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July 2, 2020
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Dreamweaver fails to upload on save about 50% of the time.

  • July 2, 2020
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I believe it has something to do with the speed it saves it. It seems to be still saving it while the upload starts, thereby getting a failed message. 

 

Then I have to make another change to the file and try it again, and it normally goes up the 2nd time.

 

As I make a lot of changes and want to see the results having it fail 50% of the time is very annoying.

 

Any suggestions? I have tested other options and they do not fail, but I prefer to use Dreamweaver.

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    Correct answer OahuRE_com

    Thanks, I let them know. Not only is it repeatable but I found others with the same issue and the same thing solved their issue, so it is not just on my PC.


    So I think I found the problem as it is now working well after testing. 

     

    The issue was I use Dropbox, so as soon as I save a file both Dropbox and Dreamweaver are trying to sync it. Sometimes this works, and sometimes it does not. When I stopped the syncing with Dropbox it works 100% of the time.

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    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 2, 2020

    I never use automatic upload on save to a remote server.  IMO, that's an accident waiting to happen.

     

    I use keyboard shortcuts:

    Ctrl/Cmd + S to save,

    Switch to browser preview and hit F5 to refresh browser.  If everything is correct,

    Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + U to PUT current document on remote server. 

     

    Give it a try.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    OahuRE_comAuthor
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    July 2, 2020

    Thanks Nancy, but I am using PHP and MySQL and I can't test it locally.

     

    I would also like a one-step upload vs. having to hit Ctrl-S and then Ctrl-Shift+U.

     

    The concept of automatic upload on save is a good one because all the time when I save a change I want to see it and test it on the server, unfortunately, it just fails way too much.

     

    If there was a way to edit on the server directly and download the file once I am done that could work too.

      Nancy OShea
      Community Expert
      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 2, 2020

      To preview locally, you need a local testing server that mirrors your remote server.  I also have a backend CMS for adding new content to the MySQL database.

       

      My local site folder resides inside my testing server's default web directory.  See screenshot.

       

      With this PHP work environment, saved files are automatically updated on the localhost.  No PUSHING required.

       

      When I'm ready to go live, I expand my files panel then drag & drop local files to remote server.  This method hasn't failed me so far.

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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