Static files deleted on publish

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I have placed my static pages in the /web directory
(for example /web/pagename.html)

when i publish a page made through ui builder, all the files in /web are deleted
I even created a sub directory /web/static
but that directory and all files are deleted as well

Please advise what I am doing wrong

Thanks

Paul McPherson

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Hello, @Paul_McPherson.

I am assuming that you have already published in this folder, so the files are simply overwritten with new ones.
Also, you need to not only create a folder, but also mark it. Most likely, you still had the web folder selected, so the application was published there.

Best Regards, Nikita.

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I’m sorry, I don’t understand your answer. Mark a folder? What does this mean?

What is the name of the folder that you must publish your ui builder files to?

Is it root / ?
Is it /web ?
Is it something else?

Please answer this - Why are all files that I manually put in /web deleted on publish? i.e. (some_static_page.html)?
Why are all sub-directories of /web deleted? /web/somefoldername?
Is there a way to avoid this?
is there another folder that I can put it in that will deliver the static pages without deleting them on publish? i.e /somename?

Please reply.

Thank You

Must you gio to Root (?) ? /web /some other?

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Replacing all files in the directory where you are publishing your app is just assuming by design. If you want to avoid it, you can publish, for example in web/another-folder and move files manually from another-folder to web.

You can put your static anywhere you want, but you should remember that might be replaced by new published app. So, if you won’t it, just don’t publish in the directory where you have your own files.

Tell me if something is still unclear.

Regards, Dima.