Hank wrote:
I'm having problems when I upload my website in a new laptop, now with
Windows 8.1. The template is corrupted, and links to outside sites don't
work. I've been using a version of Incomedia X5 (Incomedia are trying to
help me). Seems the problem might be widespread:

http://forums.serif.com/showthread.php?t=137531

http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthre...ng-FTP-publish


Anyone know of a solution?


But the second thread gives you a hint as to what is
broken, and what to do to fix it.

It would appear either an FTP client inside Internet Explorer,
or an FTP client built into the OS, has an issue. Like, perhaps
it is truncating files.

People using a separate FTP client program, don't seem to
have the problem. So the bug is either in IE, or in
the shell version of ftp.exe client.

And to bypass or work around it, use a third-party FTP
client and give that a try. You can also try alternate
browsers, such as Firefox, Seamonkey, Opera, Chrome,
and see if their FTP method is any better.

What could happen, is some asynchronism within the FTP client.
The FTP client starts a transfer, part of the software
concludes "the session is complete", while the FTP packets
are still in the process of being transferred. The first part
of the software, kills the program, and kills it while
packets are still being sent.

To test that hypothesis, you download one of the
corrupted images, then compare the file against the
original, and reach your conclusion there as to whether
it is truncated or not.

A packet sniffer could be used to gather more
evidence, at least as long as a secure protocol
(SFTP?) is not being used. There are also things
like Secure Socket Layer for browsers, that can
hide the content, and make debugging impossible.
If you have an unsecured connection (i.e. easy for NSA),
then it also makes capture in a packet sniffer easier
to read as well. You could in fact, capture the
entire upload session in the packet sniffer and
reproduce what is being sent as a file. I've never
gone to that much trouble, but the contents of the
PCAP trace should contain everything sent (either
corrupted or perfect).

Paul