iweb 06 and easy iweb publisher

Hi guys,

I am new here and have needed to approach you at MF because no one over here (uk) can help, so i am approaching the professionals....

I am using iweb06 with easy iweb publisher and i have a great website that i cant publish.

Every time i press the configure button on easy iweb publisher i get the below message;

(Red icon) "Connection failure. Cannot contact ftp://www.mydomainname.co.uk"

I think i have filled in all the correct boxes!? here it is below;

Configuration Name: "Default Configuration"
Upload Web Site to: ftp:// "www.mydomainname.co.uk"
Folder to publish to:i have left this blank but i have also tried "public_html"
Web site username: Provided to me by my web host
Web site Password: Provided to me by my web host

Does it cause problems that i have purchased both host space and my domain from 2 different companies?

I really am at a loss here and i have gone through every utube video and just about every page on the net but still no joy!

Please help!!!!

Gwilday

Looks to me like your problem is in the fact that your URL path has quotes around it. Is your url

URL01 said:

http://"www.mydomainname.com"

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or

URL02 said:

http://www.mydomainname.com

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?

Good god, that was quick!

Hi Chris,
I dont and quotation marks in these fields, i just wanted to demonstrate where i have entered text.

Sorry for any confusion

Rgds

Ah. Understood. I wasn't sure. Everything looks good. What about using a regular FTP client?

iPod Nano said:

Ah. Understood. I wasn't sure. Everything looks good. What about using a regular FTP client?

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Apologise Chris, i dont know what a regular FTP is. My hosting company support FTP though.

Sorry mate, you might find this painful explaining things to me!

Hey, no problem. It's what I'm here for.

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. You're most likely using a very basic and rudimentary FTP client in iWeb there, but there are definitely some alternatives. This requires publishing your site to a folder.

Next, try to download FileZilla - The free FTP solution

Also, I strongly recommend that you learn HTML codes. iWeb and other WYSIWYG programs add extra codes, directories, and files that are not necessary. Websites tend to become a mess and you're basically just working with what some program designed, not the look YOU want.

Thanks for the help buddy,

But the app doesn't open. i downloaded the PowerPC link which is my G5, i brought this to see how i would get on with a mac because i prefer the way they work ordinarily to windows and this was my experiment before getting a newer unit

Have you anyother ideas?hehe

Hmm. It should. Let's check the requirements and see what the problem is. Go to Apple>About This Mac and post your specs for me, please.

iPod Nano said:

Hmm. It should. Let's check the requirements and see what the problem is. Go to Apple>About This Mac and post your specs for me, please.

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Here you are;

Machine Name: iMac G5
Machine Model: PowerMac8,1
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (3.0)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1.8 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 1.25 GB

It did download and i got the icon but when i clicked on it nothing happened

And what is your OS version?

You need to drag that icon into your Applications folder as a first step, but if your OS version is below 10.5.0 I'll need to find you a different program.

iPod Nano said:

And what is your OS version?

You need to drag that icon into your Applications folder as a first step, but if your OS version is below 10.5.0 I'll need to find you a different program.

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ah i see,

the version is Mac OS X 10.4.11

Indeed. That's your problem right there.

Hold on...searching for a different client.

Have Firefox? Try FireFTP - The Free FTP Client for Mozilla Firefox

iPod Nano said:

Have Firefox? Try FireFTP - The Free FTP Client for Mozilla Firefox

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Cheers,

i dont have firefox but i have downloaded your link anyway, i will find and download firefox now.

Boy, I'm just giving you a pain. Would you like me to leave?

Ok, good news and bad news.

I now have and using Firefox instead of safari, but i cant open the link you provided above. it asks me to choose an app to open it with, firefox is greyed out

Oh boy. Are you kidding? Let me try it.

You have to do it in Firefox. Click the download link and it will install right into the browser.

iPod Nano said:

You have to do it in Firefox. Click the download link and it will install right into the browser.

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lol,

it downloaded straight onto my desk top! i added it to apps, then dragged and dropped into the dock. Tried opening it and but yet again, bounced once then didn't open.

I must be doing something wrong (stupid bloody english)

Do you have any other ideas i can fail miserably at?

No, I don't have any other ideas. I'm going to create a video demonstrate.