Russian doll filing

I have a one page website with a few png's and a couple of jpgs, a small music swf and a countdown timer .

When I export it I see the index file and the index htm folder BUT inside the html folder is another index file with html file folder and inside that another exactly the same and so on and so on.

I gave up drilling down at ten html folders !!

Please not another bug with XWD6

Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong.

I'd upload it here but its 16 meg !!!

this is the temp site though http://bit.ly/amjHCw

I know about the timer btw

You page size is only 850 k so there must be something wrong with your published material. Since there is not much in your web page have you deleted your folder and started again? That's what I would do with a corrupted file.

Thanks for replying Albacore.

Each time I export the one and only page with the few elements to my hdd the files are repeated over and over again.
I can delete the files on the hosting site, yes, but its a pain to go into the hdd file and drill through every repeating folder and delete the copied files before I can publish it !

Perhaps you could try this: copy the contents of the page, close it, create a new page and paste the web page elements into it. Now export it to a new folder and see if this works as intended.

Hi Dr_Who,

If you believe it is the *.web file which is causing this, please post it for examination.
Not much can be done without knowing a cause.

Sorry to take so long to get back to this problem.
I have re-installed Vista over the weekend and we all know how much fun THAT is !!

I am still getting the same problem, please attached .web and jpeg of the file tree left after exporting and the document info jpeg.

This does not happen with another site I have with multiple page, just this one page site.

Any help is always appreciated.

Your file exports correctly every time. Nothing is repeated here, always exports as expected. I can't even force the error you have reported.
Unless John has a clue then I would suggest this is either an unknown user error or your Tardis is in a temporal loop :D

LOL And a Dalek ate my hamster.


I bet its another bug I found, Thats three now !

I'm so angry I'm going to slam my mouse down!!!



NURSE!!!! NURSE!!!

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I bet its another bug I found, Thats three now !

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Unless you can list step by step instructions on how to repeat this, then it's unlikely a WD bug.

Hi Dr_Who,

These guys answering the questions really know WD software to the ultimate level. If they can't repeat the problem then it's probably not the software.

A suggestion or 2 for you:

Check your memory
Check the integrity of your hard drive
Check your drivers are updated
Bios is updated....

All those things can create the types of problems your displaying.

I used to be in PC support and s/w installation....these are pretty common symptoms of the above issues......

Hopefully you'll find the answers to the questions...but as far as the Xara s/w is concerned, it's ACE....

Do not export your site into the files folder of your design file!!!
The files folder of your design file, in this case called "countdown_web_files" contains files that will be automatically placed in your htm_files folder on every export. It contains the flash and gif files that you have in your placeholders for example. But you can also add any custom files and subfolders to it and all this will be exported along with your site on every export.
Now as you export your site into this folder, the next time you do export, the previously exported site is placed into the files folder of the exported site. And so on.
This is not the bug. It is expected to work this way. You just have to know what "countdown_web_files" folder is there for and how it works (explained in help).

Thanks covoxer, I'll try that.

Regarding bugs. Its a rare program that does not have any bugs in it. Whats even rarer is a company like Xara that cares passionately about fixing them. The two that I know of have been welcomed by Xara support and are working to fix them now.

Having spent at least 6 hours working on a web page then trying to just save it safely, as I am sure you are aware, can be rather frustrating. So you can understand that I would consider it a bug after all that has gone on.

The fact that I spent so much time on it is a testimony to the program, to the depth and ease of use, to the strong structure and polished results given by XWD.

Attributes that you and the other regular posters must already know and love, otherwise you would not spend your valuable time here.

I think XWD is the dogs bollx, the cats pyjamas. I easily spend 4-6 hours a day working on it, learning from it and hopefully create something that lasts from it.

And that would not even be remotely possible if the program was not cared for by so many people here and beyond.
If XWD had dozens of bugs I'd still use it because of that.

I wish we had voice forums sometimes as its hard to convey sincerity in text, easy to misunderstand but I always appreciate what you guys do and hope that one day I can pay back to others what you have taught me.
I come here as I am sure lots of other people do with smiles on and not one of the sooooo many moaning minies.

Now, if I did not have to go to work I'd be running to XWD and my lil project.
Ok so I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder LOL

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Having spent at least 6 hours working on a web page then trying to just save it safely, as I am sure you are aware, can be rather frustrating. So you can understand that I would consider it a bug after all that has gone on.

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Just to make the terminology question clear. The "bug" is when the program does things not expected by the developer. The user mistake is not a bug of the program no matter how frustrating it is. For example, if you unintentionally format disk C: and loose whole lots of important data it will not mean in any way that format.com has a bug of any sort. ;) :nerd:

Hi Dr Who,

Totally agree with you....Xara is awesome and the support is even better.

There is no question that there are bugs in the program (I haven't noticed them but others have posted) but as you say, they are being addressed. It's awesome to know how many people care about how this program works and how well it works and how well it's supported, a very rare thing these days when most are just concerned with the bottom line. Those ones tend to forget that if you give good service and a great product then you will survive the economic wars.

And to clarify "all that has gone on..." Two bugs are in dark skin exporting or importing results in crashing, and the float button to export jpeg/png is reversed in the light skin.

Xara today said this," We will be viewing the files in order to try and determine the cause. its an odd problem with a small percentage of customers affected but nevertheless we would like to identify why and resolve the issue"

Anyhoo I am drifting off topic. I will do as you suggested covoxer.

Oh I think you're doing alright Dr Who. You have received lot's a free support and even gone back in time and got another 30 days free trial of WD.
No need to talk about known bugs, we're just trying to sort our your particular problem in this thread.
Oh and by the way, it appears you no longer care about the floating back to top thread you started which has a working solution ready since yesterday for you to try and reply??
Remember this forum thrives on positive feedback and good vibes. Xara thrives on supportive customers. :cool:

Sorry Sledger I have been concentrating on this problem and I still have not got my lil head around it.
In a nut shell....you save your site in one folder and export it to another ?

I am quietly going mad.

I create a one page web site, I want to save it so I save it to a new folder on my desktop called onepage.
Now I want to publish it, so I get the pop up to export it before publishing.
So do I export it to the folder onepageweb but not to the any other folders inside ?

I guess I am confused as to the differance between saved and exported!!

'Saving' is writing a .web file (with a possible support folder that includes imported files) to your HDD; 'exporting' is converting your .web file into a .htm file (and an index_htm_files folder) to your HDD. The .web file is for later editing in XWD; the .htm file is for publishing to the web. I'd keep them seperate.

Make sure that when you re-export the .htm file after subsequent editing, you do so to the same folder you initially used. This way XWD6 can keep track of any changes and only publish changed pages/page elements (provided that you checked the "Re-publish changed files only" box on the Web Properties/Publish tab.

Thanks I think its gone in.
What was throwing me was having to name the exported file and my obsession with neatness in keeping everything in one place.
I made a new folder with the .web file inside and another folder along side with the exported stuff in it. And so far so good:)

http://bit.ly/cAlz0M

I'm pretty sure you need permission to broadcast that Journeyman audio on your web site.

Copyright and all that.

When you're done, please post your site in the Web Gallery forum for member comment and critique

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I made a new folder with the .web file inside and another folder along side with the exported stuff in it. And so far so good:)

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Glad it's working out now. No more Russian dolls driving you mad.... :-O

OK guys its doing it again :( I tried my way with a separate file for exporting and it worked ok until now.
I know I am getting confused with files and folders.
I want to export a site contents. I save the site as mysite1.web in a folder called mysites. Inside that same folder with the .web file is the folder for the htm files. Along side it is another folder that contains the exported stuff.
Is this wrong ?
If so please explain . I thought I understood previous posts but I am sorry I don't.

Do you have a friend with a computer whom you can ask to download the trial version of WD6?

If they can published a file successfully (have them use a file from a gallery or one that is posted in the forum), then it is most likely your computer is causing the problem.

Also, watch them publish the file and DON'T instruct them how to do it. Perhaps you will see something they are doing that you are not.