pages lost when published

[changeinrooms]

Please help...
I finally published tonight, but only 3 of my 7 pages are there!
I noticed one thing, all the missing pages were named with two words. I thought I fixed it, but to no avail. Here's the scoop:
ex) saved as "contact us"
published as "contact us" - successful
lost the page - error 404
Renamed page "contact_us"
Republished page "contact_us"
still lost

I'm hoping that I'm overlooking something really simple, as this is the tenth hour today on the computer. !

Thank you for any quick responses...

[philipc9635]

Re: pages lost when published

Hi Pam

Have you had a look in the FTP manager to see if and where your page was uploaded?

[CarbonTerry]

Re: pages lost when published

You cannot have any blank spaces.
contact us must become (renamed) contact_us, contact-us, or contactus.
Something similar to that...no blank spaces.

[CarbonTerry]

Re: pages lost when published

OK, so far so good...

the link should be as so:

www.yourdomainname.com/contact_us.html

When making links the "html" must be at the end of the URL

Do not add the .html to the page name when saving

The "index" page may be linked/named:

www.yourdomainname.com

This is the only page that does not have to have the html added to the link.

[CarbonTerry]

Re: pages lost when published

Sorry for repeating info that you have already completed.
Let me check your website

[CarbonTerry]

Re: pages lost when published

You said that you published as "contact_us" but the link is to "contactus".
Perhaps the other pages/links have the same sort of problem?

[CarbonTerry]

Re: pages lost when published

I manually typed in the "contact_us" URL and got your page.

The link on your page is to "contactus"

[changeinrooms]

Re: pages lost when published

Thank you so much for all the input and research. I think it helped...I realized that I needed to add the underscore between the words in all my URLs. That's a plus!
So, I went through my pages, correcting all the links page by page, and republished all of them.
Now I am only missing one page - "about us" - which I'll republish again, hopefully it'll be right this time.
I also noticed that even after I changed all the text links across the bottom of my webpage, not all of them changed when published, so they are still not all linking. Is there an easier way to fix links other than going into properties for each page and then republishing each page?
If the answer is to go to my FTP manager, then please, a little advice, as I am not sure what that means and what I need to do when I get there.
Sorry if I come across as a big doofus, still learning...

[changeinrooms]

Re: pages lost when published

Hey, just want to let you know that all my links are working, and the problem with the "About Us" page is fixed. It was merely a typo in the URL.

Hooray!!!

Thank you for pointing me in the right direction for where I may have made a mistake, CarbonTerry, I really appreciate it!

[CarbonTerry]

Re: pages lost when published

You are welcome.

[philipc9635]

Re: pages lost when published

Hi Pam

Your FTP manager is an icon at the top of your Blue Voda Builder. You click on it and type in your password ( you were given at registration) and once in the FTP manager just connect. On the right hand side you will see all the files and pages you have published.

Hope this helps in the future.

[tumbleweed]

Re: pages lost when published

Pam: I, too, have lost pages. However, there is no ftp icon on my Voda Web Building page. Any thoughts on that one?

[Preston]

Re: pages lost when published

Pam: I, too, have lost pages. However, there is no ftp icon on my Voda Web Building page. Any thoughts on that one?

Click on "tools" at the top of the web builder page...it's in there.

[tumbleweed]

Re: pages lost when published

Thanks, Preston. found it but still unable to make my page work when I go in. Why? Why? Why?

[CarbonTerry]

Re: pages lost when published

Click on "tools" in the menu bar and options will drop down, ftp manager will appear.