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buckland
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Removing obsolete published files - 4/17/2002 23:28:44
I've recently given my website a new look (new direction/content), and was quite dismayed in finding obsolete, unlinked pages coming up when doing a search with a couple of the major search engines. These were not keyword searches, but searches for my domain, itself.
I'm currently using FP2002, and was under the (false) impression that when you publish with the option, "[Publish] All pages, overwriting pages already on destination," it was effectively like overwriting a file. WRONG!
Would someone please advise as to the simplest means to get rid of these unwanted files already published on my web? Is this possible through FP, or would I be better off just deleting all my published files from the Host Control Panel, then re-publish my current material with FP? (I hesitate to do a clean sweep because I'm unclear as to the nature of some of these cryptically named files.)
Here are the choices in the Options tab, under Publish Web menu:
Publish:
__Changed pages only.
__All pages, overwriting pages already on destination.
Changes:
__Determine changes by comparing source and destination webs.
__Use source file timestamps to determine changes since last publish.
In the main Publish Web menu, you have the source files on the left, destination files (already published) on the right of the screen. I’ve noticed that apparently ALL of the previously published web files show up on the right. Does this imply that deleting any or all of these (from the FP menu) would remove them from my website, upon re-publishing?
Any help appreciated!
Phil
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buckland
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RE: Removing obsolete published files - 4/24/2002 8:29:40
Thanks, Tom, I'll try that!
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Rangler
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RE: Removing obsolete published files - 4/24/2002 10:56:55
Hi Buckland,
Just a word of caution. If you have "old" pages not in use, you may want to keep them and edit out all the text, etc.(blank). Then, put in a redirect to your home page. The reason for this is that one of the pages may be indexed by a search engine or bookmarked by someone. Should someone go to the old page, they would get the not found message.
Rangler
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buckland
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RE: Removing obsolete published files - 4/24/2002 16:41:36
Hi Rangler,
That's a good idea, to "redirect" existing pages. How does one go about that? I'll have to sift through all the dead links (old pages) to see if there is anything worthwhile before deleting content.
You mentioned pages "already bookmarked" or indexed by search engines. Actually, this site hasn't gotten far enough off the ground to be concerned with the former. As for the latter, that is part of the problem. Google, Dogpile, Jeeves (that I know of so far) had already indexed bad pages. By "bad," I mean ones that are obsolete and not linked to the current site-as far as the visitors are concerned, anyhow. My main concern is, I don't want them to continue indexing pages that are not linked (hence the removal from the site).
Strange thing about Google. When I first discovered the problem and had done a search for just the domain (without the .com), it came up with all these bad links--"page not found." Yet, a few days later, when I went back to look again, only current pages were found. It's almost like it's a self-healing process.
Much thanks!
Phil
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