Navigation Buttons will not work on website

[janiegirl1960]

I have just uploaded my website (created in Publisher 2003) to my host
godaddy.com and after too many long phone calls I finally got the home page
up. I used a publisher template with 9 pages. I have named 5 of the
nagivation bars and only the home page is working. I have changed the name on
the hyperlink option within website options to match the name of the button -
but still nothing is working. my site is www.flipthatroom.com. This has been
one frustrating experience. ANY help would be appreciated. Thank you so much!

 

[Don Schmidt]

Did you upload the default files folder?

 

[janiegirl1960]

Don, are you saying that I need to save the changes I made under the current
default files and then upload the whole thing again? Just checking.

 

[janiegirl1960]

Don,
I went back to godaddy and uploaded (again) the default files and still no
change.
When I questioned them they told me I had a broken link?? So, I am unsure
what to do next. Any help would be appreciated.--
jane

 

[Spike]

It appears that the folder and its contents
http://www.flipthatroom.com/default_files/ does not exist on the server
Did you use FTP to upload the files?
If so:
Look at server files and see if the folder default_files exists and that
there are the same files there that reside on your computer
By default publisher places supporting files in a subdirectory (in this case
default_files) and the directory (folder) and its contents must be uploaded
to the server.


Spike

 

[janiegirl1960]

I went to godaddy's website and uploaded files from thier hosting area and I
did upload the new default file BUT I am noticing that when I go back into
publisher I saved each individual page of the site as a separate file and
published them individually to the web as instructed by godaddy. I cannot now
find just the website as a whole on publisher - have I made it worse? Why
would the home page - default show up and not any of the other pages?

 

[Don Schmidt]

Spike covered it, the default files folder needs to be on the server with
the files within.

 

[Spike]

The default home page is in the root directory on the server and it is seen
as soon as you call up the web site flipthatroom
The navigation bar hyperlinks are looking for the supporting pages in the
folder "default_files" (and this is because you gave it that name when you
published it to your hard drive). Most folks publish their pages using the
name index. The sub folder will be named "index_files". If this is
confusing you can go into publisher and turn off that option and it will
publish the entire site to a single directory. Some people like it one way
while others like it the other way.

My suggestion :
1. Go back to the original publisher file
2. Publish the web site to a new directory on your hard drive (to avoid
confusion with what you have already done)
3. Delete all the files that you put on the server, being careful not to
delete any files that go daddy put there
4. Upload the newly published files in the new directory on your hard
drive to the root directory on the server
5. Create a new folder on the server with the same name as the sub folder
on the hard drive
6. Upload the files in the sub directory on the hard drive to the new sub
directory on the server

Also look at downloading filezilla, it is faster and easier to upload and
maintain your site than logging in to go daddy and the file manager
You can get filezilla at
http://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client and it is recommended
by go daddy and it works well

Spike

I went to godaddy's website and uploaded files from thier hosting area and
I
did upload the new default file BUT I am noticing that when I go back into
publisher I saved each individual page of the site as a separate file and
published them individually to the web as instructed by godaddy. I cannot
now
find just the website as a whole on publisher - have I made it worse? Why
would the home page - default show up and not any of the other pages?

 

[DavidF]

Spike,

Why not upload the whole support folder intact, with the files within? When
you update the site the new folder will overwrite the old folder. Seems much
easier to me that uploading a lot of loose files.

I am also not sure how I feel about using "default.htm" for a home page vs.
index.htm, but then maybe I am just a creature of habit.

DavidF

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

Whether you use default or index is a function of how your server is set up.
Typically, index is *nix servers and default is for Windows servers.

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

 

[DavidF]

Hummm. That is another thing among many, that I didn't know. Thanks.

I will say though that I use a Windows server to host my site, and the
index.htm and index.html both work as a default. I have never tested
default.htm. While I guess that using default.htm is ok, it still seems to
me that "index.htm" is the more common and universal default file name, and
it is the default for Publisher.

In this situation, Jane has used both. Try loading both
http://www.flipthatroom.com/index.htm and
http://www.flipthatroom.com/default.htm in separate tabs or windows. But
then my guess that "index.htm" is the most common comes up short if you try:
http://www.flipthatroom.com/ It appears that the default.htm file is loaded,
not the index.htm file. So what do I know ;-)

DavidF

 

[Spike]

David

I thought about your suggestion about uploading the folder but was not sure
that this person was sure of what needed to happen so I took it a step
farther to insure that the files really got to where they needed to be (I
assumed this person is a novice). Agree with index. I use index and the
fact that default precedes index when you hit the site it is handy to set up
pre conditions.

Spike

 

[DavidF]

If I may add my two cents worth, it appears that you have tried both
index.htm and default.htm as the home page, and both files are on the
server;
http://www.flipthatroom.com/index.htm
http://www.flipthatroom.com/default.htm
but neither of the corresponding support folders have been uploaded.

So regardless of whether you use index.htm or default.htm as your home page,
as Spike suggested you need to clean up the server. Delete both those files
and any loose files, produced by Publisher, that you might have uploaded
individually. Then after you "publish to the web" upload the new home page
file and the supporting folder *intact* with all the supporting graphics
files and other .htm files within to the root directory...the same directory
level as you currently have the index.htm and the default.htm files. If you
use index.htm then you will get an "index_files" folder. If you use
default.htm then you will get a "default_files" folder. My suggestion is to
use Publisher's default of "index".

I concur with Spike about downloading and using FileZilla for uploading. I
differ in that I would upload both the index.htm file and the index_files
folder together in one operation. That way in the future when you update
your Pub file and produce new files you can do the same thing and overwrite
the original home page and support folder in one operation. In FileZilla it
can be as simple as selecting both the index.htm file and the index_files
folder and dragging and dropping them into the root directory of your host.

GoDaddy has some good instructions on their site about using FileZilla to
upload files and folders, but here is another more complete set of
instructions: http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/documentation/

You might also take a step back and read:
Reference: Prepare, publish, and maintain your Publisher Web site:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA100947601033.aspx

DavidF

I went to godaddy's website and uploaded files from thier hosting area and
I
did upload the new default file BUT I am noticing that when I go back into
publisher I saved each individual page of the site as a separate file and
published them individually to the web as instructed by godaddy. I cannot
now
find just the website as a whole on publisher - have I made it worse? Why
would the home page - default show up and not any of the other pages?

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

If you have a friendly host you can have other page names for the
index...like home.htm.
They can change the configuration IOW.

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

 

[DavidF]

Spike,

Ok. I understand your reasoning now.

I posted my 2 cents worth before reading this. I suspect that the OP was
using the file manager from GoDaddy to upload, and if it is like mine it
will not allow you to upload folders, just single files one at a time, which
would require creating the subfolder on the root directory before uploading
as you suggested. If the OP follows your, and my suggestion, to switch to
FileZilla, then that will not be necessary.

DavidF

 

[janiegirl1960]

Wow! Thank you all so very much! YES I am a novice at this BUT completely
committed to figuring this out. I have completely deleted the files I sent to
Godaddy and will read the tutorial you have provided and see if that makes
sense. I don't speak "comptureeze" but think I can try it again. It seems
that all would have been easier if I just used a godaddy template but they
were not what I was looking for. Anyways, I appreciate all of your help and
support. Ok I am about to embark on this and will repost if I get stuck.
Thankyou again!
Jane

 

[janiegirl1960]

ok all, it looks like I was able to get the site up - however a few
questions....
I need to make changes - so when I make changes within the document (site)
how do I save it and then publish it? -- I am still having problems with the
navigation buttons which you will see if you try to move around the
site.......

Thank you all so much!!
jane

 

[janiegirl1960]

OK - can someone take a look at my site (www.flipthatroom.com) and tell me
what I've done wrong with the navigation buttons? Thx

 

[Spike]

Just looked at your site and the nav bar is working OK

Spike

OK - can someone take a look at my site (www.flipthatroom.com) and tell me
what I've done wrong with the navigation buttons? Thx