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Soom

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Jalbum cannot upload to a folder with existing files
Posted: 2 Sep 16, 01:14
 
Whenever I try to upload an album to my FTP, I get this message: "Uploading to this folder would overwrite existing web files. Ensure you are uploading to an empty folder." - something is wrong - it's supposed to update an existing album, and overwrite existing files with newer ones. It was not like that in older versions (I just got back to using Jalbum after a long break)
Because of this I'm forced to use an FTP client for re-uploading albums. But it's just a workaround and takes much more time...

(Macbook Pro, OSX Yosemite, Jalbum 13.3)
RobM

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Re: Jalbum cannot upload to a folder with existing files
Posted: 2 Sep 16, 11:09   in response to: Soom in response to: Soom
 
Try deleting the manifest file from the server, see the earlier thread http://jalbum.net/forum/thread.jspa?threadID=51567&tstart=0
davidekholm

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Re: Jalbum cannot upload to a folder with existing files
Posted: 5 Sep 16, 15:13   in response to: Soom in response to: Soom
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We've added this security mechanism so people don't accidentally overwrite existing web files. To get around this message you need to delete the "index.html" file of the target folder manually. You can do that from within jAlbum by clicking the rightmost button in the toolbar of the publish window. Now jAlbum will show both files and folders. Now you can manually select the "index.html" file and delete it.
Soom

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Re: Jalbum cannot upload to a folder with existing files
Posted: 5 Sep 16, 18:06   in response to: davidekholm in response to: davidekholm
 
Well, sorry, but it sounds like an unnecessary hassle.
Any simple FTP client will ask you what to do with existing files, and has an option of overwriting just the older files with the newer - that's how any file managing program should work in my opinion - this security feature makes things just more complicated and underestimates the average user. A smart dialog would do the trick. Why else would you want to upload files, if not to update an album?
I'm just using Filezilla for now - just faster...
davidekholm

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Re: Jalbum cannot upload to a folder with existing files
Posted: 5 Sep 16, 18:11   in response to: Soom in response to: Soom
 
Soom wrote:
Well, sorry, but it sounds like an unnecessary hassle.

It should never normally be needed, but in this case, the previous album upload must have been interrupted abruptly

Any simple FTP client will ask you what to do with existing files, and has an option of overwriting just the older files with the newer - that's how any file managing program should work in my opinion - this security feature makes things just more complicated and underestimates the average user. A smart dialog would do the trick. Why else would you want to upload files, if not to update an album?
I'm just using Filezilla for now - just faster...

Trust me, we've had too many users accidentally overwriting files. By having them manually delete "index.html" or everthing in the target folder unless there is already a jAlbum album in place there, we have cut these accidents to zero.
Soom

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Re: Jalbum cannot upload to a folder with existing files
Posted: 5 Sep 16, 19:27   in response to: davidekholm in response to: davidekholm
 
davidekholm wrote:
Trust me, we've had too many users accidentally overwriting files. By having them manually delete "index.html" or everthing in the target folder unless there is already a jAlbum album in place there, we have cut these accidents to zero.
Hah, gotta educate these users! :)
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