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Publish Error - Lost Photos

I am suddenly getting a Publish Error message each time I try to publish to my computer. All of my photographs have disappeared.

I built a new site with 4 photo pages and 3 text pages.

I was publishing it to a local folder on my computer. All was went well.

The saved/published index booted the web pages nicely in my browser.

I ftp'd them to my web host and they looked fine live.

I closed out of all my programs and shut the computer down.

When I returned and turned on iWeb to make a few adjustments I could no longer publish to a local folder.

All my photographs have disappeared from iWeb.

I'm baffled. Any suggestions? I am using all the lated=st software.

Thanks - Fabini

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3), Over Caffeinated

Posted on Mar 21, 2013 10:24 AM

31 replies

Fabini Author

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Mar 24, 2013 10:18 AM in response to Old Toad

Thanks Toad, I shall switch to Curier New & report back.- F

(Silly me, I thought iPad safe fonts were universal.)

Roddy

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Mar 24, 2013 12:45 PM in response to Fabini

Using non web-safe fonts shouldn't screw up publishing.

If you don't have a list you can create one in your fonts like this...

http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/Fonts-Colors.html

In stylesheets, its good practice to specify fallback fonts like this...

font-family: "Verdana', Helvetica, sans-serif;

The first is the font of choice, then a fallback of the same type and then the generic group.

iWeb does this to a certain extent and you will see stuff like this in the CSS...

font-family: "Verdana', sans-serif;

... with the font of choice and group.

If you want to be creative you can use hosted fonts and, in this case, you should definitely provide a web-safe fallback just in case!

Example ...

http://www.ezmacwebdesign.com/Demo/Flex-Slider/ez-slider.html

In the above page, CSS is used to create the website name with drop shadow rather than resorting to download speed sucking images. The font used is Architects Daughter which has won wide praise and is apparently easier for people suffering from dyslexia to comprehend.

Wyodor

Level 6

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Mar 24, 2013 1:05 PM in response to Fabini

Yes, iPad fonts are universal. On iPads.

This list shows how "universal" fonts are :

http://www.jordanm.co.uk/tinytype

This page has a link to another list with iOS fonts :

http://www.wyodor.net/mfi/global/

To use other fonts on your webpage, read this :

http://www.wyodor.net/Tutorials/Google/

Fabini Author

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Mar 26, 2013 8:53 AM in response to Fabini

UPDATE

This is not going well. This being creating a 7 page web site with iWeb, having it work properly on my computer and then upload to my host site and have it work there. What's happening:

• Hyperlinks are invisible or do not change color on mouseover. Sometimes the cursor will not change to a hand on mouseover. Sometimes it will.

• jpegs disappear.

I have to tell you, I've followed ALL your advice and still the files become corrupted and the jpg files disappear.

Flummoxed & Flustered - Fabini

Fabini Author

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Mar 26, 2013 9:22 AM in response to Fabini

UPDATE to the UPDATE

I think my problem lies with Safari. The files look fine in Firefox & Chrome. So I went into the cache folder and threw away the Safari cache. When I reopened iWeb and looked at my saved iWeb files in Safari, everything worked as expected.

In the cache folder was a file called Adblocker. Could that have contributed to my problems? I have no idea where it came fromor if it was always there.

The journey continues... - Fabini

Roddy

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Mar 26, 2013 10:07 AM in response to Fabini

There's really not much point in testing your site in Safari anyway since so few people use it. Its gone downhill a lot in the last two versions.

Make sure you turn on the Develop menu - Safari Preferences/Advanced - so that you can use Option/Command/E to empty the cache quickly.

A more reliable method is to do a reset from the Safari dropdown menu...

Better to test the local version of your site in Firefox and then use Chrome to test the version on the server.

Fabini Author

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Mar 26, 2013 10:19 AM in response to Roddy

Roddy, I think you are wrong about the number of folks using Safari. Most Mac people use it by default. I do many resets with Safari. I wish I could keep other parts of my life so clean.

Something came up since my last update. When I looked at my saved files in Chrome, none of the photo pages appeard with any photos. The pages were blank. All the photos were there when opened in Safari or Firefox. Does Chrome recognize iWeb photo pages? Two other plain pages with a photo each, appeared fine in Chrome.

I'm getting dizzy doing this. - Fabini

Roddy

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Mar 26, 2013 10:51 AM in response to Fabini

OK, I'm wrong. I won't dispense anymore useless info!

Old Toad

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Mar 26, 2013 1:47 PM in response to Fabini

See this webpage where Roddy got his screenshot: Browser Statistics. Also this webpage: Usage share of web browsers and this page: Top 5 Browsers from Feb 2012 to Feb 2013 | StatCounter Global Stats

Fabini Author

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Mar 27, 2013 6:08 AM in response to Fabini

Thanks for the percentages.

One of my blog's statistics showed me that the highest percentage of viewers were using Internet Explorer. How does a Mac user test their iWeb site on Internet Explorer? Is Safari - Develop >> User Agent >> Internet Explorer 9.0 - the way to go?

I am now actively looking at my recreated web site in Safari, Firefox, Chrome, and Camino. Should I also test in Opera?

Thanks - Fabini

Wyodor

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Mar 27, 2013 6:54 AM in response to Fabini

Should I also test in Opera?

Should? Why not do it.

Develop >> User Agent >> Internet Explorer 9.0

No. This only fools the server you are using the selected browser. If the server has different flavors of webpages based on browsers, it will send you that webpage. Sometimes the server doesn't get fooled.

Safari will render the page as Safari, not as the selected browser.

Buy a cheap pc if you are concerned with Windows.