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lukeb
12-14-2005, 09:42 PM
Hey,im hoping that someone can help me,i am new to making websites and have just done so and my link pages wont work,when i click on them in the html format that is saved they work fine but they are uploaded and they dont work,any suggestions would be appreciared,my website is below

www.lukebeechey.com

Kate
12-14-2005, 10:12 PM
You have everything linking to places on your hard drive, for example -

<a href="file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\melissa\Desktop\webs ite\results.htm">RESULTS</a>
You can't link to things in your hard drive. You will need to upload the files and then have something like -

<a href="results.htm">RESULTS</a>
or

<a href="http://www.lukebeechey.com/results.htm">RESULTS</a>

Also, the links aren't even clickable in FireFox.

mark1345
12-14-2005, 10:14 PM
Are you using Word to generating your website? I recommend you use a WYSIWYG editor such as Frontpage or Dreamweaver to build your site.

lukeb
12-14-2005, 10:19 PM
thanks,i am using microsoft publisher to make it and cute ftp to upload it,how do i change the codes that you are talking about kate?

Kate
12-14-2005, 10:26 PM
Open up the file in notepad, everytime you find something like '<a href="file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\melissa\Desktop\webs ite\filename.htm">link name</a>' change it to <a href="http://www.lukebeechey.com/filename.htm">link name.</a>
(remember to replace 'filename.htm' with the proper file name and same goes for 'link name'). Then save the file re-upload it, and upload all the other files (results.htm etc. etc.).

I would really recommend redoing the whole page in a program that isn't publisher though.

mark1345
12-14-2005, 10:38 PM
I also recommend you change your program:) If you don't want to buy Frontpage or Dreamweaver, you can use Nvu from http://www.nvu.com. It's free.