I think I understand. It sounds like you have used multiple Publisher files
to build each page. This isn't exactly the way most people use Publisher to
build websites, but it will work...it is actually the way I prefer. The
basic mistake you are making is pointing your hyperlinks to the html files
while they are on your computer. You should pointing the links to where the
files will be after you upload them to your web host server....not your
computer.
After your home page loads at
http://www.nyadire.org/ you have a link to the
"Nyadire Mission" page. This is how you wrote it:
file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Kimberly/My%20Documents/Zim%20Steering%20Committee/Website%20-%20Publisher/Nyadire%20Mission%20Zimbabwe.htm
This link is looking to your C drive on your local computer for a file
called "Nyadire Mission Zimbabwe.htm" but it should be looking to your web
host server for the file. If your web site was built with one Publisher
publication, and each page was included, then your link would look more like
this:
http://www.nyadire.org/index_files/****.htm
If you are indeed building each page with a separate Publisher file, then
you have to decide how you are going to organize the html files on your
host, before you can write the links correctly. I would suggest using a
different subfolder for each of your other pages. I would also suggest that
you use the default index.htm for the file name when you Export your html
files from your Publisher page. It will be easier to manage.
Taking the "Nyadire Mission Zimbabwe.htm" example. When you export your html
files, and you are saving them to your computer, this time save as
"index.htm" instead of "Nyadire Mission Zimbabwe.htm". Create a subfolder on
your website at the same level as your current home page, called
"Nyadire_Mission_Zimbabwe" or "Nyadire-Mission-Zimbabwe"...
"NyadireMissionZimbabwe"...your choice, but make the folder descriptive of
the page and avoid spaces. That is what the %20 in the link as you wrote it
represents...a space in your file and folder names. Don't use spaces...use
either an underscore to connect words, or upper case to separate them. Most
people recommend only using lower case when writing links. However you
decide to do it, just be consistent. I prefer abbreviating folder names so
there is less type.
Now your link would look like this:
http://www.nyadire.org/NyadireMissionZimbabwe/index.htm
Once you have decided how you are going to organize your files on your site
and how you are going to link the pages together, then you can insert the
hyperlinks. When you select the text, and insert > hyperlink, the dialog
that comes up, should have several options as to where you can point the
hyperlink. I don't have 2002 installed, but you probably have been Link to:
"Existing File or Web Page" selected. You also are then browsing down to
where you saved those html files on your computer...the C drive. This time
instead, click on Browsed pages instead of Current Folder, and then just
copy and paste the link in the Address field. Use the keyboard shortcut of
"Ctrl + V to paste. Now it is pointing to where you will upload that file.
Now, as I said, you appear to have decided to break your site up into
individual Pub file. Once your get your site setup with a subfolder for each
of those files, it will be relatively easy to write links to and from each
page. I actually prefer doing it this way. It makes it easier for me to
manage a large site this way. However, you should at least consider
combining all your pages in one file. If you do, you will write the links
different.
Publisher 2002 Help content on the MSFT site is really poor, so read this
article written for Pub 2003. Most of the information is similar to 2002.
One difference is that Pub 2003 uses "Publish to the Web" instead of "Export
as..." in 2002 to produce the html files.
Prepare, publish, and maintain your Publisher Web site:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA011053521033.aspx
Also read: Web Publication Changes Made in Version 2002 of Publisher :
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/pages/81262.aspx
Then take a moment to decide how you want to organize your site, and you
should be able to write correct and functioning links.
DavidF
It also sounds like you are then writing the hyperlink by pointing to the
other html file
