Publishing defaults to the wrong location

[alan_sh]

I have about 10 default locations stored in WYSIWYG to match the 10 sites I work with. Each site knows which is it's own default location and all is fine. Until recently.

Ever since I upgraded to 16.1 (I think that's when it started - may have been before), when I do a new update, the default location for my sites gets screwed up and I have to reset each of them.

Is this a known issue? Where do you save this information and is it somewhere I can get at to see what it's set to?

cheers

Alan

[WWBman]

They are stored in C:\Users\.....\Documents\WYSIWYG Web Builder\system\publish.dat

[Pablo]

This functionality has not changed in recent updates
But the publish.dat file may be read-only or protected by your firewall/virus scanner.

[alan_sh]

I'll check it out before and after the next update

cheers

Alan

[alan_sh]

I had a quick look at publish.dat and I can't see what associates a profile with a particular .WBS file.

Where should I look for that?

Alan

[Pablo]

The publish locations (server, user, passwords) are stored in publish.dat
The project only stores the name of the profile.
So, make sure all profiles have a unique name.

[alan_sh]

Thanks Pablo.

What if one profile is "GMN Scouts" and another is "GMNSCcouts" - will they appear to be the same?

Alan

[Pablo]

No, these should be seen as two different profiles.

[alan_sh]

OK - it's not that then.

I'll install the latest hotfix later today and see what happens.

Alan

[Pablo]

I do not think the hotfix will make any difference. Nothing has changed related to publishing.

[WWBman]

When you created the Publish profiles did you give each one a different Description?
I'm pretty sure this is used as the profile name in publish.dat, so as Pablo said, make sure these are unique.
Correct me if I'm wrong Pablo.

[alan_sh]

Well I've just done an update and all is working as it should. I'll just keep an eye on things and see if I can see why it happened.

Alan