This is the third time in 2008 that major FTP issues have occurred --
the dreaded "your publish is taking longer than expected". (Incident
#1 Jan-Feb 2008 -- took 5-6 weeks for Blogger to fix. Details are here
http://groups.google.com/group/blogger-help-publishing/browse_thread/....
Incident #2 June 2008 - took several days for Blogger to fix. Details
are here
http://groups.google.com/group/blogger-help-troubleshoot/browse_threa....
)

This time --
Site - www.kitchenparade.com
Host - Network Solutions
Can I FTP directly to Network Solutions? Yes
Symptoms -

----> Attempts to break the cycle:

On Jul 16, 5:08 am, Kitchen Parade wrote:

Blogger is always breaking stuff, and they are always fixing stuff.
http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2008/07/ftp-publishing-and-complexity.html

Occasionally the host servers make changes that contribute to
problems.
http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2008/07/server-changes-at-godaddy-and-f...

Even if you were able to FTP directly to Network Solutions, you still
might be well served to check your configuration.  And find out from
Network Solutions if they made any changes.
http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2008/04/ftp-publishing-if-youre-having-...

Chuck [Blog*Star 2006 - 2008]
Real Blogger Status: http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/

10am UPDATE -- The post is still not live, despite many attempts to
publish.

HOWEVER ----->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Google/Feedburner picked up an RSS feed
and so 2000 subscribers (including e-mail readers) have now gotten BAD
e-mail/feed.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED, in all three incidents.
In my mind, it is the worst because for the first time, readers are
directly affected.

I read your blog, yes, it's helpful what you're doing to attempt to
focus on this situation.

Updates:

Wednesday 10am - the post went live about 3 hours after I first
pressed publish, 3 hours after RSS went live, 1 hour after FeedBurner
(another Google service) sent out e-mail subscriptions
Wednesday 6pm - I was able to publish again, briefly, and made quick
updates to the post
Wednesday 6:15pm - made one last quick update, received an "your
publish is taking longer than expected" message

Thursday 8am -- uploading a photo requires several minutes of
"spinning" -- so long that I gave up, thinking that Blogger was stuck
and was surprised to find the photo available after a few minutes
Thursday 8:40 am -- attempted to update a post (wild rice salad -
http://kitchenparade.com/2003/08/wild-rice-salad.php) with new photo
of two kinds of wild rice --> "republished with errors" but the post
didn't update
Thursday 8:45 am -- attempted to republish entire blog, after awhile,
started switching back and forth between "published with errors" and
"taking longer than expected" -- 10:10am still "taking longer than
expected" -- 11:15 am still "taking longer than expected"
Thursday 12:30 pm -- "your blog published with errors" -- but the wild
rice salad post is updated~

Updates:

Wednesday 10am - the post went live about 3 hours after I first
pressed publish, 3 hours after RSS went live, 1 hour after FeedBurner
(another Google service) sent out e-mail subscriptions
Wednesday 6pm - I was able to publish again, briefly, and made quick
updates to the post
Wednesday 6:15pm - made one last quick update, received an "your
publish is taking longer than expected" message

Thursday 8am -- uploading a photo requires several minutes of
"spinning" -- so long that I gave up, thinking that Blogger was stuck
and was surprised to find the photo available after a few minutes
Thursday 8:40 am -- attempted to update a post (wild rice salad -
http://kitchenparade.com/2003/08/wild-rice-salad.php) with new photo
of two kinds of wild rice --> "republished with errors" but the post
didn't update
Thursday 8:45 am -- attempted to republish entire blog, after awhile,
started switching back and forth between "published with errors" and
"taking longer than expected" -- 10:10am still "taking longer than
expected" -- 11:15 am still "taking longer than expected"
Thursday 12:30 pm -- "your blog published with errors" -- but the wild
rice salad post is updated~

UPDATE:

Friday 7/18 2:25pm -  unable to upload photos.

UPDATE

Sunday 7/20: STEPS TAKEN TO PUBLISH
http://kitchenparade.com/2008/07/homemade-frozen-yogurt-with-blackber...

6:00am unable to load photos; after about 10 minutes, receive an
actual error message (publishing results:
org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPConnectionClosedException: Connection
closed without indication.) instead of just spinning as usual
6:12am knew connection was broken (a good thing), so tried again,
photo uploaded fine!
6:13am tried uploading 2 more photos,  no success but once again
received an error message, a good thing
7:45am attempted to publish full post, spinning, spinning, spinning
"your publish is taking longer than expected" - to avoid e-mail sub's
going live, changed FeedBurner to deliver 12 hours later
7:57am received "blog published with errors" --
org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPConnectionClosedException: Connection
closed without indication. -- message but post is NOT live and link is
still spinning
8:00am saved post as draft - then clicked publish again - recd same
error message
8:22am saved post as draft - then clicked publish again - recd same
error message
8:30am on phone w Network Solutions to see if can change 404 error
message so at least readers clicking through will get notice -- they
assign service record 1-351563572
8:55am saved post as draft - then clicked publish again ----
SUCCESS!!!!

STEPS TAKEN TO PUBLISH this post on Tuesday, July 22 --
http://kitchenparade.com/2008/07/fresh-apricot-bars.php
My host is Network Solutions - yesterday they sent an e-mail reading
"We are aware of an issue with FTP and UNIX packages.  They will
generally deny the first connection, but allow subsequent
connections.  We are requesting that our customers attempt to connect
to their server twice until we have a resolution."

ATTEMPT 1 - 5:20am clicked publish -- "your post is taking longer than
expected" --> then "YOUR BLOG PUBLISHED with ERRORS" but post not live
though URL established
ATTEMPT 2 - 5:45am saved to draft, then republished --> "your post is
taking longer than expected" --> "YOUR BLOG PUBLISHED with ERRORS" but
post still not live
ATTEMPT 3 - 6:10am republished index --> "your post is taking longer
than expected" --> "YOUR BLOG PUBLISHED with ERRORS" but post still
not live
ATTEMPT 4 - 6:35AM saved to draft - waited 15 minutes - republished --

thunderstorm midterm - 8:20am "YOUR PUBLISHED with ERRORS" but post
still not live
ATTEMPT 5 - 8:20am saved to draft - republished - "your post is taking
longer than expected" -  8:47am "YOUR PUBLISHED with ERRORS" but post
still not live
ATTEMPT 6 - 8:47am saved to draft - republished -- SUCCESS 9:15am

THIS IS NUTS

Where do you find the network solutions number? We are having same
problem org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPConnectionClosedException:
Connection closed without indication. When publishing.

On Jul 20, 10:11 am, Kitchen Parade wrote:

ATTEMPTS TO UPLOAD PHOTOS on July 23

ATTEMPT #1 7am - can't upload photos - FAILED
ATTEMPT #2 9am - can't upload photos - FAILED
ATTEMPT #3 noon - can't upload photos - FAILED
ATTEMPT #4 1:05pm - was able to upload one photo so tried another --
SUCCESS
ATTEMPT #5 1:06pm - unable to upload photos - FAILED

 THIS IS NUTS

7/24/08 ATTEMPTS TO REPUBLISH ENTIRE BLOG AFTER CHANGING TEMPLATE

#1 7:01pm clicked Republish All -- error message, "your blog published
with error"s but none of the changes were made - FAILED
#2 8:46pm clicked Republish Index only -- SUCCESS -- but of course
home page only

7/25 ATTEMPTS TO POST -- http://kitchenparade.com/2008/07/fresh-creamed-corn.php

#1 - 4:10AM - published an entirely new post (before, had always been
draft posts published) - page created but clicking on it gets a 404
error - "your publish is taking longer than expected". Clicked status
to try to break the spinning, got this message which might have been
from night before when republished index only. Last successful blog
publish: Your blog published with errors. Your publish is taking
longer than expected. To continue waiting for it to finish, click
here.
View Blog ( in a new window) htdocs/KPv2docs/index.php htdocs/KPv2docs/
rss.xml htdocs/KPv2docs/atom.xml - FAILURE

#2 - 4:19am - saved post as draft, published again - "your publish is
taking longer than expected" - 4:26 checked status "Your blog
published with errors. Your publish is taking longer than expected. To
continue waiting for it to finish, click here. View Blog ( in a new
window) org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPConnectionClosedException:
Connection closed without indication." FAILURE

#3 - 4:26am - published post again - "your publish is taking longer
than expected" - 4:55 checked status  - Your blog published with
errors. Your publish is taking longer than expected. To continue
waiting for it to finish, click here. -
org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPConnectionClosedException: Connection
closed without indication." - FAILURE???? no the post is live --
SUCCESS