2007 ms publisher web file link problems

[natalie]

I was publishing my web site using publisher 2003. Not the most efficient but
I new how it worked and it was easy. I upgraded to ms 2007 and now my
hyperlinks with files from my harddrive do not work. All other links work
fine.

what is the difference between the two programs?
thanks out there.

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

not much difference, I think they use the same coding engine.

where's the website...post a link to it here.

 

[DavidF]

Natalie,

Publisher 2003 and 2007 aren't that different in the way the web component
works. What do you mean specifically about links to files from your hard
drive? What kind of files, and how are you linking them? As a rule, you
would not or should not be linking to files on your local hard drive. Are
you sure you weren't using Pub 2000 before?

DavidF

 

[natalie]

Hi Rob

thanks for the help
www.ucoyouth.org

not much difference, I think they use the same coding engine.

where's the website...post a link to it here.

 

[natalie]

Hi David

I am pretty sure it was 2003 but it may have been 2000. whatever version I
was using all i had to do was link it to my hard drive file. then when it
"saved as website" it would copy that file automatically into the publish
file that would then be saved to my server.

i am not the best with techno terms for all of this.
thanks
natalie

 

[Don Schmidt]

Did you mean to write www.uocyouth.org? If so, what links are failing?\


--
Don - Publisher 2000®
Vancouver, USA

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

Run Design Checker.



--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression

 

[natalie]

Yes - that is the correct address - sorry for the transposed letters.
any links to a pdf

On the home page scroll down to the college mission trip box - click on the
get applications link - it will take you to the mission trip main page. all
of the links at the top of the page do not work

 

[natalie]

how do i run design checker?

Run Design Checker.

 

[DavidF]

It sounds like you were using Pub 2000 for two reasons. First of all with
Pub 2000 you could write a link to an external file on your local computer,
and when you Save as a Web page, Publisher would make a copy of that file
and upload it along with the other web files produced. Secondly, the command
to publish your web files was "Save as a Web Page" in Pub 2000...it is
"Publish to the Web" in 2003 and 2007.

You did not provide any examples of the files that are not being copied and
uploaded when you posted the URL of your website: http://www.uocyouth.org/
but the process you need to follow now is basically a manual one. Assuming
that you have a .pdf file that you want to link to from a web page. Create a
subfolder on your web host server called "downloads", and upload the file to
that folder. Then your link will be
http://www.uocyouth.org/downloads/yourfile.pdf . Reference: Including
external files in a Publisher web:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/archive/2006/01/07/80561.aspx

Another important difference between Pub 2000 and 2007 is how Publisher
handles images. Pub 2000 would automatically resample, resize and optimize
any images that you inserted into your Publisher page when you published
your web files. Pub 2007 does not and the images on your site are too large
and need to be compressed before you upload new files. Here are two links
for 2003 and 2007:

Reference: Compress graphics file sizes to create smaller Publisher Web
pages (2003):
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA011266301033.aspx

Reference: Compress Pictures dialog box (2007):
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA100363901033.aspx?pid=CL100605171033

After you get those two issues done, you should run the design checker tool
as Rob suggested, under Tools > Design Checker. That will find some other
issues that you have on your pages.

And finally, if you want your web site to have good cross browser
compatibility you will need to change some of your design techniques. I
won't get into the particulars at this point, but I would suggest that you
download and install FireFox in order to test your pages. It is a relatively
small download and easy install, and should not create any problems for you.
Just opt out of making it your default browser during installation. If you
can get your pages to look good and work well in both IE and FF, then the
pages will look good in most browsers. After you fix the above issues with
the links and the images, and get FF installed, view your pages. Then come
back for more suggestions on how to fix the issues.

FireFox (7.1 MB): http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

DavidF

 

[atomfitz]

I am having this same problem, and nothing that i have done seems to
matter, the files will not link properly.
My site is:
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~bdbowen2/teamgreen/index.htm

each item on the documents page has a corresponding file, i even tried
linking to an object instead of text to see if it made a difference,
but it didn't. I have tried all of your suggestions to no avail.

The folder that the files are located in is
C:\Enloe\2008-2009\Competitions\SLI\Team Green (3rd)\Website
\*filename*
the publisher file is also in this folder, and the publisher file is
published to the web from this folder

any suggestions or help would be much appreciated,
thanks,
-Duncan

 

[DavidF]

Duncan,

Assuming that you did indeed upload your downloadable files to a folder on
your server called "downloads", at the same directory level as the index.htm
file and the index_files folder (within the teamgreen folder), then you
simply need to rewrite the links from where they are on your local computer
to where they are on your host server.

Here is the page you were talking about:
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~bdbowen2/teamgreen/index_files/Page386.htm

Now assuming that you have put the file "Budget.xls" in the "downloads"
folder on your host server, select the hyperlink and write in an absolute
link to that file:
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~bdbowen2/teamgreen/downloads/Budget.xls

Instead of what you currently have:
file:///C:/Enloe/2008-2009/Competitions/SLI/Team%20Green%20(3rd)/Website/Budget.xls
Which is pointing to where you keep the file on your local computer.

And though you probably understand this, after selecting the text with the
existing hyperlink, or new text or any other design element for that matter,
right click > hyperlink. In the dialog under Link to: choose Existing file
or Web page , and perhaps browsed page under Look in: and either key in or
copy and paste the appropriate link into the address field. You do not link
to the file on your local computer.

DavidF