hotspots with "external" links don't work

[Lenny]

Hi,

Something odd happened when some of my Frontpage students used hotspots in
images. When they linked a hotspot to a page or file within their web,
everything was OK. But when they linked to a page or file outside the web
(e.g. another website), they get an error message when clicking the hotspot,
as if the link they want doesn't exist.

Lenny

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Do they have a live internet connection at the time?

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[Lenny]

Yes!!! I checked that first ... It only happened to some of the students,
but they were all connected to the Internet.

Lenny

 

[Tom Pepper Willett]

Okay, what is the error message they get?
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| Yes!!! I checked that first ... It only happened to some of the students,
| but they were all connected to the Internet.
|
| Lenny
|
| "Thomas A. Rowe" <[email protected]> schreef in bericht
| | > Do they have a live internet connection at the time?
| >
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| >
| > ==============================================
| > Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| > WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
| >
| > FrontPage Resources, Forums, WebCircle,
| > MS KB Quick Links, etc.
| > ==============================================
| > To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
| > http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| >
| > | > > Hi,
| > >
| > > Something odd happened when some of my Frontpage students used
hotspots
| in
| > > images. When they linked a hotspot to a page or file within their web,
| > > everything was OK. But when they linked to a page or file outside the
| web
| > > (e.g. another website), they get an error message when clicking the
| > hotspot,
| > > as if the link they want doesn't exist.
| > >
| > > Lenny
| > >
| > >
| >
| >
|
|

 

[Lenny]

That the page cannot be found ... the same error you get in a browser when a
page can't be reach, for instance when you are not connected to the
Internet. But they were connected!

Lenny