Accumuilating attached files - Why and How to Stop?

[IanB]

Hi

I've been creating an account of my family history on-line with each branch being a seperate Xara Designer Pro generated website. Each branch (website) exists in the sub-directory of a directory which holds the main menu. It all seems to work well and each website is of a manageable size.

As there are common features to each website (navigation buttons, text styles, design elements, etc.) I just save a completed website under a new name (once it is saved under the old one and uploaded), delete the text and graphics from it and use the 'empty' website document to create the next one (changing directory saving settings, etc, of course).

Some of the websites include attached pdf files which contain all the boring details. I have discovered that my latest website uploads an accumulation of ALL the pdf files which have been attached in previous websites, even though the images to which they were attached no longer exist. I don't know why this should be happening if there are no links to the pdf files in the document. Can anyone explain and "How do I stop it?".

Your help, as ever, will be much appreciated.

IanB

[gwpriester]

Hmm. Odd. Can you just delete them on the server?

You can do this through Explore Webspace in Publish Settings

[IanB]

Hmm. Odd. Can you just delete them on the server?

You can do this through Explore Webspace in Publish Settings

Thanks Gary. I can delete them (and its helpful to be reminded that I can do it from within Xara) but I was wondering if I was doing something wrong or overlooking something obvious.

Ian

[Acorn]

No, not odd it is how Xara handles external assets.
If deleted on the server, they will re-appear.

If I drag a PDF onto my design page and accept it as a link, it has to be saved somewhere.
That somewhere is %localappdata%\temp\XaraTempSupportFolders\. Copy and Paste this into a Windows File Explorer address bar (not your browser!).
More detail and examples here: https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...-New-Year-Gift. [@gary, perhaps another TG Sticky]

Acorn

[IanB]

Thanks Acorn
I'm afraid the information on the New Year Gift thread was a little too complex for me to take in. I'll just have to leave things as they are and put up with the extra uploading time.
Ian

[Acorn]

Thanks Acorn
I'm afraid the information on the New Year Gift thread was a little too complex for me to take in. I'll just have to leave things as they are and put up with the extra uploading time.
Ian

Ian, find the C:\[Your Logon Name]\xpa\AppData\Local\Temp\XaraTempSupportFolders\ (Copy this into your Explorer window --- %localappdata%\temp\XaraTempSupportFolders\) and delete the files you don't need in any sub-folders.

Acorn

[IanB]

Thanks Acorn
I'll do that.
Ian