Publishing problem

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When I try to publish my site to the web, I get the following message "550
filename not allowed". It seems I am then disconnected. What could be the
problem?

I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but in the Publish web box,
some of the files in the lefthand box (my local PC) have question marks
against them while others have ticks. What does this mean?
 
"Filename not allowed" could be referring to a filename that contains
spaces and/or other non-alphanumeric characters, though the hyphen and
underline characters are permitted.
 
Or there are fields in the web blocked by the host
- like thumbs.db (delete them)

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| "Filename not allowed" could be referring to a filename that contains
| spaces and/or other non-alphanumeric characters, though the hyphen and
| underline characters are permitted.
| --
| Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
| Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
| FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
|
| | > When I try to publish my site to the web, I get the following
| > message "550 filename not allowed". It seems I am then disconnected.
| > What could be the problem?
| >
| > I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but in the Publish
| > web box, some of the files in the lefthand box (my local PC) have
| > question marks against them while others have ticks. What does this
| > mean?
| >
|
|
 
Thanks for the tips guys. I can't imagine that there is a filename in the
site which isn't allowed. This is because Frontpage itself named most of the
files. (I am using one of the inbuilt themes on my site). I didn't think I
had any thumbnails either but I'll check!
 
Nothing prevents you from importing any file into a FP Site
Opening your site in Windows Explorer can create thumbs.db files

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_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________


| Thanks for the tips guys. I can't imagine that there is a filename in the
| site which isn't allowed. This is because Frontpage itself named most of the
| files. (I am using one of the inbuilt themes on my site). I didn't think I
| had any thumbnails either but I'll check!
| | > Or there are fields in the web blocked by the host
| > - like thumbs.db (delete them)
| >
| > --
| >
| > _____________________________________________
| > SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| > "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
| > To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
| > http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
| > _____________________________________________
| >
| >
| > | > | "Filename not allowed" could be referring to a filename that contains
| > | spaces and/or other non-alphanumeric characters, though the hyphen and
| > | underline characters are permitted.
| > | --
| > | Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
| > | Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
| > | FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
| > |
| > | | > | > When I try to publish my site to the web, I get the following
| > | > message "550 filename not allowed". It seems I am then disconnected.
| > | > What could be the problem?
| > | >
| > | > I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but in the Publish
| > | > web box, some of the files in the lefthand box (my local PC) have
| > | > question marks against them while others have ticks. What does this
| > | > mean?
| > | >
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|
 
It is possible that some filenames are too long. A button for a
themed linkbar can have a name containing 2 full points, and 40 or so
characters in the name (depending on the theme name, and the page it
refers to) - the server may be objecting to these. Ask your host if
there is a limit to the length of a filename, some hosts have imposed
a limit of 32 characters in the past.
--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/

C Tate said:
Thanks for the tips guys. I can't imagine that there is a filename
in the site which isn't allowed. This is because Frontpage itself
named most of the files. (I am using one of the inbuilt themes on my
site). I didn't think I had any thumbnails either but I'll check!
Stefan B Rusynko said:
Or there are fields in the web blocked by the host
- like thumbs.db (delete them)

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:

http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________


| "Filename not allowed" could be referring to a filename that
contains
| spaces and/or other non-alphanumeric characters, though the
hyphen and
| underline characters are permitted.
| --
| Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
| Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
| FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
|
| | > When I try to publish my site to the web, I get the following
| > message "550 filename not allowed". It seems I am then
disconnected.
| > What could be the problem?
| >
| > I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but in the
Publish
| > web box, some of the files in the lefthand box (my local PC)
have
| > question marks against them while others have ticks. What does
this
| > mean?
| >
|
|
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