Table of Contents problem

[Dan E]

I have a number of PDF files that I want to include in a Resources page, and
Table of Contents web component seemed to be the best way to give access to
them. I put the files in a sub-folder, and tried to make a TOC in a page in
the sub-web root (working on a disk-based server at the moment -will publish
to an FP2002 extensions enabled host when complete). The TOC dialog asks
for a Page URL for starting point. So I made an empty page,
Sellers_Resources.htm, in the folder above the folder where the PDFs are,
and created the TOC in Sellers.htm, which is in the folder above that.
However the TOC just shows all the html pages in the web site, including
..asp files in sub-folders, but not html files in sub-folders, and the PDFs
are not included. Can someone please tell me what may be wrong? Do I need
to work in a web-based environment, or am I using TOC in the wrong way?

TIA,

Dan

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

You are not doing anything wrong, the TOC component can not read PDF files, not sure why you are
having a problem with .html files.

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[Guest]

Hi Dan~

Depending on how you set up your table of contents, it will display all
pages or just those in the navigation; however, .pdf files are not pages per
se - just like graphics are not pages.

You'll need to build your own links into a page for this one,
Teri

 

[Kathleen Anderson [MVP - FrontPage]]

The PDF documents have to be already linked to in another page before
they'll show up in your TOC. Try creating the Resources page manually, then
generate a separate TOC page and you should see them.

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~ Kathleen Anderson
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
Spider Web Woman Designs
web: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/resources/
blog: http://msmvps.com/spiderwebwoman/category/321.aspx

 

[Dan E]

Odd - I'll swear that when I was fiddling with a TOC a week or two ago, it
had set up links to jpgs which I had to get rid of, at Thomas's suggestion,
by saving the page from a browser as HTML Only, then squirting it into FP
and editing. Hmmm.

Thanks for your response, Teri,

Dan

 

[Dan E]

OK - I think I understand now. Thanks, Kathleen. Still don't understand
why the TOC shows pages above the chosen start page - is it always global
unless you choose a Category based TOC?

TIA,

Dan

The PDF documents have to be already linked to in another page before
they'll show up in your TOC. Try creating the Resources page manually,
then generate a separate TOC page and you should see them.

--
~ Kathleen Anderson
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
Spider Web Woman Designs
web: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/resources/
blog: http://msmvps.com/spiderwebwoman/category/321.aspx

 

[Dan E]

I was wrong about the html files not showing, Thomas - I just didn't
recognise their titles (as opposed to file names) amongst the morass of
stuff in the TOC. Thanks for your help, as always

Dan

You are not doing anything wrong, the TOC component can not read PDF
files, not sure why you are having a problem with .html files.

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Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)

FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
==============================================

 

[Kathleen Anderson [MVP - FrontPage]]

I don't know for sure; I always start with the home page of the site, and
I've never used categories.

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~ Kathleen Anderson
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
Spider Web Woman Designs
web: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/resources/
blog: http://msmvps.com/spiderwebwoman/category/321.aspx

OK - I think I understand now. Thanks, Kathleen. Still don't understand
why the TOC shows pages above the chosen start page - is it always global
unless you choose a Category based TOC?

TIA,

Dan

 

[Guest]

Ahh, yes, that goes back to "depending on how you set it up" - I never "show
pages without incoming hyperlinks".. Kathleen's suggestion below will help,
but it still requires you to link the pdf's on a page...

 

[Dan E]

OK - many thanks for your help, Kathleen.

Dan

I don't know for sure; I always start with the home page of the site, and
I've never used categories.

--
~ Kathleen Anderson
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
Spider Web Woman Designs
web: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/resources/
blog: http://msmvps.com/spiderwebwoman/category/321.aspx

 

[Dan E]

Ah well, I guess I'll just have to to do it the old-fashioned way, actually
work at it....

Thanks again,

Dan