iWeb publishing problems continue; potential fixes

Users continue to report issues with publishing sites via iWeb '08 (2.0.1). In most cases, users receive the error message:

"An error occurred while publishing file '/Web/Sites/Sites.rss'. Try publishing again later."

MacFIxIt reader Kirk Whalum provides another case:

"There are plenty of times when my podcast won't publish. Same set-up, same everything. Just won't publish. Then, out of nowhere, it publishes. It becomes difficult to do a "daily" podcast with this kind of inconsistency."

• Disable other internet activity This is a somewhat kludgy workaround: simply eliminate all other network connectivity. Quit your Web browser and any email clients, as well as any automatically synchronizing programs and anything else that routinely pings the network, then re-attempt publishing. This has proven successful for a number of readers, but not all.
• Remove problematic site folder from iDisk Mount your iDisk (select iDisk from the "Go" menu in the Finder) and navigate to Web/Sites/, then backup the site you are having problems with to your hard drive and delete the copy on your iDisk. Re-attempt publishing.
• Remove RSS folder contents On your iDisk, trying removing the contents of the RSS folder, then re-attempt publishing.

Feedback? Late-breakers@macfixit.com.

Previous coverage:

• QuickTime 7.2 compatibility update (#2): .Mac publishing issues, more
• iWeb '08 2.0.1 released: "addresses issues with upgrading and publishing iWeb 1.x websites
• iWeb 2.0.1: Doesn't fix most version 2.0 problems, users still losing data; Backup your domains folder

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