--- loncom/publisher/lonpublisher.pm	2001/04/03 11:07:36	1.22
+++ loncom/publisher/lonpublisher.pm	2001/04/03 11:26:02	1.23
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #
 # 11/28,11/29,11/30,12/01,12/02,12/04,12/23 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # 03/23 Guy Albertelli
-# 03/24,03/29 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 03/24,03/29,04/03 Gerd Kortemeyer
 
 package Apache::lonpublisher;
 
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ sub publish {
     my ($source,$target,$style)=@_;
     my $logfile;
     my $scrout='';
+    my $allmeta='';
+    my $content='';
 
     unless ($logfile=Apache::File->new('>>'.$source.'.log')) {
 	return 
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ sub publish {
 
         my $maxindex=10;
         my $maxid=10;
-        my $content='';
+
         my $needsfixup=0;
 
         {
@@ -290,7 +292,7 @@ sub publish {
 
 # -------------------------------------------------- Parse content for metadata
 
-        my $allmeta=Apache::lonxml::xmlparse('meta',$content);
+        $allmeta=Apache::lonxml::xmlparse('meta',$content);
         &metaeval($allmeta);
 
 # ---------------- Find and document discrepancies in the parameters and stores
@@ -324,7 +326,7 @@ sub publish {
 	    $scrout.='<p><b>Obsolete parameters or stored values:</b> '.
                      $chparms;
         }
-
+    }
 # ------------------------------------------------------- Now have all metadata
 
         $scrout.=
@@ -408,7 +410,6 @@ sub publish {
         $scrout.=&selectbox('Copyright/Distribution','copyright',
                             $metadatafields{'copyright'},%cprtag);
 
-    }
     return $scrout.
       '<p><input type="submit" value="Finalize Publication"></form>';
 }