Publishing Failed & Web page disappeared

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06 May, 2010 09:00 PM via web

I was creating a link on my website (fortunestoliveby.com) on a page called Personalize. It failed when I went to publish it. The message was:
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Error: Unable to connect to FTP server
Warning: Either someone else in your organization is publishing or your last publish attempt didn't finish. If you're sure no one else is publishing your site, click the Publish button to resume your last publish attempt. If publishing fails repeatedly, use the advanced options to force republishing of the failed items.
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I did try the advanced publish options (selected Pages) and it also failed. Now when I go on my website the Personalize page is no longer there (blank white page) and the website is hung. My website is functioning if I stay away from the Personalize page.

Please help me as soon as possible!!!!! Thank you. Christine Harding

  1. 2 Posted by info on 06 May, 2010 09:19 PM

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    Right now I can't get into my website at all -- I am hoping you are in it fixing something! Can't wait to hear from you. Christine

  2. 3 Posted by Rich on 06 May, 2010 09:35 PM

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    I'm checking into this right now. Hold tight and I will get back to you.

    Rich

  3. 4 Posted by Rich on 06 May, 2010 09:48 PM

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    Christine,

    The CMS is not able to connect to and publish files to your FTP server with the current settings. I viewed your publish settings and clicked the Test FTP Connection button and the test failed the Permissions and Remote directory tests. When the CMS does not pass all the tests, it won't be able to publish your site. I tried changing the FTP mode setting from Passive to Active and that enabled the tests to pass.

    I haven't saved any changes to your settings, I just ran the tests. To solve your problem, you must log in to the CMS, navigate to Publish Website... Publish Settings to change your publish settings. Once you are on that page, change the FTP mode setting from Passive to Active and then click Submit to save your changes. Then, navigate to Publish Website... Start Publishing and click the Publish button to publish your web site and fix the problem.

    For future reference, this Knowledge Base Article has some tips on troubleshooting publishing problems:

    http://support.cmspath.com/faqs/publishing-2/publish-not-working

    Let me know if you have questions.

    Rich

  4. Rich closed this discussion on 06 May, 2010 09:48 PM.

  5. info re-opened this discussion on 06 May, 2010 10:14 PM

  6. 5 Posted by info on 06 May, 2010 10:14 PM

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     Thank you so much Rich. It's working now!
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    From: Rich
    Subject: Publishing Failed & Web page disappeared

    Christine,

    The CMS is not able to connect to and publish files to your FTP server with
    the current settings. I viewed your publish settings and clicked the `Test
    FTP Connection` button and the test failed the `Permissions` and `Remote
    directory` tests. When the CMS does not pass all the tests, it won't be able
    to publish your site. I tried changing the `FTP mode` setting from `Passive`
    to `Active` and that enabled the tests to pass.

    I haven't saved any changes to your settings, I just ran the tests. To solve
    your problem, you must log in to the CMS, navigate to `Publish Website`...
    `Publish Settings` to change your publish settings. Once you are on that
    page, change the `FTP mode` setting from `Passive` to `Active` and then
    click `Submit` to save your changes. Then, navigate to `Publish Website`...
    `Start Publishing` and click the `Publish` button to publish your web site
    and fix the problem.

    For future reference, this Knowledge Base Article has some tips on
    troubleshooting publishing problems:

    http://support.cmspath.com/faqs/publishing-2/publish-not-working

    Let me know if you have questions.

    Rich

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  7. 6 Posted by Rich on 06 May, 2010 10:42 PM

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    You're welcome!

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