
If anything is there already, highlight it and delete it. One character missing or out place will cause the conection to fail. Make ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that the address is letter-perfect. In the "Location" box, enter the EXACT URL/HOST address that JustHost gave you. Leave the Connection Type, which should be at the default "FTP," completely alone. In the "Name" box, enter anything you want to use to refer to the local site in the EW interface-"AOG Site," "AOG Local,"Īnything that strikes your fancy. You will now see an empty "Connection Settings" dialog. DO NOT CLICK "EDIT." Anything already created for the site is obviously erroneous, and you can ashcan them later. Now, click "Site|Publishing Settings," and in the dialog which appears, click "Add." IGNOREĪNY EXISTING SITES LISTED AS PUBLISHING DESTINATIONS.

Open a page in the editor and Preview In Browser to make sure you've got the right site open. first, use Site|Open Site to open your current, local site. Then you have everything that you need to correctly create a Publishing Destination that WILL connect, and that WILL publish to your site root folder so that your edits will appear online as expected. You said earlier that "I am uploading to the proper URL and JustHost has confirmed that my FileZilla HOST, USER and PW are correct." If that is the case, Now, on the contrary, the "Location" box must be provided with an address that is EXACTLY correct. No one will see it but you, and it has no significance beyond its use as a convenient label for the site. It can be anything you choose-"AOG Local," "Church," "Herschel," "MySite," whatever you want, Within the EW interface, as in the "Site|Recent Sites." list, or the Managed Sites list, or the "Connect To:" dropdown in the "Site View|Publishing" panel. Local designation, used by EW to reference the site First, take a look at that Connection Settings dialog above.Īs you can see, the "Name" field should be filled in with a name that YOU choose, as Jim said. In a moment, we will step through creating a new Publishing Destination for your site.

You had already posted here, and were not meant for you to actually use, which you apparently did. The values entered were taken from messages I was simply trying to illustrate my theory of how that spurious folder in your site root might have come to be. Have looked like, not as something for you to emulate.

Marty, that image was meant as an example of what yours might
