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    1. [FreeHelp]Re: Help with Filezilla
    2. Pat Asher
    3. At 04:01 AM 8/24/2018, freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com wrote: >6. OK, I'm on shaky ground here because I have not yet tried to do anything >with my old Freepages site. Here is what I know: when I type >https://sites.rootsweb.com/~boyerlinks into the Chrome browser I see your >site. I do not however see genealogy_html in the path to the site. I >actually suspect this may be your final remaining problem that is not >allowing you to see the changes to your site that you have made. I went >back to a copy of an email from Anne and followed this link to see what she >said about using Filezilla. >https://www.ancestry.com/academy/course/connect-rootsweb-filezilla >The thing I noticed as I watched the video is that when she connected to >the remote side, the directory was public_html. I'm thinking that for now >anyway this may be a requirement! If so, that explains why changes to >genealogy_html don't show up in your browser. So, with some degree of >ignorance on my part, I'm going to suggest that you navigate to the >public_html directory on the host side and upload your modified html file >to there. Charles (and Neil), USGenWeb and Homepages accounts have a public_html folder. Freepages accounts do not. I still can't access my Freepages account because of the duplicate account name issue, but the correct remote directory for Freepages accounts is genealogy_html. And Anne hopes to have the other directories available soon. Pat Asher

    08/24/2018 06:46:01