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Some of you may already have read my posts about page wizard problems.Now,I seem to be going around in circles.Just when I think that something is accomplished,things just turn around and I have to start over.I am more confused than I have been now.
Okay,here is the breakdown:
1.I built my website with Page Wizard after many tries.
2.I need to enter some java script codes but PW is not allowing it.
3.I contacted support and they said to use NVU or Dreamweaver.
4.I made the changes with the java script on my index file in File Manager.It is accepting the java script there.It is saved.So I have everything I need concerning the site for right now.
5.How can I put in my changed codes with the java script that is already saved in my index file in File Manager?
6.I have downloaded Dreamweaver and it is a bit too complicated for me at this point.
7.I have downloaded NVU and do not know the steps to take to publish.
8.How do I make future changes to my web pages since I do not want to do that through PW?Do I start from scratch?
9.I wish we have live support in the form of chat so that we can work with them while working on our sites. :(
nerdykit
02-15-2007, 08:29 PM
OK, here's how to configure either an ftp client OR NVu for publishing...
In this example assume that my signon domain name with HostMonster is kjplace.ca (the main domain that you've set up with HM).
Select Publish As... from the File menu and click the settings tab. Fill in the fields there using this image as an example (click the link below).
http://hostmonsterforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4&stc=1&d=1171592711
If you now go to View-->Show/Hide-->Site Manager
You should now be able to see your site in the sidebar window as well as publish it to either the main public_html directory or a subdirectory under that.
In NVu note the icons of tools for working with files on your site just above the file and folder list of your site.
shadmego
02-15-2007, 09:42 PM
CMR,
I can completely understand the stress you feel right now. We were all there when we started out with web design. Only advice I can give for the frustration is to not let it get the better of you. Let it instead push you to learn more about all this and you will become better for it!
..:: Shadmego steps down off the soapbox ::..
As for your problem take these steps to backup your site:
1. Log into your CPanel
2. Scroll down to the Advanced Manu section and click the Backup icon
3. On the next page, under System Backups, click the Daily button to download the daily backup of your site. If you don't want to do this, you can generate a full site backup and then download the backup file via FTP from your home directory. Just follow the instructions in the Backup page.
4. Once the backup has been completed, navigate to your public_html folder in your File Manager.
5. Delete everything that looks like it's from Page Wizard. I'm not familiar with this program, so I don't know everything it puts in there, but from what I've seen, you should delete all the files that start with an underscore " _ ".
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In order to create pages in NVU, you will have to refer to the help files, or ask someone that knows the program. The basics should be good enough, but once you are done, you upload them via any FTP program to the public_html directory of your website ensuring you have one file in there called index.html.
Your new site should be up and running. To update the site, you make changes to the webpage you want to update in NVU and upload the changed file to your web server account.
If you want help, you can go to www.hostmonster.com (http://www.hostmonster.com) and click on the Live Chat link on the bottom left corner of the page, PM me, or contact me via MSM.
It sounds like you are having problems getting your javascript to run. Conventionally, javascripts are placed between the <head> </head> tags in the html page and called where you want them to show up in the body. Most prewritten scripts come with instructions on how to install them into your pages.
~regards,
Shadmego
Thank you Nerdy Kit and Shad,I will be taking your advice and let you all know how it turns out!I am backing up my files as of this moment.
Nerdykit or anyone else,
I have all my pages ready to publish.When I entered the publish button from NVU,I am getting this error popping up saying that publishing has failed because the file name "index.html" is already in use by another subdirectory.
I have checked over and over again in file manager to find it but cannot find what subdirectory is causing this.
confused,confused,confused
?????????????????????
shadmego
02-17-2007, 08:08 AM
look in your public_html folder for a file named
.wysiwygPro_edit_index_html.php
This might be causing your problems.
~regards,
Shadmego
Here is an update guys.
I contacted support and they said to use the ip address instead and it did publish.Now I am seeing it in file manager but it is not showing on the actual website.
More help (again...gulp)
It is not in my public html folder.How can I get those pages in the public folder so that it can actually be online?
nerdykit
02-17-2007, 11:45 AM
It is not in my public html folder.How can I get those pages in the public folder so that it can actually be online?
If you go back and look at the configuration image that I put in my post about configuring NVu, you'll notice that Publishing Address I've included /public_html/ after my domain name.
For other ftp clients, you'd list public_html as the "starting directory" but for NVu it's specified a little differently (as part of the Publishing Address)
If you use an ftp client, you can probably drag the NVu files into the public_html directory instead of re-publishing them there.
Hi Nerdykit,
Here is an update.
I finally got the pages re-published(that is what support said to do-) and no errors uploading but now my images are not showing.I created a new image folder in the public_html directory and uploaded my images there.
So why are the pics not showing????
confused again and again.....
nerdykit
02-17-2007, 06:56 PM
Hi Nerdykit,
Here is an update.
I finally got the pages re-published(that is what support said to do-) and no errors uploading but now my images are not showing.I created a new image folder in the public_html directory and uploaded my images there.
So why are the pics not showing????
confused again and again.....
You have to be sure that the new folder name, (spelled and capitalized EXACTLY the way you named it) is part of the path to the images that you established in NVu. You will have to refer back to your site as you developed it on your own computer and redo the links that upload each image...
You can fix this in either of two ways
Click on one image and get the image information box open... click the Location tab and make sure that the location reads /theimagefolder/thefilename.jpg where theimagefolder is the name of the folder that you said you put all of your images into and thefilename.jpg is the name of that image file as it sits in that folder. To avoid further frustration, make certain that both folder name and file name are exact matches.
Don't worry if the image disappears from your view in NVu, republish this page, and then browse to your new page and see if it finds the image since you've now specified the correct location on the server. I just ran a test and this worked for me.
Method two
Notice in the publishing box... (you can get back to the publishing dialog by choosing Publish As... ) Look at the area I've circled in the attached file. Notice where you specify WHERE the image files are to be located.
And republish the whole site, images and all.
One of these two approaches should allow you to see those images.
That should do the deed so that your images don't just go everywhere when you publish but instead into the special folder that you intend for them.
Next time it won't be so frustrating.
Nerdykit,
Thank you,thank you for all that info.
I finally got everything set up right (for now that is).
Here is another way that I found out how to get my images(accidently found this one out from my frustrating clicking all over to attack this problem of images not working).This one sure does help.Maybe another person who is new to this, can be helped this way.
If you go to public_html folder in your HM account,you would see a part mark "upload files".Just click on it and you will be led to where you can upload files to public_html directly.I did that with my images and it worked!Tah Dah!! :)It even works with your publish web pages (I can only speak about my tries with NVU).
Thank you Shadmego and Nerdykit for all the help!!!Rest assured,I will be having more probs along the way...
:)
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