FTP Error while publishing

[Bountyman]

Hello,

I get the following error while trying to publish my site to the server:

Unknown Error

Also on other attempts it states:

General FTP error
No 5xx error code found in server response

226-File successfully transferred
226 0.166 seconds (measured here), 12.01 Kbytes per second
200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary

Does anybody know how to fix this?
Thanks for your assistance.

[Cloud]

Are you publishing via the xara software or through a third party ftp such as filezilla?

[Bountyman]

Hi and Thanks for responding.
I was uploading via the Xara software.

I did a Xara software repair procedure which didn't work then I reinstalled the Xara software entirely, still no change.

I contacted Bluehost.com and they said their servers were operating as normal and without any problems reported.

[gwpriester]

There is a Microsoft related problem which has been effecting FTP publishing. I am not sure if this is what is causing your problem.

Xara has been working on a patch which should be available in a day or two.

[Cloud]

IF you ever have problems with the xara ftp then use filezilla to make sure that it is not your server which is causing the problems. As Gary has suggested there is currently a problem but that is with ie11 and that particular problem would not through up this error. 5xx errors are usually server related ( http://wasd.vsm.com.au/httpd/-/status5xx.html ), don't just take bluehosts word for it, that is why you need to check using an alternative method to upload (filezilla)

[Bountyman]

Following your advice, I used Filezilla to upload and the pages were uploaded perfectly.

Note:
I have just realised that there are both .htm and .html files (exact copies) shown when I am exporting the files just before publishing them to the server.
Via filezilla, I can see that I have never uploaded the .html versions of these files. Only .htm files are shown on the server.

[gwpriester]

.html will always load before .htm. So if you have two versions of your site the .html version will load even if it is older.

When you publish to the web or to a folder, change the file name to index.html. This forces all files to export as .html

[Bountyman]

Stupid question: but where did the .html files come from?
I have never changed the file extensions. Also, originally the software always only exported/uploaded .htm files.

I've deleted all the copies of the .html files and will attempt to publish via Xara again.

[Bountyman]

Well, I tried to upload via Xara and the following message was shown:

General FTP error
No 5xx error code found in server response

226-File successfully transferred
226 0.297 seconds (measured here), 6.69 Kbytes per second
200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary

The upload stops at 58%, so no change.
I will check with bluehost again now.

[Bountyman]

Bluehost checked again and said the problem is not from their end.