Website on CD-disc...hyperlinks not working....

[kevin w via OfficeKB.com]

I am trying to make a website on a cd. When trying to use hyperlinks, it
looks to go to my local hardrive. I read some of the msgs, left and still a
bit confussed. Using Publisher 2002 after export as web page, it creates 2
things on my desktop. 1- a website link, 2-website files. I tried saving my
pictures under the file by creating a new folder and putting my images in
there. Then I browse to this file thinking it will be linked also to the cd
but it still is looking at my c: drive. Can any1 give me step by step info.
that is very intuitive and straight foward w/o using big comp. talk. I have
spent many hours trying to figure this out but people are talking about
relative links and aboslute links and I have no clue what they are talking
about. I believe I am not using a master page because it is not checked.

 

[kevin w via OfficeKB.com]

I am trying to make a website on a cd. When trying to use hyperlinks, it
looks to go to my local hardrive. I read some of the msgs, left and still a
bit confussed. Using Publisher 2002 after export as web page, it creates 2
things on my desktop. 1- a website link, 2-website files. I tried saving my
pictures under the file by creating a new folder and putting my images in
there. Then I browse to this file thinking it will be linked also to the cd
but it still is looking at my c: drive. Can any1 give me step by step info.
that is very intuitive and straight foward w/o using big comp. talk. I have
spent many hours trying to figure this out but people are talking about
relative links and aboslute links and I have no clue what they are talking
about. I believe I am not using a master page because it is not checked.

Sorry, but if you know the answer can you please email me......wolcott007@msn.
com

 

[David Bartosik]

Have you tried to google on terms you don't understand?

Absolute link, means the entire file path is spelled out, it's explicit,
absolute. Example - http://www.barvin.com/508.aspx

Relative link, means only the path to file itself is used, being relative to
the root. Example - images/img001.jpg

For your purposes you need relative links. Pub usually writes relative links
to it's site files. If you have links that are explicit to the local drive
then those are absolute links and there is a reason behind it using absolute
links that you need to identify. All the site files that Pub writes in the
Export, you should be able to copy to any source, be it a drive, a cd, a
server, and the links will remain intact.

Some reasons that Pub writes an absolute link ... you specified one in the
hyperlink dialog; the link is not to a site file but rather to a external
file you browsed to; you coded one using an html code fragment; you have some
site objects on a master page.

 

[David Bartosik]

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