Normally I have no trouble at all updating my page. I name the file according to the day I want it to appear, upload it, and then request a regular update and by the next day the new page is up. The most recent page, however, I have uploaded at least four times, even changing the date after the first two tries, and still it will not appear.
What is going on? Is there a server problem or something? An FTP issue?
--hellzgranny
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What's the deal?
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Oualawouzou
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What date is the most recent comic supposed to be?
Double-triple-quadruple check the comic file name. Yes, even if you are certain you've done so already. Make sure there are no typos, such as an extra "0" somewhere.
Do you have a file named index.html in your workspace/webpages folder? If so, delete it.
Do you have a file named indextemplate.html (exactly that way! No capitals, no .htm extension) in your workspace folder (NOT workspace/webpages)?
Do you have the ***todays_comics*** tag on your indextemplate.html file?
Double-triple-quadruple check the comic file name. Yes, even if you are certain you've done so already. Make sure there are no typos, such as an extra "0" somewhere.
Do you have a file named index.html in your workspace/webpages folder? If so, delete it.
Do you have a file named indextemplate.html (exactly that way! No capitals, no .htm extension) in your workspace folder (NOT workspace/webpages)?
Do you have the ***todays_comics*** tag on your indextemplate.html file?
I checked, and now I think I accidentally deleted something important in my confusion. I deleted indextemplate.html from my workspace directory and I think that's bad... also I found the real problem is that the files were not uploading properly from the comic gen website so I uploaded them manually and it worked fine. So I didn't do anything wrong, but now I am worried I've messed things up. Did I delete an important file?
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Oualawouzou
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Yyyyyyyyep, that's bad. Basically, comicgenesis creates your index page from the info stored in indextemplate.html. Without this file, your index page will never update...
But fear not! I notice you have basically the same layout for your index and archive pages. So create a copy of dailytemplate.html , name the copy indextemplate.html , and upload it to your workspace folder (again, NOT workspace/webpages). After that, you should be set.
But fear not! I notice you have basically the same layout for your index and archive pages. So create a copy of dailytemplate.html , name the copy indextemplate.html , and upload it to your workspace folder (again, NOT workspace/webpages). After that, you should be set.
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Edit: What he said ^
Yes.
Without indextemplate.html your comic will not update. You will need to re-upload the indextemplate.html to the workspace directory. If you don't have a copy of that fle on your computer, you can grab a copy from this thread (it's about half-way down, instructions on that page).
Also, there is no need to manually trigger an update each time you update. The server will update automatically once every 24 hours - you only need to request an update if you make a major change.
Yes.
Without indextemplate.html your comic will not update. You will need to re-upload the indextemplate.html to the workspace directory. If you don't have a copy of that fle on your computer, you can grab a copy from this thread (it's about half-way down, instructions on that page).
Also, there is no need to manually trigger an update each time you update. The server will update automatically once every 24 hours - you only need to request an update if you make a major change.
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Oualawouzou
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Re: What's the deal?
Weird, my previous post in this thread has disappeared...
Anyway. Check for the following:
-The file ought to be named exactly indextemplate.html Make sure there are NO capitals whatsoever, and that the extension is .html and not .htm.
-Make sure the comics are uploaded to workspace/comics and NOT to public_html/comics They are not one and the same...
-Make sure the indextemplate.html has the ***todays_comics*** where you want the comic to show up.
Anyway. Check for the following:
-The file ought to be named exactly indextemplate.html Make sure there are NO capitals whatsoever, and that the extension is .html and not .htm.
-Make sure the comics are uploaded to workspace/comics and NOT to public_html/comics They are not one and the same...
-Make sure the indextemplate.html has the ***todays_comics*** where you want the comic to show up.
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Oualawouzou
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Re: What's the deal?
The comic format ought to be YYYYMMDD, not YYYYDDMM. Example: http://hotep.comicgenesis.com/d/20081802.html is wrong. It ought to be "20080218".