The "save www.dark-tranquillity.nl" thread... :'(

[Gtranquillity]

I hope someone can help...

This is the problem...
Last night I wanted to upload some sound samples (I work with Frontpage 2000) on my webpage, but it didn't work...
This morning I called my hosting company about it, and they said they'd check if the Frontpage extentions were working properly as this was likely the problem. Needless to say, it didn't help... I updated another page instead, but when I tried uploading it, Frontpage gave me the following message for EVERY single page, photo etc. in my web:

File (..name..) is available on the server, but it's not on the present web. Do you want to delete it?

I.e. I can't I upload anything or Frontpage deletes it all! Needless to say I cancelled the upload, so the site is still online, but that's about it... Does anyone know what I can do to prevent the webpage from vanishing in front of my eyes??

Thanks!

 

[Villain]

Ouch, this sounds BAD!

I truly hope someone can give you some real advice - the very best DT-fansite deserves to be saved!

I'll try asking my IT-engineer friends about this - one of those nerds must know some way to solve this...

-Villain

 

[Gtranquillity]

Thanks a lot Ville - much appreciated!!

 

[DE]

Do you not have FTP access to your webspace?

Just download it all and mirror the file structure on your PC, I presume that's how Front Page works...



Oh, and don't use FrontPage in future

 

[DE]

btw, I know it doesn't help in your current situation, but here's some great links that might spur you on in creating some nice hand coded, standards compliant sites

http://www.alistapart.com/
http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/css/
http://www.glish.com/css/
http://www.csszengarden.com/

 

[DeepInMisery]

Sorry about your situation Gtranquillity, but you really should have a backup of your site anyhow If not, do as suggested above instantly. Also, i find it funny how people post in the guestbook like if it's the official Dark Tranquillity webpage mm yeah, i bet they would use .nl first over .com

 

[Gtranquillity]

To both: I did make a backup of my page, however... when I called my host company about it, they said they weren't sure it would work, as certain things (no, unfortunately they couldn't tell me *what* things) should be installed in order to work properly, and it won't install automatically :/
As for the FTP thingy... Ehhh... well, I heard the name before, but I'm afraid that's about it... How does it work??

 

[DeepInMisery]

FTP? it's a abbrevation for file transfer protocol, which enables you to transfer files to/from any computer running a ftp server/client. wow, you didn't know about this?

 

[Gtranquillity]

Err.. I know that it's used to upload stuff... It's just that I don't know how it works (i.e. how to use it!)

 

[Gtranquillity]

@malaclypse: thanks a lot!!

 

[Gtranquillity]

Finally... the problem has been solved!
Thanks so much to everyone who has helped and supported me over the last 2 days!!!

 

[MagSec4]

Glad to hear you're back in business.
Now go make fun of someone here in the "what forum member am I" thread : D