Remote site file always "changed"

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Lee B.

When I ftp from FP2003 to my web host, the host based files ALWAYS appear
as "changed." Why is this? I always have to "Overwrite remote files."

Even if it's been only a few minutes since I updated a file, I'll be
prompted to overwrite again (because the remote version has "changed") when
I publish it again a few minutes later.

Host is linux, no extensions.
I'm using FP2003 beta TR.

Thanks.
 
This can occur when your PC and the remote host are
operating in different time zones.

Suppose you're in Los Angeles and publish to a server in
New York. You publish the 8:00 AM version of a file and
the server timestamps it as 11:00 AM (3 hour time change).
Then, you publish an 8:30 AM version of the same file.
FrontPage notices that the 8:00 AM file on the remote
server has "changed" to 11:00 AM.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
*------------------------------------------------------*
|\----------------------------------------------------/|
|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out ||
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out ||
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition ||
|| Troubleshooting Microsoft FrontPage 2002 ||
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming ||
|| (All from Microsoft Press) ||
|/----------------------------------------------------\|
*------------------------------------------------------*
 
Or if the page has dynamic content being updated from another server
- news readers, etc

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| This can occur when your PC and the remote host are
| operating in different time zones.
|
| Suppose you're in Los Angeles and publish to a server in
| New York. You publish the 8:00 AM version of a file and
| the server timestamps it as 11:00 AM (3 hour time change).
| Then, you publish an 8:30 AM version of the same file.
| FrontPage notices that the 8:00 AM file on the remote
| server has "changed" to 11:00 AM.
|
| Jim Buyens
| Microsoft FrontPage MVP
| http://www.interlacken.com
| Author of:
| *------------------------------------------------------*
| |\----------------------------------------------------/|
| || Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out ||
| || Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out ||
| || Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition ||
| || Troubleshooting Microsoft FrontPage 2002 ||
| || Faster Smarter Beginning Programming ||
| || (All from Microsoft Press) ||
| |/----------------------------------------------------\|
| *------------------------------------------------------*
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >When I ftp from FP2003 to my web host, the host based
| files ALWAYS appear
| >as "changed." Why is this? I always have to "Overwrite
| remote files."
| >
| >Even if it's been only a few minutes since I updated a
| file, I'll be
| >prompted to overwrite again (because the remote version
| has "changed") when
| >I publish it again a few minutes later.
| >
| >Host is linux, no extensions.
| >I'm using FP2003 beta TR.
| >
| >Thanks.
| >
| >--
| >Lee
| >
| >.
| >
 
Jim Buyens wrote on 03 Nov 2003:
This can occur when your PC and the remote host are
operating in different time zones.

Suppose you're in Los Angeles and publish to a server in
New York. You publish the 8:00 AM version of a file and
the server timestamps it as 11:00 AM (3 hour time change).
Then, you publish an 8:30 AM version of the same file.
FrontPage notices that the 8:00 AM file on the remote
server has "changed" to 11:00 AM.

Jim Buyens

Yup, my host is EST, I'm PST, so that's probably the problem.

The time is 8 hours ahead however... Let's see, My time zone (PST) is
GMT -8 ... could my host's servers be on GMT time?
 
Lee B. said:
Yup, my host is EST, I'm PST, so that's probably the problem.

The time is 8 hours ahead however... Let's see, My time zone (PST) is
GMT -8 ... could my host's servers be on GMT time?

So it would seem.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
*------------------------------------------------------*
|\----------------------------------------------------/|
|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out ||
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out ||
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition ||
|| Troubleshooting Microsoft FrontPage 2002 ||
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming ||
|| (All from Microsoft Press) ||
|/----------------------------------------------------\|
*------------------------------------------------------*
 
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