Hyperlink when downloaded to Server Is Incorrect, Help!!

[Guest]

Hi,
When creating my hyperlink on Frontpage all seems correct but once it's
downloaded on the server it adds on to the address. Here's an example of what
the link should look like
http://www.firstinlinesoap.com/soaps_more/lotion_bar_special.htm

Here's how it downloads
http://www.firstinlinesoap.com/soaps_more/soaps_more/lotion_bar_special.htm

So I'm getting a double soaps_more This is also happening with the images
I'm placing into the page Double soaps_more.

If you would like to take a look at the site you will need the username and
password

Username is Allusers (capital A)
password climber (all lower case)

Thank you for your help!

 

[p c]

Not sure what you are doing. For the nav links change them to
"/folder/file" , this way they are always relative to the root.

Or may be you have more soap than you can handle.


...PC

 

[Murray]

Can you use root relative links in FP?

 

[Guest]

Hey P C
I do have wayyyyy more soaps than I can handle
Okay can you tell me how to change my nav links to folder/file. I click on
Navigation and just got lost. Thank you for your help!

Linda

 

[p c]

Do it the way uou change any other link. Are they normal links?

In the hyperlink properties for each link you want to change, type the
URL in the form /folder/file. E.g.

/soaps_more/lotion_bar_special.htm

The "/" indcates in relation to the root web--not the current folder or
file.

The site link will result in opening
http://domain/folder/file

...PC

 

[p c]

YES.
...PC

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

In FP you have to use one of the following:

<a href = "foldername/pagename.htm"

or

<a href = "../foldername/pagename.htm"

for FP to manage your hyperlinks.


FP will not manage the following (they will work on the live site if written correctly):

<a href = "http://www.domainname.com/foldername/pagename.htm"

or

<a href = "/foldername/pagename.htm"

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[Murray]

Thanks, Thomas. I thought I remembered your saying that.

 

[p c]

One doesn't have to use anything that FP creates. The designer is in
control.

FP will create the hypeerlinks in that format if you create the
hyperlinks in the normal view and you click on the icons to locate the
file for the URL. However, you can override and specify the the URL the
way yo want.

If you create the links in the normal view, you can bypass FP's habit by
typing the URL the way you want it. Or after you create the heperlink,
you can change it by chnging the link's properties and replce FP's
format with the format you want. Or you can go in the HTML view and
change it to the way you want.

FP is a great tool, but one dosn't have to do it in FP's way.

...PC

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

True, however if you later move or rename pages, etc. then FP will not maintain/adjust the
hyperlinks for the developer, so the developer will always have to manually correct those types of
hyperlinks.

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