- What is the path for the folder with your websites in it? (You needn't reveal the actual details, of course, just the general path, e.g., C:\Users\<username>\Documents.)
- What are the actual file extensions for the files that aren't syncing?
Hi Ben,
Impressed with the responsiveness of this forum - thanks for taking the time to help out.
- Folder containing websites: C:\DL PERSONAL\Other Work Stuff
This contains some normal folders e.g. C:\DL PERSONAL\Other Work Stuff\divydovy files
and some website folders e.g. C:\DL PERSONAL\Other Work Stuff\divydovy
There are no consistent differences in paths between website and normal folders
- The folders themselves don't sync, neither do ANY of the contents, which are predominantly .htm, .css, .js, .jpg, .png, .gif, .xml and a couple of .asp's.
We're talking fairly simple FrontPage sites here, XHTML & CSS on the main so not looking at serverside scripting or odd proprietary file types.
I've done a little more testing (motivated by your willingness to respond and help troubleshoot :) ). When a folder is not a 'website' folder (i.e. it doesn't have the website logo instead of the normal folder - it will sync, including all the peculiar '_private' and other folders that FrontPage(?) adds when you designate a folder a website folder. To test this, I copied all the files and folders out of a website folder into a test normal file system folder (next to the original in the file system) and hey presto, seconds later my mesh is sync'd with that folder including all the files.
The only difference I could find between the two folders in this test (the original website folder that doesn't sync) was the icon. I thought "well that's not going to make any difference, but for the sake of troubleshooting, let's change the icon". Bang. Straight into the mesh.
So, a workaround/solution is to change the icon for website folders back to normal folders. I can still run the websites at localhost and FrontPage is still totally happy about opening the site and doing all it usually does. My folders are now all with normal icons and are all sync'd to mesh - w00t!
I'm happy with this workaround, so hopefully you can help spread the word to others who might be suffering similar frustration. Ideally, you guys can work this into the app for future releases.
Cheers,
David
P.S. I also tried customising folder icons to some other types - e.g. the big red stop button and the folder still sync'd. Seems to be a particular issue with the website icon, although obv. I didn't test them all ;)
