[X-Newbies] Re: Re: iDisk problems.

[Brian Durant]

Sigh. Nope, I followed your instructions to the letter, but the .Mac
account is still registering the old "temporary" and redirects to:

http://homepage.mac.com/1/homepage404ErrorPage.html

"We're sorry, but we can't find the HomePage you've requested." #€%*

BTW, the exported site works fine on the HD.

Cheers,

Brian

On 11/13/05, Charles Martin <chasm at mac.com> wrote:
> > From: Brian Durant <globetrotterdk at gmail.com>
> >
> > I have syncing on and set to automatic.
>
> Thanks for the much clearer explanation of what's going on. Hopefully
> this will help.
>
> 1. Turn off syncing.
>
> 2. Restart or log out/in in order to make certain that the change is
> in effect, and that your iDisk does NOT rely on the "local" (ie your
> HD) copy of the iDisk contents.
>
> 3. Mount your iDisk. (from the "Go" menu in the Finder toolbar).
>
> 4. Open your "Sites" folder and trash the contents. You will get a
> warning about this. WAIT (because it will not happen instantly like
> it did with your local/sync iDisk) for this process to finish.
>
> 5. Once the Sites folder is empty, dismount the iDisk by dragging it
> to the trash (as you would any other removable disk).
>
> 6. Now go back to the "Go" folder and RE-MOUNT the iDisk. Open the
> Sites folder and check to see that there are ZERO items.
>
> 7. Now go into RapidWeaver, set your site the way you want it, and
> "export" or "publish" it to the desktop.
>
> 8. Now copy your "new" site pages into the Sites folder. This will
> take a LONG time compared to when you had syncing on. Be patient.
>
> That should solve the problem.
>
>
> _Chas_
>
> Claiming that the Macintosh is inferior to Windows because most
> people use Windows is like saying that all other restaurants are
> inferior to McDonald's.
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