Microsoft Expression Web 4 No Longer Works

brianc

• September 01, 2020 19:58

After my servers have been updated to v90, I am getting reports that Microsoft Expression Web 4 is no longer working. What changes were made in v90 that can explain this issue?

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  PenguinInternet

  • September 02, 2020 16:47

  We've had a few similar reports and have confirmed this ourselves. When transferring files you get a message "Ready to proceed (200)" but you can't actually upload content.

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  brianc

  • September 02, 2020 17:23

  We've had a few similar reports and have confirmed this ourselves. When transferring files you get a message "Ready to proceed (200)" but you can't actually upload content.

  
  Is this only happening to your servers that have v90 installed on?

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  cPanelLauren

  • September 02, 2020 20:34

  I'm unsure what portion of the software you're referring to doesn't work as it's not detailed here, is it the upload function that is causing the issue? Is there more than that? Does the program utilize FTP to upload? I also noticed there's a service pack available for the software since April of this year

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  brianc

  • September 02, 2020 20:35

  I'm unsure what portion of the software you're referring to doesn't work as it's not detailed here, is it the upload function that is causing the issue? Is there more than that? Does the program utilize FTP to upload? I also noticed there's a service pack available for the software since April of this year

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  brianc

  • September 02, 2020 21:10

  That service pack is no longer available either.

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  cPanelLauren

  • September 03, 2020 23:51

  So something that changed in v90 is that the PureFTPd Package was updated if this is what you're using for your FTP server. There is a case open for issues with this but it does boil down to a change with PureFTPd and removal of support for the NLST command to perform globbing. This is noted here: Latest news :: Pure-FTPd I'm unsure if that software only works with PureFTP or if it'll also be compatible with ProFTP but you may want to try using ProFTP to see if there are any changes in behavior

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  jimhermann

  • September 10, 2020 20:19

  One of my sites is having the same problem. They confirmed that they are using SP2. PureFTP released a new version. what version does cPanel 90 use? jim

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  cPanelLauren

  • September 11, 2020 00:13

  It's using the newest version, 1.0.49 which is why it was noted that this is the change in v90

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  PenguinInternet

  • September 11, 2020 11:20

  For info, Webdav is supported by Expression Web and can be used as an alternative connection method in the absence of any FTP fix - we've been switching customers over to this method as a workaround as have confirmed that this works.

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  cPanelLauren

  • September 11, 2020 15:59

  Thanks for that information @PenguinInternet are you aware if it encounters the same or similar issues when using ProFTPd?

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  PenguinInternet

  • September 11, 2020 16:22

  We've just tried this on a test server and can confirm that when using ProFTPd, Expression Web does work without issues, however given the security compromises from this it wouldn't be my own choice to resolve the issue

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  HarmW

  • September 16, 2020 10:00

  For info, Webdav is supported by Expression Web and can be used as an alternative connection method in the absence of any FTP fix - we've been switching customers over to this method as a workaround as have confirmed that this works.

  
  I confirm the workaround, go to your CPanel and select Web Disk, that gives you the information needed to set the Connection Settings In Microsoft Expression Web 4. Go to your CPanel and select Web Disk, that gives you the information needed to set the Connection Settings In Microsoft Expression Web 4. In my case this works in MS Expression Web 4: Menu Site ; Publishing Settings; Add or Edit Connection Type: WebDAV Location: https : //mywebsite.nl:2078/public_html (without spaces).

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  sneader

  • October 13, 2020 00:04

  Location: https : //mywebsite.nl:2078/public_html (without spaces).

  
  @HarmW or anyone else -- do you happen to know the right format if a customer is publishing to an add-on domain? If their main domain is main.dom and their addon domain is addon.com (in the public_html/addon.com/ directory), would they use the format or something else? I do not have this software to test with, unfortunately. - Scott

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  ab4oj1

  • December 18, 2020 23:48

  For info, Webdav is supported by Expression Web and can be used as an alternative connection method in the absence of any FTP fix - we've been switching customers over to this method as a workaround as have confirmed that this works.

  
  Thanks! WebDAV works fine on my site. Problem solved.

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