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Can someone please help me get out of this maze ?

I have amended the content of my original iWebsite and have been trying to republish it without success as the original site is still on line!

I contacted my host - HostPapa - who told me to empty the cache

I use a Mac OS X 10.8.2 and having contacted Apple to find out how to do this proceedure I was told to go to Preferences > Privacy and remove all web site data . I did this and the old web site was still there !! they then told me to 'Reset Safari' I did this and its still there !!

I tried republishing the new site to no avail

Is life long enough ??

Any help will be appreciated - Thanks

David holt

Posted on Feb 4, 2013 6:21 AM

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Feb 5, 2013 7:54 AM in response to Paintpot

Roger was referring to your site name. Orignally, it had no capitalization "davidholtartist" and your current version you have changed your site name to "DavidholtArtist"

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Feb 5, 2013 8:32 AM in response to Jeff Nitschke

Hi Jeff

Thanks for getting back to me.

Referring to the site name - is it simply a matter of changing the name on the Site Publishing settings to all lower case and adding the directory/path info and then sending it up to Host Papa ?

I hope the ribeyes were good

Feb 5, 2013 8:38 AM in response to Paintpot

If it's in the same state as yesterday you have two separate copies of the site on the server, one in a folder with the site name with no capitalization, and then another set of the pages at root level of the webspace. If you publish with the revised site name you will add yet another version, and all will get indexed by Google.

I would advise using an FTP program such as CyberDuck and clearing out the webspace completely before doing a complete publish.

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Feb 5, 2013 8:50 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1

Hi Roger - thank you for getting back to me

Seems that there are more hurdles to jump for this web novice.

I googled Cyberduck and note that there are crashing issues with Mountain Lion - I have version 10.8.2 so before stepping into the unknown - is cyber duck for me ?

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Feb 5, 2013 8:53 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1

I would say that's excellent advice - with the proviso not to delete any files placed in the root folder by the hosting service! Using the Hosts file manager is sometimes a better option for this proceedure.

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Feb 5, 2013 8:54 AM in response to Paintpot

Try using your host's file manager or consider the Lite version of Yummy...

http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Search-Engine-Optimization/Upload.html

Feb 5, 2013 8:57 AM in response to Paintpot

CyberDuck is free but there are others - Yummy, as Roddy suggests, or Transmit, which I think is very good (though you will have to purchase Transmit).

When you go to the server you will probably find several files or folders at root level: there will likely be one called public_html and your webspace resides inside that. You shouldn't attempt to tamper with anything at the top level (probably you can't anyway).

Roddy

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Feb 5, 2013 9:16 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1

If you use the host's file manager you can most definitely tamper with evrything! Its actualy faster and more efficient than using an FTP app for clearing out redundant files.

The root folder can also contain files like CGI-bin, CP, Images, Robots.txt etc which should not be deleted.

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Feb 6, 2013 10:58 AM in response to Roddy

My sincere thanks to Jeff, Roger and Roddy - you guys have been a great help in getting my site up and running.

I still have a couple of glitches to sort out relating to publishing to the correct directory but that can wait until I need to change the content.

Meanwhile if you wish you can access the site on www.davidholtartist.com

I shall go away and lie down in a darkened room !

Thanks again

Feb 6, 2013 11:06 AM in response to Paintpot

Not a problem. Glad to see you up and running again.

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