site summary shows broken hyperlinks; on the site they're fine

[GCSEIS]

Hi Everyone, Merry Christmas
In front page when I look at the site summary it shows numerous broken hyper
links.
To cut a long story short when I eventually checked them on the live site,
they all work fine.
Any one know why this is happening?
Thanks
Ged

 

[Steve Easton]

Some servers will not acknowledge the way that FP checks the server to see if the link is valid.
Usually these servers are set to not acknowledge Pings, in an effort to prevent denial of service attacks.

For example, www.grc.com is one that will always check as a bad link.


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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
Hit Me FP
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm

 

[Malcolm Walker]

Isn't it also true that if the external links are checked in a
disk-based Web they will be reported as broken? This might not be
evident to an inexperienced user of FP.

 

[GCSEIS]

Steve and Malcolm.
Thanks very much for replying. I'm not a techy so I don't know if there's a
way forward from this. Are there any settings I can adjust. It's just that
it's disconcerting that my summary shows so many broken links. I like things
a bit tidier than that.
Thanks again
Ged

 

[Ronx]

That is only true if there is no internet connection, and the external
links require the Internet connection to be found. (Subwebs are
reported as external, but will be found in disc based webs.)
--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.

http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp

 

[Malcolm Walker]

If you haven't why not open your Web site in FrontPage and then check
the links? With your Internet connection open go to File | Open Site
and at the bottom of the dialogue type the URL in the Site name:
`http://www.mydomain.com/' but of course using the address of your
site. Press the Open button to see your site on-line in FP and create a
report.

 

[Steve Easton]

It has nothing to do with any settings on your machine or in FrontPage.
It is how the server responds to the request sent for the link check,
and there is nothing you can do about it.


--

Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
Hit Me FP
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm

 

[Malcolm Walker]

Steve,

I understood your point and accept it without reservation. Even more so
as you are expressing it with the authority of an MVP. However from the
OP's messages I formed the view that the links were being checked
off-line. Hence the suggestion I offered.

Malcolm Walker