double work. I used these instructions when switching over http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4686
Everything works except the movies and those work when I publish to folder. I will check with the service provider. but also the movies I used were never in the media folder on iWeb. They came from my desktop folders and an external hard drive. should I put them in the media foder on iWeb?
you have been very helpful.
Gina
When you drag a movie onto an iWeb page the application stores the file in the Media folder.
If the movies work locally then it means that the files are there in the Media folder. Check the version on the server or re-upload the whole site again.
It seems that the movies that are not working on the ftp site are .m4v files. The ones that do work are .mov files. is that making a difference?
Try changing the file extension to .mp4
is that making a difference?
yes, that is in web server mime type configuration.
.mov is a well known file extension and is default to video/quicktime mime type.
mp4 or .m4v extension is rather new, it's mpeg4 layer and not all web hosts config .m4v extension.
you can config it yourself (adding extension to mime type), but if you don't know how you can ask your host to add mime type video/mp4 for .m4v extension.
other file extensions can be used with video/mp4 are: mp4 mp4v mpg4 m4v
the application stores the file in the Media folder
that's incorrect, iweb as an application stores the file (all file) in domain.sites2 package.
iweb publishes video files and some other stuff in media folder.
store ≠ publish
HI Cyclosaurus,
that makes sense although I do not know how to config it myself, I will forward what you wrote on to the hosting folks and see if that will fix it.
Thank you so much for that help.
Gina
Test the URL to the movie file in the browser...
http://www.domain-name/website-name/Media/video-file-name.m4v
Hi Roddy & Cyclosaurus,
thanks for the info and help. They did have to add the .m4v extension and now they are saying the videos are so large it wil cost me thousands of dollars to host this each month? HUH? I'm going to check out wordpress or something else.
Thanks,
Gina
At those prices you might want to consider moving to a different host. HostExcellence.com offers hosting for $3.95/mo (2 year committment) with unlimited storage AND bandwidth. It's sister company, IXWebHosting.com, offers the same package and prices. And they both have excellent ear-to-ear customer support.
OT
not all links work when migrating iweb to ftp
