iWeb publishing nightmare

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Hi everyone,

I just updated to iWeb 1.1 via software update, and now I can't publish anything to my .Mac page. I updated, and then made a new page (within my we site) in iWeb. I then pasted a long text-document from Pages in it, and hit Publish. It "created" the page, then said it would upload it. Well in the last step of uploading, I got an error saying "An error occurred while publishing file “/Web/Sites/iWeb/Site/Rotary-2006 files/DSC01793framed.png”."
That file path is pointing to a page (a photo album) that was already published, and had been on the web for a while. I haven't deleted any of the pictures associated with it, so I don't know why it's having a problem. But none of the pictures are in the .png format, so I think the _framed.png portion of that file path may be pointing to one of iWeb's template files.

I even tried removing that photo page and re-publishing, but then it picks another picture out of another page that, again, should not be affected with this uploading a new text-only page.

Any one had the same problem?

Thanks!

Aaron Boatwright

600 MHZ iBook, iMac 800MHz, 1.42 GHz Mac Mini,1 GB RAM in both Mini and iMac Mac OS X (10.4.6) Aiport Extreme, and express. iPod2G, Nano, and shuflle.iSight. Mac LC580.

Posted on May 15, 2006 5:40 PM

241 replies

May 17, 2006 6:03 PM in response to Jason Golden

1. What ISP are you using?
BT Yahoo
2. Type of Internet connection (Dial-up, DSL, Cable) and provide Bandwidth stats if avaliable? Is it Wireless? www.thespeedtest.com can provide up and down bandwidth stats.
Wireless ADSL, 2mb connection
3. Have you ever received this error prior to your upgrade to iWeb 1.1?
Nope
4. Do you recieve this error every time you try to Publish?
**** yeah 😟
5. What method do you use to Publish? The Publish button or Select Publish All to .Mac from Menu bar?
Tried the lot
6. How complex is your site? Are a lot of photos? Pages? Provide a rough outline of your site? ie 3 Sites, 20 Pages per site, 10-30 pictures for each page.
Very complex. Several pages with audio, video and photographic content
7. What are your Stats? Your computer stats I mean... (Model, OS Version, Ram, Ghz) all that good stuff.
G5 2.1Ghz iMac with iSight and a gig and half of ram

catvpar

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May 17, 2006 6:27 PM in response to Aaron Boatwright

I am having the same problem. I was on the phone with tech support - but thought in the middle of the call the site had published - it hadn't. I get a different error message every time. I am very afraid that I have lost my site - the fixes I am reading from people seem very complicated. I am hoping to find an answer in these forums. Know you are not alone.

catvpar

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May 17, 2006 6:33 PM in response to vasistha

Did you remove the search and comment features before you tried to publish? I added them - and now I can't get anything to publish. Differemnt error every time...

dreamery

Level 2

275 points

May 17, 2006 6:44 PM in response to catvpar

I have gone back to version 1.0 and it's stable. All pages/sites uploaded without a hitch. Nothing lost. Waiting to hear a fix from Apple before upgrading again to 1.1. Maybe it's already better, I dunno.

dreamery
http://web.mac.com/joeleong/iWeb/dreamery/home.html

vasistha

Level 1

19 points

May 17, 2006 6:59 PM in response to catvpar

I've tried it all. Removing them first, then putting them back on. Deleting from iDisk, then uploading all.

Frankly, I don't think there is any sure work-around at this point. My site is up and working but none of the features (search, comment, slideshow, etc) are working. I've tried all the work-arounds people have offered with no success. In fact, I still get those random errors and iWeb still says nothing's published.

I'm leaving it like it is until a real fix comes around.

dreamery

Level 2

275 points

May 17, 2006 7:10 PM in response to vasistha

According to my nephew who works at the Apple Center in the Bay area, the .mac has been down for a couple of hours.

I disabled my comments etc and simply went back to the previous version. I use iWeb several times a day to upload presentations locally and overseas so I can afford a hiccup ... not now.

If you can wait it out, that's OK

dreamery

May 17, 2006 7:33 PM in response to Norman Pieters

Hi,

I wrote to Apple this morning, and this afternoon I received an e-mail (which is not an automatic reply) saying that they are working on a solution...

This is the content

Dear Olivier,

Thank you for contacting Apple.

Based on the information you provided, we understand after updating to iWeb version 1.1, an error occurs when publishing to .Mac.

We have escalated your report to .Mac support engineering.

Your message is flagged for follow-up and we will email you once we have a resolution. You can expect an update within 48-72 hours.

Thank you for your patience as we work to make your experience with .Mac enjoyable.

Sincerely,

Chris
.Mac Technical Support

jlizar

Level 1

17 points

May 17, 2006 7:36 PM in response to Olivier L

I received the same email from the same person.

May 17, 2006 7:37 PM in response to Olivier L

Hey Olivier,

I got the same response after my e-mail.. They later called and asked me a few questions. I posted those questions on here for people to respond to. I provided a link to Apple Support to this threat so they are aware of it and realize there are quite a few people affected by it.

May 17, 2006 7:39 PM in response to dreamery

How do you go back to version 1.0? Is there a revert feature?

May 17, 2006 7:59 PM in response to Olivier L

I would be careful saying that it is not an auto reply... I also got the EXACT same reply from the same 'Chris' I will be happy when they contact me with a solution, and not until then.

May 17, 2006 8:15 PM in response to Aaron Boatwright

May 17, 2006 8:22 PM in response to Jason Golden

Hi....

What if you don't have this file: “PrePublishState.plist”

Vic

Tomzer1

Level 1

13 points

May 17, 2006 8:31 PM in response to Aaron Boatwright

Just logging some of my odd iWeb 1.1 problems here that I've noticed.

- Previously working photo gallery and slide show broken on non-.Mac (ftp/web) server. Works when moved to .Mac. (Is having iWeb make a photo gallery now dependent on .Mac membership and an iDisk as a server?)

- "Comment" option for blog doesn't show up when selected as on option and published.

- Stickies on Desktop have fonts broken while iWeb is running. Sometimes remain broken when Stickies is restarted.

PowerMac G4 Mac OS X (10.4.6) PowerBook 12"

dreamery

Level 2

275 points

May 17, 2006 9:18 PM in response to John Ephip

Revert to your original iLife install dvd, choose custom under installation, uncheck everything except iWeb and install.

dreamery

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