Is it there a way to selectively upload only new items?

@geppettvs – if Publii uploads many files due small change on the post there are two possibilities:

1. Your small change affects many subpages and they should be updated anyway.
2. There is a problem on your server with uploading files.publii.json file – this file is used to compare file contents checksums, if file not exists on the list or checksum is different – Publii uploads a file.

How many files is uploaded during sync? And how many files has your website at all?

[anonymous] wrote:

Hello Tomasz.

I am attaching a screenshot of my Publii uploading the blog. I didn’t commit any change, didn’t change anything. Just opened the application and hit the “Sync your website” button as I originally mentioned.

As you can see, Publii is uploading the whole website. This time it is showing “Uploading website (nnn of 479 operations done)” but If I publish new posts the number of operations will increase.

I mean: the whole website is being uploaded, no matter what I do.

Thank you very much.

I am now attaching a new screenshot. Publii finished uploading the whole website 15 minutes after I posted my previous answer.

So, I guess it is not doing the file checksum.

Any ideas?

Tomasz,

I have checked on my web server and I can see the file files.publii.json does exist in the root of the blog folder, as you can see highlighted on this screenshot.

The file contents seems not to be corrupted, as I can open this file in nano and the file contents looks human readable, I have checked the rest of the document and everything seems to be fine. Please check this screenshot.

The only thing I can’t understand, is why the elements declarations shows the path as an absolute path and not a relative one.

I mean, it reads:

{
"path": "/1er-sincronizada-2020/index.html",
"type": "file",
"md5": "0f1c47053ce17ef69adf5ee04b63bb76"
},

Where the path is /1er-sincronizada-2020/index.html, nevertheless, the absolute path on the server would be something starting with /home/USERNAME/public_html/blog/…

I am aware that the local paths will be different, based on my preferences and I don’t know if the path is just a part of the full path and the program itself will do something to gather the proper server’s folders information in order to run file checksums.

If this is not the normal behavior and you think I need to do something to fix this problem with the paths, do you mind telling me where can I set this variable?

Thanks in advance.

Hey Tomasz, good to read you. I hope you are fine and with good health.

I have validated the files.publii.json file using the link you provided an it resulted in a “Valid JSON” message as you can see in this screenshot.

For what is about the deployment method: yes. I am using the FTP protocol with SSL/TLS in the Server Settings as shown in the Server Settings page, you can see my configuration on the following screenshots. I have changed some sensible data just for the screenshot to avoid problems.

I am not using the “Use relative URLs” because of the warning shown on the foot of this option, which reads: Please remember: while using relative URLs, some features like Open Graph tags, sharing buttons etc. cannot work properly.

If you think this option may solve something just let me know. Please.

Thanks in advance.

I have upgraded Publii to Version 0.36.1 as you suggested. The upload process -nevertheless- seems to have only cosmetic changes, that’s all I have noticed so far.

The upload process started at 19:57 and finished at 20:16 and uploaded every single file on the local folder.

So I guess there’s something wrong. Maybe something on my end?

Thank you for your help and patience.

Screenshots attached.

Regards

There’s no <span style=”color: #ff0000;”>input</span> folder in the server’s blog folder.

A screenshot is attached.

How can I fix this?

I didn’t delete anything, it seems my previous Publii version didn’t create it, and the folders and file does not exist.

I am attaching a ZIP file with the files-remote.json file inside.

I can see this file is -somehow- incomplete, truncated at line 1943.

I don’t know how to fix it.

Would deleting/renaming this folder make Publii to re-create the file, thus fixing the issue?

Thank you.

@kosi77 – it is an interesting tip 🙂 I am not sure if it will help but maybe it is worth to try.

I have analysed the logs and it seems that on the FTP level the file is corrupted – Publii downloads 57kb instead of 67kb what causes corrupted JSON file.

And at this moment I have no idea why :/ Because it is a simple download operation using FTP library.

Hello Tomasz, kosi77

I have added the slash at the end of the public_html/blog/ and now the process takes less time, yes.

I initiated the blog sync at 11:44:02 and it finished at 11:45:30, which is much less time than before.

Now the process shows it will do up to 48 operations which is much less than the 479 it used to do before. And these 48 operations takes less than 2 minutes.

I have checked the upload process two times and the results and time to upload are almost the same. But the number of operations remains in 48, which I guess may increase based on the new contents or changes I commit to my blog.

The files-remote.json now seems not to be broken. It looks fine. So I guess the slash at the end of the physical location is a good solution this time.

The tip below the field looks fine but it does not warn about leaving the field without the slash. So I guess I didn’t follow the proper instructions when setting my server up. Maybe a warning on the screen may help?

Thank you very much.

I have created new contents today, in the same conditions I used to have this problem and everything seems to be running fast and smooth this time.

You can see my blog at https://nuvogue-electronics.com.mx/blog/

So we can say the solution was to add the slash at the end of the public_html/blog/ as kosi77 suggested.

Thank you very much. This topic has been solved with your help.

Appreciation.

Regards.