If I may jump in... I think it might be easier for you if you write an
'absolute link' to your pdf file. 'Relative links' can be confusing and
writing the full path to the files can make things more clear.
After you upload the subfolder 'downloads' to your root directory or root
folder and upload the 'kos_registration_form.pdf' file to the 'downloads'
folder, then the link to that file will be:
www.bmbc-lugoffsc.org/downloads/kos_registration_form.pdf
or
http://www.bmbc-lugoffsc.org/downloads/kos_registration_form.pdf
I would also point out that when you go to your website via
'
www.bmbc-lugoffsc.org' , you go to
www.bmbc-lugoffsc.org/index.htm . Then
when you click the 'About Us' link on your home page, it will take you to
http://www.bmbc-lugoffsc.org/index_files/Page380.htm . In other words it
takes you to the 'index_files" folder on our host and finds the
'Page380.htm' file. Note that all your other pages are also in the
'index_files' folder. When you click any of the navbar buttons on your
default home page then it will take you to the file within the index_files
folder...it does not take you to the other subfolders in your root
directory. You do not need the other subfolders.
To explain further, here is a link to your 'Reflections_files" folder:
http://www.bmbc-lugoffsc.org/Reflections_files/
You will notice that you get a listing of the files in that folder because
there is not default .htm file. But now go to this link:
http://www.bmbc-lugoffsc.org/Reflections.htm Notice that it is the same as
http://www.bmbc-lugoffsc.org/index.htm .
You can keep producing your web files as you want, but the reality is that a
viewer will stay within the files in the 'index_files' folder if they arrive
at your site via
www.bmbc-lugoffsc.org ...because they will start at
www.bmbc-lugoffsc.org/index.htm and all the links from that page will point
to the 'index_files' folder...not the other folders you have created. That
means that your 'Reflections' page is located here:
http://www.bmbc-lugoffsc.org/index_files/Page1201.htm and again at
http://www.bmbc-lugoffsc.org/Reflections_files/Page1201.htm not
http://www.bmbc-lugoffsc.org/Reflections.htm as you intended.
If you want custom file names, then go to your main Pub file. Go to the
'Reflections' page in your publication > Tools > Web page options and under
'Publish to the web" in the 'File name' field type in 'Reflections' without
the quote. Now when you publish to the web and produce you new web files,
Publisher will call that page 'Reflections.htm' instead of 'Page1201.htm'.
And the absolute link to that page will be
http://www.bmbc-lugoffsc.org/index_files/Reflections.htm . Do this for each
of your pages in your publication, but do not leave spaces. For the About us
page use either 'AboutUs.htm' or 'About_us.htm' and perhaps avoid upper case
altogether and just call the file 'aboutus.htm'. Just be consistent.
I hope I haven't confused you further, but it was obvious that you needed to
understand how to write absolute links to your files and your web pages, and
that also meant that I had to discuss how you have organized your web
directory. You simply do not need all those other subdirectories/subfolders
nor are they really accomplishing what you wanted them to accomplish. The
good news is that now you know how to write the link to the pdf file and any
other pdf file that you put into the 'downloads' folder. Clear as mud now?
<g>
DavidF
