How to speedup Pubish to Local Webroot?

[dchiass]

I have about 10 a5w's, 40 a5wcmp and when I publish ALL to local webroot it takes about one hour. Mind you, my Celeron 466 is not a speed demon but this is too long when I TESTING.

I remember seeing something about speeding up the publish & html.

If I go to a a5w and RIGHT click, I have 2 choices:"Publish" and "Publish to Local WebRoot" Which one should I be using for testing?

When I am in the Publish window, I am unsure as to whether I shuld tick the "Publish new or modified files" and clear Publishing History.

Any thoughts or ideas as to how I can get down the publshing time (other than buying a new computer) is appreciated.

Thanks for the HELP to ALL A5 gurus.

dewayne

[martin horzempa]

Re: How to speedup Pubish to Local Webroot?

hi D.

"Publish" and "Publish to Local WebRoot"

in your case (assuming that you have no other destination
setup to publish to) these are both the same thing

clear Publishing History

when you clear the puiblishing history - this has the effect of making
all components and pages new - this means that they will be published
if you select the "Publish new or modified files" checkbox

you really dont need to publish anything except the NEW items

so assuming that you have everything published and then you make a new
page then you would only need to publish "Current file"
this takes a few seconds leave the "Publish new or modified files" checkbox checked.

[dchiass]

Re: How to speedup Pubish to Local Webroot?

Thanks for the info.

I have 1/2 dozen Linkers & Tabbed linkers. I am not sure what I should be published if I change ONE a5wcmp on a tabbed linker. Do I just publish the Tabbed Linker? Does it automatically publish the changed "children"
grid.a5wcmp?

dewayne

hi D.

in your case (assuming that you have no other destination
setup to publish to) these are both the same thing
when you clear the puiblishing history - this has the effect of making
all components and pages new - this means that they will be published
if you select the "Publish new or modified files" checkbox
you really dont need to publish anything except the NEW items

so assuming that you have everything published and then you make a new
page then you would only need to publish "Current file"
this takes a few seconds leave the "Publish new or modified files" checkbox checked.

[martin horzempa]

Re: How to speedup Pubish to Local Webroot?

Hi D.

sorry i cant speak definatively on your question
if i change a component i will republish the grid linker that
uses it - i am not certain that this is a must
but it makes me feel better
as a general rule i dont republish the pages that contain the
changed component unless i have changed something that the page
addresses such as the controls that might contain the filter or order
data

[Steve Wood]

Re: How to speedup Pubish to Local Webroot?

Components are minuscule in size, it can't take an hour to publish unless you have a bunch of graphics embedded in the A5W pages. Are you publishing to localroot, or via LAN or FTP?

You just need to publish the components you change, not the linker in the case you suggested below. It won't automatically publish any child files because the grid linker doesn't know about the children other than when launched in the browser.

General note - the Publish New or Changed files.. doesn't always work and will skip changed files periodically.

[dchiass]

Re: How to speedup Pubish to Local Webroot?

Thanks. I will now ONLY publish what I change.

A few more details. I am publishing to my local WebRoot on my computer not on a network or via FTP. The a5w pages of which there are about 8 have a small title image at top. The components ONLY have the icon in the fields with lookups.

As you mention, publishinig the "linker" does not publish the child files then what is it taking so long to do? Just curious.

Still takes 1 hour on my celeron 466.

DeWayne

Components are minuscule in size, it can't take an hour to publish unless you have a bunch of graphics embedded in the A5W pages. Are you publishing to localroot, or via LAN or FTP?

You just need to publish the components you change, not the linker in the case you suggested below. It won't automatically publish any child files because the grid linker doesn't know about the children other than when launched in the browser.

General note - the Publish New or Changed files.. doesn't always work and will skip changed files periodically.

[Pat Bremkamp]

Re: How to speedup Pubish to Local Webroot?

Dewayne,

I agree that it should not take an hour. I just tested my "kitchen sink" app (this is where I dump everything I deveop into one app.) It has 236 a5 pages, 25 html pages and 263 components, plus about a dozen images.

I did a "publish all", unchecked the "publish only new" and cleared publishing history, so this included everything. It only took 15 minutes.

My machine is not a speed demon either, but it is faster than yours: it's a PIII with 1 gig memory and XP Home.

You said you were using a Celeron 466. How much ram and what operating system are you using? I think you may have to upgrade your hardware and/or operating system if you want more speed.

Pat

[Steve Wood]

Re: How to speedup Pubish to Local Webroot?

...and what is the total size of all files in your web projects folder (the files that are being published)? For a test, go to View / Settings / Preferences / Web Publishing and change the value of Show File to be Published to YES. This will list all files just before they are published. Look for files you did not expect.

Another way to test the total size of all files is to rename your c:\A5Webroot folder to something else and republish all files. Then look at what was actually published to the new A5Webroot folder. Again, look for files you did not expect.

For example, if you have selected a different Style for each component, it will have to load all the files for each Style.

If everything is within normal ranges, then, as Pat said, you have to upgrade the computer or at least the RAM should be > 512.

[dchiass]

Re: How to speedup Pubish to Local Webroot?

Thanks for the help.

All my components have one style. Size-wise the files I am publishing are apporx 5MB composed of 22 a5w (158KB) & 130 a5wcmp (at 4MB) & a gaggle of others. A breakdown of the a5wcmp gives 64 small files of 11kb each for report buttons & 28 files for Lookups (900kb total in size).

To me, a non-programmer there is not much meat there to take so long. I can see what files are being published & there arent' extra ones or ones I don't recognise.

I guess it is time to bump up the hardware (RAM to 1GB & faster CPU). Curious never been a prob with our desktop A5 application. But taking 1 hour to publish 5MB worth of WEB-files is frustrating!!!!!!

dewayne

...and what is the total size of all files in your web projects folder (the files that are being published)? For a test, go to View / Settings / Preferences / Web Publishing and change the value of Show File to be Published to YES. This will list all files just before they are published. Look for files you did not expect.

Another way to test the total size of all files is to rename your c:\A5Webroot folder to something else and republish all files. Then look at what was actually published to the new A5Webroot folder. Again, look for files you did not expect.

For example, if you have selected a different Style for each component, it will have to load all the files for each Style.

If everything is within normal ranges, then, as Pat said, you have to upgrade the computer or at least the RAM should be > 512.