Web publishing, sub folders-this seems to be a new problem

[fdog]

Hi Everyone.

My friend is using "Web designer" and has built a site. When she publishes the site, a subfolder (index_html_files) is created and all the files for the site are put into the index_html_files folder... ...including all the html files for the site. Nothing in the root.

Here is where it gets weirder.

She sends me the .web file, I open it in Xara DESIGNER PRO, and it publishes perfectly.

We've gone through all the settings,one by one, and to the best of my knowledge our programs are set up the same.

How do I help her publish the files so the html files go to the root and everything else goes to the "index_html_files" sub folder?


Thanks all!

Dan

[gwpriester]

Welcome to TalkGraphics Dan

That is bizarre. The HTML files normally publish to the root and the images, scripts, style sheets etc. go into the index_html_folder.

When you publish the site does the same thing happen?

Now if you publish to a folder on your desktop, and then upload the files via FTP to the web host, the files will all be inside the folder to which you published them, but you don't upload the folder that you published to, just the index.html, associated html files and the index_html_folder.

We need more info here.

[fdog]

Now if you publish to a folder on your desktop, and then upload the files via FTP to the web host, the files will all be inside the folder to which you published them, but you don't upload the folder that you published to, just the index.html, associated html files and the index_html_folder

Hi,
Thanks for the quick response!

I think you are asking whether I publish to a folder on my desktop or not prior to publishing. We are using the internal ftp program to publish directly to the server.

The HTML files normally publish to the root and the images, scripts, style sheets etc. go into the index_html_folder.

When you publish the site does the same thing happen?

No, All the files go into the index_html_folder


Does this help?

Dan

[Cloud]

I have not seen this happen before, however I have sometimes had swf files end up in the root directory and sometimes in the index files folder, for now just use the hosting company's file manager to move the htm files to the root directory or use filezilla.

Kash

[gwpriester]

Does the site display properly?

[fdog]

It doesn't work from the root.

I will have to wait until tomorrow when I can have her republish the site from Web Designer.

I never bothered checking from the subfolder, because I knew this wasn't correct.

I'' be back tomorrow.