Web Page debugging tips
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When I type in home.adelphi.edu/~<my account>, I see that I am not authorized or file not found.:
When I double click on my file in filezilla, I don't see the web site.:
When I type in home.adelphi.edu/~<my account>, I don't see the picture. Instead I see an X.
When I type in home.adelphi.edu/~<my account>, I don't see my background.
When I type in home.adelphi.edu/~<my
account>, my index.html has not changed.
How do I find out what <my account>
is?.
Filezilla
keeps disconnecting me. Can I make it leave me connected for longer?
Is there any
way to set up Filezilla so I don't have to navigate to the right
folders?
My link to
another web site does not work
My top of page link
does not work
When I type in home.adelphi.edu/~<my account>, I see that I am not authorized or file not found.:
This means you do not have a file named index.html in your
public_html
file. Before progressing, look at your website in internet explorer and
hit F5 to ensure you have the latest version.
To check whether you have a good index.html, connect to panther using
FTP explorer. Double
click on public_html. If you see no file named index.html right there
on the right side, you need to add
one. If you do see index.html, check again
carefully. No character can be capitalized. It cannot be
index.html.html.
Remember that home.adelphi.edu/~yourAccount shows only
index.html
in
public_html. These steps will help you find the correct version of your
webpage, name it correctly, and put it in the right place on panther.
When I double click on my file in
filezilla, I don't see the web site.:
Filezilla does not accept double clicking to launch programs.
Instead, type home.adelphi.edu/~<my account>. When you
double click in filezilla, it instead copies your files.
When I type in home.adelphi.edu/~<my account>, and try to click on a link to another page, it does not work. I see page not found instead:
This means the exact name that the link is searching for is not
found. Go back to home.adelphi.edu/~YourAccount and hit F5 to ensure you
have the latest
version. If your link is still not working, then either the link name
is wrong, or index.html is not in the
same directory as index.html. First, connect to panther using Filezilla
and double click on public_html. Verify that the page you are
trying to get to does
exist in that directory. (If not copy it from my_public_html.) If it
does exist, check the spelling and capitalization again carefully to be
sure it is exactly right. If the file does exist, your index.html
probably has a bad link. You will fix the bad link on your PC in
SeaMonkey
composer. Open SeaMonkey
composer to open index.html. Highlight the link and choose insert /
link. Erase the filename that is there and then double click on
"choose file" to rechoose the file. You should see index.html and the
file you want as choices. Double click on the file you want. If you
don't see the index.html file as a choice, that means you are not
pointing to the folder,
so cancel and work on getting both files into the same folder. (To get
both pages into the same folder, go to windows explorer and move the
file you want to see to
the same folder as index.html. Then, go back to "choose file" again
and double click on the file you want to see.) Save. Choose file
/ Browse and see the link work
locally. Then, upload index.html to panther. Don't forget F5 to
refresh.
There is one more possible problem. Sometimes, SeaMonkey will add a
pointer to a base reference location in the header portion of your
file. View / html source and search for base href. If you find it,
delete it from the starting "<" to the ending ">", such as:
<base href="file://">
When I type in home.adelphi.edu/~<my account>, I don't see the picture. Instead I see an X.
In internet explorer, go back to your site, home.adelphi.edu/~YourAccount, and hit F5 to ensure you are looking at the latest version. If the problem persists, either the picture is not on panther in the right directory, or the picture file is not correctly named in the index.html file.
First, connect to panther using Filezilla and double click on public_html. Verify that the picture does exist in public_html. (If not copy it from your local system.) If the picture does exist, check the spelling and capitalization again carefully to be sure it is exactly right. (If there are spaces in your filename, it may help to rename the picture file without spaces on both your local system and panther - using filezilla - and then follow the instructions below.)
If the picture file does exist on panther, your index.html probably has a bad source file name. Use windows explorer first to show the folder that holds your index.html. If the picture is not in that folder, use windows explorer to drag it there, so you see the picture and the page in the same folder. Open SeaMonkey composer and choose file / open and index.html. Right click on the picture (or the "X" box) and choose image properties. You will probably not see just the graphic name, but also some characters preceding the filename. Double click on "choose file" and change file types to "all". You should see index.html and your picture file, and then just double click your picture file. (If you don't see both index.html and your picture file, that means that your picture is in a different folder than your page, so you would need to first go to windows explorer and move the the graphics file to the same directory as index.html.) Click on the picture to choose it. You should now see only the filename and not a path. Save. Choose file / Browse and see the picture work locally. Upload index.html to panther. Don't forget F5 to refresh.
There is one more possible problem. Sometimes, SeaMonkey will add a pointer to
a base reference location in the header portion of your file. View / html source
and search for base href. If you find it, delete it from the starting "<"
to the ending ">", such as:
<base href="file://">
When I type in home.adelphi.edu/~<my account>, I don't see my background.
In internet explorer, go back to your site, home.adelphi.edu/~YourAccount, and hit F5 to ensure you are looking at the latest version. If the problem persists, either the picture is not on panther in the right directory, or the picture file is not correctly named in the index.html file.
First, connect to panther using Filezilla and double click on public_html. Verify that the picture does exist in public_html. (If not copy it from your local system.) If the picture does exist, check the spelling and capitalization again carefully to be sure it is exactly right. (If there are spaces in your filename, it may help to rename the picture file without spaces on both your local system and panther - using filezilla - and then follow the instructions below.)
If the picture file does exist on panther, your index.html probably has a bad source file name. Use windows explorer first to show the folder that holds your index.html. If the picture is not in that folder, use windows explorer to drag it there, so you see the picture and the page in the same folder. Open SeaMonkey composer and choose file / open and index.html. Choose format and then "page colors and background". You will probably not see just the graphic name, but also some characters preceding the filename. Due to a problem in Seamonkey, you must first wipe out the picture filename, choose OK and then file / save. Then, go back to format / page colors and background. Double click on "choose file" and change file types to "all". You should see index.html and your picture file, and then just double click your picture file. (If you don't see both index.html and your picture file, that means that your picture is in a different folder than your page, so you would need to first go to windows explorer and move the the graphics file to the same directory as index.html.) Click on the picture to choose it. You should now see only the filename and not a path. Save. Choose file / Browse and see the picture work locally. Upload index.html to panther. Don't forget F5 to refresh.
There is one more possible problem. Sometimes, SeaMonkey will add a pointer to
a base reference location in the header portion of your file. View / html source
and search for base href. If you find it, delete it from the starting "<"
to the ending ">", such as:
<base href="file://">
When I type in home.adelphi.edu/~<my
account>, my page has not changed.
Go back to home.adelphi.edu/~YourAccount and hit F5 to ensure your
browser has
the latest
version. One way to verify panther has the latest version
is to just view the source in the browser by pressing view / source,
and then scan it to see whether it has your new changes. You can
skip this check if the source is Greek to you.
Here is another way: Remember that
home.adelphi.edu/~YourAccount shows only index.html
in public_html. These steps will help you find the correct version of
your webpage, name it correctly, and put it in the right place on
panther.
Remember that home.adelphi.edu/~YourAccount shows only
index.html
in
public_html. If your web page is inside a folder instead of being right
in public_html, panther will go right ahead displaying
public_html/index.html and ignore the file in your other folder. Just
drag your index (and any files you want to be in the same folder) up to
the folder "public_html". Watch the bottom panel of filezilla to ensure
the files are moving.
Filezilla
keeps disconnecting me. Can I make it leave me connected for longer?
Set the keep alive setting:
Is there
any way to set up Filezilla so I don't have to navigate to the right
folders?