I upload, but site does not show [Archive]

stewertman

4-30-03, 07:43 PM

I have uploaded all my stuff to my web address, but when I put in the web address it shows nothing. What have I done wrong? I am using frontpage by the way and I followed the steps in the "new user guide" that powweb has. Can anyone tell me what is wrong? I would really appreciate the help. Here is a link to my web site colormp.com (http://www.colormp.com)

stevel

4-30-03, 08:13 PM

You uploaded a blank HTML document called index.htm - this is the blank page you are seeing. You should replace this with something that has your content. You should also delete the index.html file in your htdocs folder on the web site - this is the "under construction" page PowWeb created for you and it is still there.

stewertman

4-30-03, 08:38 PM

Hey dude, I did not upload a file named index.html. I uploaded all my files and the file I up loaded was homepage.html. It wasn't a blank document either. So, now what should I do?

paulselhi

4-30-03, 08:46 PM

what exactly is the poll for - Dude ?

paulselhi

4-30-03, 08:48 PM

looks like a blank page to me :

<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" x-undefined>
<title>Home Page</title>
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0">
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">
<meta name="Microsoft Theme" content="none, default">
<meta name="Microsoft Border" content="none, default">
</head>

<body>

</body>

</html>
try some content :D

paulselhi

4-30-03, 08:49 PM

make sure you upload to the htdocs folder

paulselhi

4-30-03, 08:57 PM

delete this file :

http://www.colormp.com/index.html

and FTP up a new index.html with your content

stewertman

4-30-03, 09:01 PM

Originally posted by paulselhi
make sure you upload to the htdocs folder

How do I find it? I am new to this stuff, obviously

paulselhi

4-30-03, 09:05 PM

from the powweb FP tutorial :

You will see a"Publish Web" pop up sceen. Where it says "Specify the location to publish your web to", you need to put your domain name without the "www". If your domain name is ipayout.com, then you would need to put "http://ipayout.com". Do NOT use the temporary URL (ie. http://saturn.powweb.com/~ipayout"), it will not work! After you put in your domain name, click on "Publish" button on the bottom right

i prfer to publish with an ftp client which you can d/l

when you look at your site using an ftp client you will see several folders in the root of your site, one is called htdocs

paulselhi

4-30-03, 09:06 PM

ftp client:

http://download.com.com/3000-20-1572132.html?legacy=cnet

instructions :

http://powweb.com/support/ftp/ws_ftple.html

paulselhi

4-30-03, 09:08 PM

here is the PW frontpage tutorial :

http://powweb.com/support/frontpage/publish2000.html

paulselhi

4-30-03, 09:10 PM

success !!! :

http://www.colormp.com/index.htm

now delete the index.html note HTML not HTM !!

paulselhi

4-30-03, 09:12 PM

and you need to sort the banner out :

<img border="0" src="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Boys/My%20Documents/My%20Webs/logo4.jpg"

it is pointing to your PC !!

stewertman

4-30-03, 09:16 PM

Now I am having another problem, I uploaded all of my files for my web pages, but the links don't work even after I read did the code. So, I tried to post a site at http://www.colormp.com/computerhelp/ that didn't work it came up with an error. How do I get multiple pages? By the way I thank you for all of your help so far.

paulselhi

4-30-03, 09:20 PM

1. all your links are point to your c: drive

2. why are you using forms for the buttons ?

2. dump front page go with something clean like netobjects fusion, or acehtml or maybe dutch's html

if you really have to use FP then i cannot help too much as i don't use/like it !!!

paulselhi

4-30-03, 09:23 PM

This is a very good web page builder :

http://www.dutchthewiz.com/

stewertman

4-30-03, 09:39 PM

Originally posted by paulselhi
1. all your links are point to your c: drive

2. why are you using forms for the buttons ?

2. dump front page go with something clean like netobjects fusion, or acehtml or maybe dutch's html

if you really have to use FP then i cannot help too much as i don't use/like it !!!

Why dump frontpage?

alphadesk

4-30-03, 09:45 PM

This is why your logo will not show.
<img border="0" src="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Boys/My%20Documents/My%20Webs/logo4.jpg" width="894" height="93">

Should be:
<img border="0" src="logo4.jpg" width="894" height="93">

This is why your links are not working.
<form method="link" action="http://www.colormp.com/htmlhelp.html"><a href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Boys/My%20Documents/My%20Webs/htmlhelp.htm"><input type="submit" value="HTML help" rows=6 COLS=26 style="font-family:arial" style="border style:solid" style=background:#000000" style="color:#ff0000"></a>

Should be:
<a href="http://www.colormp.com/htmlhelp.html">HTML Help</a>

paulselhi

4-30-03, 09:52 PM

i personally do not like it, there are so many better products out there, i personally use netobjects it is much more powerful, simpler and comes with a host of features not least 100,s of ready made templates which you can mix and match to get 1000's pf variations

dutch html is also excellent however i think it has been bought out by coffecup ( see the web link) and then agin there is acehtml etc etc etc

but the 2 best i think are netobjects and dreamweaver, DW is more expensive than NO and far more difficult to master thoug some say it is more professional, i think NO can do most of what it does.

i can build web sites like mine (see www.wanbridge.net www.black-and-white-to-color.com )in an hour or so with NO !!! and frequently put to gether quicky galleriies in mins e.g

www.wanbridge.net/bryceimages/

www.wanbridge.net/leetree/

www.wanbridge.net/terragen/

these sites took about 1/2 hr each

stewertman

4-30-03, 10:35 PM

Originally posted by alphadesk
This is why your logo will not show.
<img border="0" src="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Boys/My%20Documents/My%20Webs/logo4.jpg" width="894" height="93">

Should be:
<img border="0" src="logo4.jpg" width="894" height="93">

This is why your links are not working.
<form method="link" action="http://www.colormp.com/htmlhelp.html"><a href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Boys/My%20Documents/My%20Webs/htmlhelp.htm"><input type="submit" value="HTML help" rows=6 COLS=26 style="font-family:arial" style="border style:solid" style=background:#000000" style="color:#ff0000"></a>

Should be:
<a href="http://www.colormp.com/htmlhelp.html">HTML Help</a>

I wanted the form buttons because of the look. Now if you would give me the code that makes links light up and do all the other stuff I would really appreciate it.

alphadesk

4-30-03, 10:49 PM

Put this in the head section. Edit as needed for colors, font, underline, overline or underline and overline.

<style type="text/css"></style>

stewertman

4-30-03, 11:00 PM

I don't know how to do over line under lind, etc

stewertman

4-30-03, 11:08 PM

ok, I have the light up links down, I need to know how I get the address www.colormp.com/htmlhelp to work. Do I have to go into the DNS and make a new address?

alphadesk

4-30-03, 11:16 PM

NO...NO...NO...don't mess with your DNS info. It has nothing to do with linking of pages.

You can link to another page in your site with this

<a href="http://www.colormp.com/htmlhelp.html">HTML Help</a>

This would link to a page with the file name of "htmlhelp.html"

htmlhelp.html file would have to be uploaded inside the htdocs folder.

One question. Do you really have a folder on the server named "index". Your current links are pointing to that folder or pointing to your hardrive.

stewertman

4-30-03, 11:18 PM

I think I got it........... If you will wait a little while longer I will tell you when I have it down.

stewertman

5-1-03, 12:11 AM

I got what I needed, thanks for all of your help

paulselhi

5-1-03, 06:38 PM

you still need to fix the path to your banner on the main page :(

stewertman

5-1-03, 06:41 PM

Originally posted by paulselhi
you still need to fix the path to your banner on the main page :(

I KNOW! :( :!

paulselhi

5-1-03, 06:51 PM

look at the main page in notepad and adjust the html code from there. then upload to your site

or in front page look at the html code directly and adjust accordingly

do have a look at netobjects here is the demo link :

http://www.netobjects.com/

stewertman

5-1-03, 06:58 PM

Originally posted by paulselhi
you still need to fix the path to your banner on the main page :(

I think I fixed it, at least the not coming from my pc part

stewertman

5-1-03, 07:00 PM

Can anyone tell me why my logo isn't showing?

paulselhi

5-1-03, 07:04 PM

where have you put this jpg ? is it in a folder in your htdocs folder ?

stewertman

5-1-03, 07:06 PM

I just copied and pasted it into my web site and then uploaded my web site. That is what I am supposed to do right?

paulselhi

5-1-03, 07:06 PM

whi is this ??? :

http://66.28.32.123/

stewertman

5-1-03, 07:09 PM

how did you get that address?

paulselhi

5-1-03, 07:09 PM

this is a bizzare path :

http://66.28.32.123/netfu/tmp10024/coollogo_com_299322532.jpg

just piut the image in your htdocs or inside a folder there and change the html on your main page to point to it

stewertman

5-1-03, 07:10 PM

You mean I have to upload the image?

paulselhi

5-1-03, 07:11 PM

right click on your iamge placeholder it will show this adress in properties

paulselhi

5-1-03, 07:12 PM

you can link to someone elses image but it is not guarenteed to be online all the time and you may infringe on copywrite

stewertman

5-1-03, 07:14 PM

ok, now please tell me how I am supposed to make an image from someone's else's site aprear on mine

paulselhi

5-1-03, 07:14 PM

ah i see you used this site to make a banner, you have to save it locally and upload it to your powweb site with the correct links to it from your page, it will not stay long on the site where it was made

stewertman

5-1-03, 07:22 PM

I have it saved localy, now how do I upload the image to my server? By the way I am really greatful for your help:o

paulselhi

5-1-03, 07:25 PM

1. do get hold of an ftp client such as that i mentioned in an earlier message

2. Create a folder under htdocs called images, put all your images here

3. When you make a web site point the html code to the images inside this folder

Again you would be wise to invest in something like netobjets which has wizards and temples as well as a EASY TO USE FTP client, it will create a site locally for you then upload it to your PW area and all the files and links will be as they should be

stewertman

5-1-03, 07:34 PM

Originally posted by paulselhi
1. do get hold of an ftp client such as that i mentioned in an earlier message

2. Create a folder under htdocs called images, put all your images here

3. When you make a web site point the html code to the images inside this folder

Again you would be wise to invest in something like netobjets which has wizards and temples as well as a EASY TO USE FTP client, it will create a site locally for you then upload it to your PW area and all the files and links will be as they should be

I don't even know how to acess my htdocs folder!

paulselhi

5-1-03, 07:38 PM

download the ftp client, look bck through this thread i put a link to it.

you need one of these to have access to your web area ( well you could get away without one for a while but sooner or later you will find this essential)

once you have a ftp program such as WS_FTP, you can the do all the fiddling around you want, upload files directly from explorer etc

paulselhi

5-1-03, 07:39 PM

voila :

http://download.com.com/3000-20-1572132.html?legacy=cnet

stewertman

5-1-03, 07:47 PM

that is giving me problems

paulselhi

5-1-03, 07:48 PM

When i started my site in Feb 2002, although i am a network engineer, i did not have a clue how to build a web site

i went in all guns blazing and made a real pig's ear of it. With the help of alphadesk and simcoweb i got the hang of it slowly, but the secret is not to run before you can walk

build a simple page first ,a header, some links, a picture, see how it all works and fits together

then add some pages, get a feel for relative and abosolute paths , these are the most common areas for mistakes

play with a site locally, move step by step. within a week you'll have flash, video and music. then java

take it in steps otherwise you WILL get confused

paulselhi

5-1-03, 07:49 PM

Originally posted by stewertman
that is giving me problems

downloading it or using it ?

stewertman

5-1-03, 07:54 PM

installing it, I have been slowly adding things I have been trying to make a good web site for longer then you have had yours on the internet. It took me a while to create and since I had no where to test it out ( a server ) for free I had no idea that my image would not show. This is my first web site accually posted with my own domain name and for a first time it isn't going so well, all I need to know how to do is get that picture to be there and I can go on with the rest of what I have to do. Just plain in words, no links just words, please tell me how you got your images on your site.

paulselhi

5-1-03, 08:08 PM

well you need to install the ftp program :D

it then needs to be set up with your ops password and the address of your site, in the site setting you would put in hostname : ftp.yoursite.com, the user id is that which is set up in ops for your FTP, once this is done you click on connect and it will ask you for your password

you will then see in the right hand pane your folders htdocs, etc, cgi.....

double click on htdocs and you will then be where you need to be, right click and make a directory called images and open that

now in the left pane, navigate to where your image is on your pc and drag it over to the right to upload

on your web page find the main page and open it in internet explorer then click view source, edit the image code to point to the newly uploaded image, save this file

upload the new saved index.htm to htdocs ( the root)by using the same technique with ws_ftp or you may even right click on it and you should have a short cut to upload it from there

if you are unsure then put the full path to the image into the code e.g. www.yoursite.com/images/yourbanner.jpg

stewertman

5-1-03, 08:16 PM

now, how do I select what to upload?

paulselhi

5-1-03, 08:21 PM

make sure you have the correct folder you are uploading to showing in the right hand pane

scroll away in the left hand pane, go to the bottom to change drives, choose the file you want to upload, double click on it or drag ot to the right

stewertman

5-1-03, 08:30 PM

every time a try to connect it says the connection failed. I am typing like you, said ftp.colormp.com

paulselhi

5-1-03, 08:32 PM

do you have a firewall ? give the ftp program access

paulselhi

5-1-03, 08:35 PM

in the site options box of the site connections properties make sure passive is checked and in advanced host type set it for automatic detect

stewertman

5-1-03, 08:41 PM

Originally posted by paulselhi
in the site options box of the site connections properties make sure passive is checked and in advanced host type set it for automatic detect

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have it all the way it should be, what is your profile name? :o

paulselhi

5-1-03, 08:44 PM

just give it a name like colormp

stewertman

5-1-03, 08:46 PM

this is not working

paulselhi

5-1-03, 08:51 PM

you must ahev ftp set up ok if you uploaded with FP

from the ws_ftp choose to create a new site, choose any profile name you wish and give ftp.colormp.com as the hostname and the user id you have set up in ops for ftp access

if you have a firewall allow the ftp program access

your ftp is working because i can ping it

paulselhi

5-1-03, 09:05 PM

try typing this in internet explorer :

ftp://yourftpusername@ftp.colormp.com

err replace yourftp etc

stewertman

5-1-03, 09:33 PM

I had done that before you told me too[QUOTE]

paulselhi

5-1-03, 09:35 PM

stevel commented that "Unless you have one of the older accounts, you can't connect by FTP to your domain name - you have to use the server name as shown in your OPS panel (eg. ftp01.powweb.com".

this may be the problem try putting in the ftp server as stated in your ops panel

stewertman

5-1-03, 09:37 PM

I tried that too, doesn't work

paulselhi

5-1-03, 09:40 PM

if you want to PM me your ftp username ( i don't need the password) i can see if i can get a connection, if it asks for a password i have a connection

stewertman

5-1-03, 09:51 PM

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP!

paulselhi

5-1-03, 09:56 PM

use this :

ftp01.powweb.com

in the hostname in wsftp and use your username that you gave me, i was able to connect

paulselhi

5-1-03, 10:08 PM

well i'm to bed now, if you get problems with wsftp the you can go in via internet explorer with :

ftp://yourusernane@ftp01.powweb.com

then you can create directories, and cut and paste files from your hard drive to this new directory

don't forget to upload the image and then adjust the site page in say notepad so the the image path is correct e.g. www.colormp/images/yourbanner

good luck

stewertman

5-1-03, 10:34 PM

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP!

stewertman

5-1-03, 10:45 PM

I thought it was going to work but it didn't. I am going to need to get this problem fixed or design a new homepage that uses no banner. Do you have any suggestions?

alphadesk

5-1-03, 10:55 PM

Do you have your logo on your hardrive?

Upload your banner logo to htdocs and edit this to read.

<img src="coollogo_com_299322532.jpg" width="785" height="114">

paulselhi

5-2-03, 05:05 AM

you have uploaded to your htdocs at some stage since you have your pages there, look at the information you entered into front page, since this made a ftp connection you can use this information in ws_ftp

if you see that your ftp server is ftp02 then enter that as the host in ws_ftp or try putimng this into internet explorer:

ftp://yourftpusername@ftp02.powweb.com