Can't find the homepage

[gulph]

Can anyone tell me what dumb mistake I've made here?

I built a website (www.delawarecountyhistoricalsociety.org) for a small
non-profit. Problem is, when anyone clicks on "home" (index) on the
left-side task bar, the homepage can't be found.

Is there a simple explanation?

Mark

 

[ME]

Can anyone tell me what dumb mistake I've made here?

I built a website (www.delawarecountyhistoricalsociety.org) for a small
non-profit. Problem is, when anyone clicks on "home" (index) on the
left-side task bar, the homepage can't be found.

Is there a simple explanation?

Mark

I'm guessing, but the link when you have is:
http://www.delawarecountyhistoricalsociety.org/www.delawarecountyhistoricalsociety.org
You've got it doubled there.

 

[Steve Easton]

Because the link is to:
http://www.delawarecountyhistoricalsociety.org/www.delawarecountyhistoricalsociety.org

Open the page in FrontPage, remove the link and then relink it to your home page.

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[gulph]

Because the link is to:
http://www.delawarecountyhistoricalsociety.org/www.delawarecountyhistoricalsociety.org

Open the page in FrontPage, remove the link and then relink it to your home page.

Sorry. That was my attempt at a fix. I've re-set it to the "right"
way. Now, www.delawarecountyhistoricalsociety.org works. But,
www.delawarecountyhistoricalsociety.org/index.htm does not.

Mark

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

The actual file name for the home page is index.html, not index.htm

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[Steve Easton]

Sorry. That was my attempt at a fix. I've re-set it to the "right"
way. Now, www.delawarecountyhistoricalsociety.org works. But,
www.delawarecountyhistoricalsociety.org/index.htm does not.

That's because when you published the web, FrontPage checked with the server to determine
the correct default file name.
In this case it needed to be index.html so it was automatically renamed when published.
Try it

http://www.delawarecountyhistoricalsociety.org/index.html

Also to prevent future problems, open your local copy of FrontPage and rename index.htm to
index.html and let FrontPage update hyperlinks when prompted.
Then republish the entire web.

Also, you don't need an absolute link to the homepage.
All you need is a relative link just like the rest of the links in your navigation.

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