MS Publisher 2003 web no links when web forwarding

[Peter]

I created a web with MS Publisher2003 and uploaded it ok working fine,
but with web forwarding the links do not work. I contacted Simply.com
who do my web forwarding and they say there there are no A HREF
statements (links).
I also imported the web into Frontpage 2003 where I cannot edit
properly.

This: (web forwarded) no links working
http://www.directorscut.me.uk/

This: working fine
http://freespace.virgin.net/directors.cut

Help!!
Peter

 

[David Bartosik - MS MVP]

This is because you are linking to pages that aren't there.
Since you don't actually have the pages on http://www.directorscut.me.uk/
that you are linking to the links to such pages fail.

I believe you are a little confused in what you are doing, you say you are
using forwarding yet you are using framing. You use one or the other.

If you are doing forwarding that means that one domain name is forwarded to
another domain name. The first domain name has no physical presence and thus
no page. The second domain loads and runs. For example -
www.davidbartosik.org and www.davidbartosik.net have no physical presence,
they forward to the real site of www.davidbartosik.com

If you do a forward you have no issue as the real site is the destination
and runs.

When I visit http://www.directorscut.me.uk/
I do not see a forward, I see framing.
You have a physical page on that domain that frames the actual page over at
http://freespace.virgin.net/directors.cut
And since the visitor is actually on the second domain none of the links
work because the other pages aren't on that domain that the relative links
point to.
So if you are framing the first domain than you need to add more frame pages
or change your links to absolute urls so you always point back to the first
domain explicitly.

I strongly recommend against moving Pub pages into FP and I recommend
against editing Publisher made html files.

My site has more info on web page building with publisher and in general.

--
David Bartosik - MS MVP
for Publisher help:
www.davidbartosik.com
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www.davidbartosik.com/giveaway.aspx

 

[Peter]

thanks
directorscut.me.uk is only a domain name and should not have a physical
presence. and should point to http://freespace.virgin.net/directors.cut.
I have the web forwarding set to cloaked the other options are standard
or parked.
I have used this on an old site I created in frontpage and had no
problem.
How do I convert all links to absolute?

Peter

 

[David Bartosik - MS MVP]

review the forwarding setup you have then.
don't use the frame page.

but if you want to change the links you have to use the 'existing web page"
link option instead of 'place in document" and you enter the full url of the
page ie - http://myaddress.com/myfolder/mypagenamehere.htm

--
David Bartosik - MS MVP
for Publisher help:
www.davidbartosik.com
enter to win Pub 2003:
www.davidbartosik.com/giveaway.aspx