Home page return

[Barbara]

I have my web page uploaded from 2002. I have two
problems. #1. I have 6 pages and it works OK until I try
and return to the home page with the link on the other
pages. I get an error message. The home page site is
http://www.theofficenet.com/~earl. The link shows
http://www.theofficenet.com/~earl/earl insurance
agency.htm. How do I fix this? #2. I put in the keywords
for the search engines but when I do a search I can't
find my page. Any suggestions? Thank you.

 

[David Bartosik MS MVP]

1- looks like you probably saved it when you published as "earl insurance
agency.htm" which would be incorrect, you need to save it as "index.htm".
Failure to name it correctly is covered on the 2002 issues page at
http://www.davidbartosik.com/pub2002/pub2002_issues.htm

2- the fact that it can take weeks or months to get cataloged in the search
sites aside, you may have failed to load the Service Packs for Publisher.
There have been 3 now. Reference www.davidbartosik.com and/or
http://www.publishermvps.com for details on SP's. The keywords actually did
not work until after SP2 as documented on the 2002 issues page at
http://www.davidbartosik.com/pub2002/pub2002_issues.htm

--
David Bartosik - MS MVP
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[analog]

Bizarre! How can M$ sell crap like this? Every time my outrage about Publisher
begins to subside, one of you MVPs drops a bombshell like this. Geez. I bet
the class action lawyers will be interested to find out it took two service
packs to address a basic features issue like this.

The keywords actually did

 

[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

In (e-mail address removed) <[email protected]> posted:
|| Bizarre! How can M$ sell crap like this? Every time my outrage
|| about Publisher begins to subside, one of you MVPs drops a bombshell
|| like this. Geez. I bet the class action lawyers will be interested
|| to find out it took two service packs to address a basic features
|| issue like this.
||
|| The keywords actually did
||| not work until after SP2 as documented on the 2002 issues page at
||| http://www.davidbartosik.com/pub2002/pub2002_issues.htm

Imagine then, Corel WordPerfect Office 2002 had ***4*** service packs. You
might have a better chance going after them. After all they have less money
for big expensive lawyers that MS has, which would squash you like a little
bug

http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satell.../Download&cid=1047022886340&pid=1047022881311

Not to mention, Visual Basic had 7 service packs! Add THAT to your class
action lawsuit!



--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
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[analog]

Actually M$ has a surprising record of settling class action lawsuits. See the
one I just posted below.

 

[Brian Kvalheim - [MSFT MVP]]

Hi (e-mail address removed) ([email protected]),
in the newsgroups
you posted:

|| Actually M$ has a surprising record of settling class action
|| lawsuits. See the one I just posted below.

How many lawsuits related to buggy code or service packs though?
--
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Microsoft Publisher MVP
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[analog]

I do not know, but more are coming I am sure. They are trying to address the
issue in revised language in the UCC, so count on many lawsuits to come.

 

[Brian Kvalheim - [MSFT MVP]]

Hi (e-mail address removed) ([email protected]),
in the newsgroups
you posted:

|| I do not know

Exactly.

|| but more are coming I am sure.

How are you so sure?

|| They are trying to
|| address the issue in revised language in the UCC, so count on many
|| lawsuits to come.

So you are saying that all software companies will be sued (all software has
bugs, service packs and updates)? I dread the day that my tax dollars get
pissed away for such ludicrous BS.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
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[analog]

Brian, you are one annoying self-important know nothing guy. You just want to
argue to hear the sound of your own voice. The UCC is in the process of being
amended to better address software usability and warranty issues. Do you know
what the UCC is?

 

[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

In (e-mail address removed) <[email protected]> posted:
|| Brian, you are one annoying self-important know nothing guy.

Why is it that you always stoop to name calling or insults?

||You just want to argue to hear the sound of your own voice.

No, just voicing my opinion.

||The UCC is
|| in the process of being amended to better address software usability
|| and warranty issues. Do you know what the UCC is?

Yup ;-). Do you know what sticks and stones are?
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
~pay it forward~

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[analog]

The simple answer is that I am, tired of your crap. M$ made a horrible mistake
giving your smart-assed self MVP status. You are wasting your breath defending
bad software. No customer wants to hear that buggy code is OK because everybody
does it.

Some degree of accountability is coming; would you argue that is a mistake? And
I am not talking about tax payer dollars; I am talking about a framework that
will allow appropriate civil action for unconscionable acts on the part of
software sellers. Many years ago congress passed a series of laws that
circumscribe the limiting language a company can put in warranties, and that has
made warranties meaningful. It takes a long time for law to catch up with
technology, but software companies are asking for it when they abuse customers
with half-baked buggy programs.

 

[Don Schmidt]

Reviewing the thread, you are the cause of the yellow flag. 15 yard
penalty!

 

[analog]

You would need to review some previous threads to understand my problem with
this guy. It is essentially his view that M$ can do no harm. Publisher,
especially 2002 and 2003 are the proof that is nonsense. His principle defense
is that all software providers are as bad or worse than M$. I was not
disrespectful to him first, believe me. He has argued I am a fool for believing
what M$ says Publisher will do, and not being smart enuff to see through there
lies about its capabilities as a website building tool. M$ has far better
ambassadors of good will in here like David B., and JoAnn P. If M$ had any
sense at all they would drop this argumentative confrontational fool like a hot
potato.

 

[Brian Kvalheim - [MSFT MVP]]

Hi (e-mail address removed) ([email protected]),
in the newsgroups
you posted:
||M$ has far
|| better ambassadors of good will in here like David B., and JoAnn P.
|| If M$ had any sense at all they would drop this argumentative
|| confrontational fool like a hot potato.

That is because they don't debate with you. You seem to have some decent
knowledge of Publisher. Use it here in the newsgroups wisely, and you will
help many. In the mean time, grow up a little. If you don't like someone
arguing your points, don't make your points here. I have been here long
before you joined this newsgroup and will be here long after you leave. Why
don't you try to make the short time you are here peaceful and mature.

P.S. I am not *defending* MS. I am *supporting* all software companies.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
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[analog]

Lad, what you do is not debate; and that is why you have not earned my respect.
In fact other MVPs in here often disagree with my largely negative attitude
about Publisher, but the debate has always been civil compared to the
interchange with you.

Call it defense or support, but why do it? If you were a major stockholder, I
could understand it a bit better. And don't be quite so sure you will be here
after I am gone. I am highly motivated to track what goes on in this forum for
a few reasons, and as for your future, who knows?

 

[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

In (e-mail address removed) <[email protected]> posted:
|| Lad, what you do is not debate; and that is why you have not earned
|| my respect.

I could care less about earning respect from you. *LAST* thing on my mined.

|| In fact other MVPs in here often disagree with my
|| largely negative attitude about Publisher, but the debate has always
|| been civil compared to the interchange with you.

Because they don't debate with you.

|| Call it defense or support, but why do it?

Because it is *impossible* to release software (from ANY company) that
doesn't have bugs or security flaws. It's impossible to satisfy EVERY
consumer with a feature set. Software is written by humans, and humans are
not perfect. Test environments are not perfect. And if someone doesn't like
the new features in a released version, Microsoft offers a 100% money back
guarantee. And you can take THAT to the bank.

|| If you were a major stockholder, I could understand it a bit better.

I am a stockholder. But I also have stock in a competing company.

|| And don't be quite
|| so sure you will be here after I am gone. I am highly motivated to
|| track what goes on in this forum for a few reasons, and as for your
|| future, who knows?

Oh, I am confident of my long term residence here. I have seem many of your
type come and go in the 7 years I have been in these newsgroups. It will be
sad to see you leave as you have the experience with Publisher that we need
in these newsgroups to help others, and it is appreciated. Just be prepared
that I *will* debate with you in these public forums if I don't agree with
your comments. While I don't *own* or *moderate* these newsgroups, I WILL
try to keep the noise down. There is no room for your *publisher* politics.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
~pay it forward~

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[analog]

I stand by my assertion that you are nothing more than an argumentative jerk,
something you prove every time you open your mouth. All of a sudden I have
valuable experience with Publisher? What I have is a huge amount of wasted time
fighting with M$ over Publisher's bugs with multiple episodes sent to escalation
teams where eventually they threw their hands up. What I have is a 300 page
website stranded in Publisher 2000 because later versions are a disaster. I
will concede I know a great deal about how to trick Publisher into doing what I
want it to do, but that is a sad state of affairs.

Publisher is not suitable for a business website. Publisher does not deal with
HTML as a "native language" as claimed on the 2002 retail package. Even with
all service packs and patches in place, the latest version of Publisher
generates bloated code. Publisher politics? Perhaps, but I will not be happy
un till these issue are addressed, and part of that has to include a reasonable
way to move into another program that will not take scores of hours of code
doctoring. An unreasonable expectation? Give me a break. In any event, these
questions, and many more, are eventually headed to court if the lazy lawyers
ever get their act together.

Syd H. Levine
www.logwell.com

 

[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

In (e-mail address removed) <[email protected]> posted:
|| I stand by my assertion that you are nothing more than an
|| argumentative jerk, something you prove every time you open your
|| mouth.

Stopped reading here. This is where I would wash my sons mouth out with
soap.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
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[JoAnn Paules]

Boy, does that bring back bad memories. Let me tell you - Ivory soap tastes
nasty!

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

 

[analog]

Best not try a stunt like that in this day and time. It will almost certainly
be viewed as child abuse by the authorities. You are an idiot to even say such
a thing in a public forum in this day of political correctness.

Besides, I did not even call you an asshole(which you certainly are), merely an
argumentative jerk. You would resort to corporal punishment for that? You are
indeed a moron of epic proportions.