Post by dave on Sept 18, 2006 0:45:41 GMT -5
Hi all.
I'm glad I found this forum. Have I got a doozy of a story to tell you!
My wife has had a GM blog on our site for a couple of years and has had little trouble with it. Some life issues came up last Spring and she stopped blogging for a while. About 2 weeks ago, she went to write a fresh entry and then reported with great alarm that her Archives directory was completely empty. I telnetted in and what appears to have happened is someone deleted the Archive Entry Pages. Maybe it was an accident, but it happened weeks or months ago.
Anyway, being a resourceful kind of guy, I was able to retrieve all of the HTML files from the Google cache. She was thrilled, but when she tried to post her new entry, it started complaining about missing CGI files. Since I had never used GM before, I was unaware of the CGI files.
Long story short, I found enough documentation so that, with a year-old backup of her site as an example, I was able to recreate all the CGI files in the Archive directory. It actually works, but there's still something wrong and I just can't find it.
All the entries are available, I can create a new entry, and I can add comments. But I can't rebuild about one quarter of the Archive files. From the GM Main Menu, I can rebuild the Main Index File, the Main Entry Pages, and the Archive Master Index. But when I go to Rebuild either the Archive Entry Pages or All Entry Pages, I always get the same message.
Rebuilt entry pages: 127 to 136 (73% done)...
I have the pages all archived, so I was able to delete the HTML files and see what was rebuilt. It always stops after creating 00000135.html. I've tried changing the Entry text of the files from 125 and up to "This is a test" or to the contents of an older entry that can be rebuilt, but the progress of rebuilding the pages always stops in the same place.
I supposed it's functional enough, but I'm afraid that the thing I can't fix will come back and bite me (or my wife) in the behind.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks so much for any help you can offer!
Dave
I'm glad I found this forum. Have I got a doozy of a story to tell you!
My wife has had a GM blog on our site for a couple of years and has had little trouble with it. Some life issues came up last Spring and she stopped blogging for a while. About 2 weeks ago, she went to write a fresh entry and then reported with great alarm that her Archives directory was completely empty. I telnetted in and what appears to have happened is someone deleted the Archive Entry Pages. Maybe it was an accident, but it happened weeks or months ago.
Anyway, being a resourceful kind of guy, I was able to retrieve all of the HTML files from the Google cache. She was thrilled, but when she tried to post her new entry, it started complaining about missing CGI files. Since I had never used GM before, I was unaware of the CGI files.
Long story short, I found enough documentation so that, with a year-old backup of her site as an example, I was able to recreate all the CGI files in the Archive directory. It actually works, but there's still something wrong and I just can't find it.
All the entries are available, I can create a new entry, and I can add comments. But I can't rebuild about one quarter of the Archive files. From the GM Main Menu, I can rebuild the Main Index File, the Main Entry Pages, and the Archive Master Index. But when I go to Rebuild either the Archive Entry Pages or All Entry Pages, I always get the same message.
Rebuilt entry pages: 127 to 136 (73% done)...
I have the pages all archived, so I was able to delete the HTML files and see what was rebuilt. It always stops after creating 00000135.html. I've tried changing the Entry text of the files from 125 and up to "This is a test" or to the contents of an older entry that can be rebuilt, but the progress of rebuilding the pages always stops in the same place.
I supposed it's functional enough, but I'm afraid that the thing I can't fix will come back and bite me (or my wife) in the behind.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks so much for any help you can offer!
Dave