iWeb Widgets gone from Published Site Hosted by GoDaddy

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iWeb Widgets gone from Published Site Hosted by GoDaddy

I have been using third-party widgets to create components for my iWeb (3.0.4 version) website. They are Beyond iWeb Pro-Pack items. (I copy to iWeb html snippet code windows the code from the Beyond iWeb Pro-Pack widget and hit "apply" and they work in TEST mode). I tested everything on my site to a local file prior to publishing the site to the internet. Upon publishing to the internet, none of these Pro-Pack widgets are visible on my site. They all functioned fine when they were in Local file "TEST" mode. They don't even appear as blank boxes or question marks (which has happened when I have incorrect paths). I wonder if it is the pathways to GoDaddy? I have spoken to GoDaddy techs about my dilemma and they only say the path to my webroot is:

/public_html

This I don’t understand. Don’t I need http://www. ….. and other file references to get to the specific file in my webroot at GoDaddy?

Beyond iWeb Pro-Pack widgets I am using:

Apple Style Video Gallery (Youtube or Vimeo)

Simple Hover Effect

Panoramic Slideshow (Smooth Div Scroll)

Photo Slideshow

When I created the Pro-Pack widgets for iWeb I used file links (through GoDaddy hosting) like http://www.wildmonkeysproductioons.com/images/WMP_VIDEO_PHOTOS/....specific photo.jpg

or---inside the cover path [in Apple Style Video Gallery (Youtube or Vimeo)] or a Youtube link in the video path (example): http://www.youtube.com/embed/LWWLM8QhVaw?rel=0

I also have non-Beyond iWeb Pro-Pack generated widgets like Youtube video widgets that are also missing from the website. I believe the problem is not with my Pro-Pack widgets but with my pathways to GoDaddy.

Does anyone have any suggestions or helpful ideas?

I do not understand website building very well and website code, for sure, I do not know.

Dan

Final Cut Pro 7, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Sep 25, 2014 10:14 PM

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Answer 1

Wyodor

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Sep 26, 2014 1:10 AM in response to Daniel Monskey

It's probably the problem as described in this topic (do not follow the links, they are broken) :

iWeb (3.0.4) codes the widget file path with .// (double forward slashes) and my webhost doesn't like it!

You can also read it at the link below, where you can download the updated HTMLSnippet :

http://wyodor.byethost8.com/widget/

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Answer 2

Wyodor

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Sep 26, 2014 1:14 AM in response to Daniel Monskey

I had a closer look:

These files are missing in the scripts folder :

http://www.wildmonkeysproductions.com/WILDMONKEYSPRODUCTIONS/Scripts/iWebImage.j s

http://www.wildmonkeysproductions.com/WILDMONKEYSPRODUCTIONS/Scripts/iWebMediaGr id.js

http://www.wildmonkeysproductions.com/WILDMONKEYSPRODUCTIONS/Scripts/iWebSite.js

http://www.wildmonkeysproductions.com/WILDMONKEYSPRODUCTIONS/Scripts/Widgets/HTM LRegion/Paste.css

http://www.wildmonkeysproductions.com/WILDMONKEYSPRODUCTIONS/Scripts/Widgets/HTM LRegion/Paste.js

Make sure they are present in the Scripts folder.

You can still use the updated HTML Snippet.

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Answer 3

Sep 26, 2014 1:12 PM in response to Wyodor

I looked through all the files in GoDaddy hosting as well as in my computer and I find none of the listed files you say I need to make sure are present. I do have some by those names (iWebImages.js iWebMediaGrid.js iWebsite.js) that I generated with Dreamweaver 6 weeks ago to send to someone to review my website development progress---but they are old and self-created. So, I know I can make them (although I don't recall how). But my iWeb website did not create them itself for export nor for saving in my system.

As for the other HTMLRegion/Paste.css HTMLRegion/Paste.js files I cannot find their existence anywhere and therefore I have no idea what they are and how to create them.

The other thing about the above sets of iWebImage..... files that I do have----there is one for every single page of the website and they are all titled the same. So, I assume I will need to generate one for every page, but then shouldn't they go with each page file? Wont they get confused with the same name if they just go into the Scripts folder? I can tell I do not know enough about coding and website building to understand where to go from here with this dilemma.

Thanks for your in-depth scrutiny Wyodor to analyze that fault.

Dan

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Answer 4

Wyodor

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Sep 26, 2014 2:36 PM in response to Daniel Monskey

Download these files and put them in the Scripts, and Scripts/Widgets/HTMLRegion folders.

http://wyodor.byethost8.com/Scripts/iWebImage.js

http://wyodor.byethost8.com/Scripts/iWebMediaGrid.js

http://wyodor.byethost8.com/Scripts/iWebSite.js

http://wyodor.byethost8.com/Scripts/Widgets/HTMLRegion/Paste.css

http://wyodor.byethost8.com/Scripts/Widgets/HTMLRegion/Paste.js

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Answer 5

Sep 27, 2014 11:16 PM in response to Wyodor

This sure seemed to work. I have other issues to resolve but now, after some GoDaddy navigation help the files are in place and the website has widgets!

Thank you for your magical analytic help!

The site has some dead-photos I need to connect and some buttons to link to pages for navigation. My scrolling photo banner at the top is not moving either, but at least I have a site with hope for complete resolution!

Again thank you!!

Dan

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Answer 6

Wyodor

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Sep 28, 2014 3:05 AM in response to Daniel Monskey

The images in the slider at the top of each page do not display because the .jpg extensions are missing.

http://www.wildmonkeysproductions.com/WILDMONKEYSPRODUCTIONS-2//LIFE_TO_THE_MAX_ files/widget0_markup.html

Here are some WITH the extension :

http://www.wildmonkeysproductions.com/WMP%20Website%20Banner%20Photos-small%20Jp egs%20NEW/LTTM-109%20Flying%20Tribe%20of%20Torrey%20Pines%20(California%20Paragl iding)-05%20Dan-small.jpg

http://www.wildmonkeysproductions.com/WMP%20Website%20Banner%20Photos-small%20Jp egs%20NEW/LTTM-114%20A%20City%20at%20Sea%20(USS%20Midway)-01-small.jpg

Also, try common sense when naming files.

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Answer 7

Sep 28, 2014 4:16 PM in response to Wyodor

I took your advice and changed some file and folder names. I then updated my widgets to create continuity of connection with their files and photos in GoDaddy's File Manager. Now the BeyondiWeb widgets [Panoramic Slideshow (Smooth Div Scroll)] no longer recognize the path to them. No matter what I use as a path the link is broken.

GoDaddy says the following is the absolute path: /home/username/public_html/

My user name: wildmonkeys

Examples of paths are below:

http://www.wildmonkeysproductions.com/public_html/WMP_Website_Banner_Photos/2013 _MCA_Symposium_GRAND_CANYON_Presentation-26_Dan_small.jpg

/home/wildmonkeys/public_html/WMP_Website_Banner_Photos/2013_MCA_Symposium_GRAND _CANYON_Presentation-26_Dan_small.jpg

/public_html/WMP_Website_Banner_Photos/2013_MCA_Symposium_GRAND_CANYON_Presentat ion-26_Dan_small.jpg

An example of a previously successful linked path (prior to file and folder name changes):

http://www.wildmonkeysproductions.com/WMP Website Banner Photos-small Jpegs NEW/005-RIVER DISCIPLINE-02 Dan*-small

Any ideas?

Dan

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