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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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    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
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    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
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      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 2, 2020

      Thanks again Nancy, but that is too complicated for me if I am understanding it correctly.

       

      It would mean now I have to set up a local server, load PHP and MySQL on it, start updating every 30 minutes two MySQL databases as I update the one on the remote server every 30 minutes. Then I have to start worrying about server upgrades, PHP upgrades, MySQL upgrades, etc. Essentially, everything I pay my service provider for I need to now do myself. I am a one-person shop so taking the time to keep up with all that simply because the automatic upload is not working 100% of the time would be too much work.

      My testing server is the same as my regular server, I just use a different file name for testing, and then once it is working I change the file name to go live.


      Auto Upload on Save should work every time if you are:

      1) connected to your server,

      2) the server date & time is set correctly,

      3) you have proper permission to overwrite existing server files.

       

       

       

       

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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