Frontpage - links do not work

[Greg_McKe]

I have created a series of pages in F/page and have hyperlinks on them from "index" to other pages and "back". The links work OK in F/Page preview, but when published to the web, the links fail to work. I have not attempted this before, but I think I have done the links correctly as they work OK in F/page preview. The pages are basically an index (home) page and then it links to a photo gallery from which the user can click a photo to see more info on the photo image they have clicked. I can go from the index to the gallery but when I use a link from this page, that is from a picture, it goes to the page but will not return. It does nothing - just sits there.

I'd appreciate some help - if I work it out I'll post again and advise in case soemone is having the same problem.

Regards to all

[guitaristinus]

When you do the preview on your computer your probably trying to do a relative link, that is, the domain is not in the url. Sometimes Frontpage will actually put the whole file path to the file on your computer in the link when you think you're making it relative. It may not even show in the WYSIWYG editor. The website will work fine on your computer but the files won't be found from the WWW (you hope not). Make the url absolute or make sure it's not trying to link back to your computer from the WWW.

[cabowabo]

Welcome to Webmaster World! My advice is to move from FP to a real HTML editor. You'll be happy you did.

CaboWabo

[mack]

Hi Greg_McKe,
First off, welcome to Webmasterworld.

When you say...

I have created a series of pages in F/page

Did you create a web before you built the pages?

If you have simple built pages then tried to link them together from within the Frontpage interface you will be using system url's.

The propper way to use frontpage is to have your webpages within a "web". To create a new web simple open Frontpage...
File>New>Web...

You should then folow the dialoge box to create your web. That way all your pages will link to each other without using system url's. You do not even need to use FT to upload then, you can simply copy the contents of a web folder to your web space. You only really need to upload using FP if you are making use of the FP server extensions.

Hope this helps.

Mack.

[Webwork]

If the link path is correct it should work. Try a fully extended (absolute) link: [Widgets.com...]

Relative links should work if, when you decided to make your website, you chose the option "New > Frontpage Web" - versus choosing "New > Page".

If you published the site as a collection of pages, versus a frontpage website, relative URLs will fail.

Did you open the 'website' on the server and take a look using the hyperlink view? Have you employed the "recalculate hyperlinks" tool? These aren't necessarly to tools to fix your issue, but they are tools you should quickly become familiar with.

Lastly, I'm not certain but I think at some point in its development history Frontpage may have placed image files - jpegs - in a folder of their own by default. _images folder? This doesn't sound like the issue since the links appear to work 'on the way in', but it may be something to examine.

I've made pretty much every mistake you can make using MSFP and look forward to making a few more as I begin to play with MSFP 2003 (and Dreamweaver MX).

[Macro]

FP is fine, and not just for basic sites.... I know a lot of very professional sites that use it.

Tip: When you create a new page save it with a page name first before you start adding any links in it.