Microsoft Publisher - Another hyperlinks question

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Another hyperlinks question

MikeR

2005-04-20, 12:34 pm

Ok, i have a website i'm halfway through designing. it's only a bit of fun
for me and some mates, so i didn't want to go too technical on it, so
publisher seemed ideal to develop in in. I've uploaded a first version of it
the other week, and have a hyperlink problem.

The site is physically hosted on pipex webspace but with with a .co.uk
address pointing to the pipex address. When you look at the site from the
..co.uk address none of the hyperlinks work, but when you look at the site by
typing in the actual location of the site it works.

I know why it does it, because publisher is looking for the pages at the
..co.uk address, where they are not actually hosted there. All i need to know
is (apart from creating every link as an absolute link) is there a way of
programming the sites actual location into publisher to it knows where to
look for the pages??

Anyhelp appriciated

Mike.

MikeR

2005-04-20, 12:34 pm

OK, update to that, I've since done some more experimentation, and found it's
only hyper links linked to graphics that don't work. Txt hyperlinks do.
that's really puzzling me!!

Mike

"MikeR" wrote:

> Ok, i have a website i'm halfway through designing. it's only a bit of fun
> for me and some mates, so i didn't want to go too technical on it, so
> publisher seemed ideal to develop in in. I've uploaded a first version of it
> the other week, and have a hyperlink problem.
>
> The site is physically hosted on pipex webspace but with with a .co.uk
> address pointing to the pipex address. When you look at the site from the
> .co.uk address none of the hyperlinks work, but when you look at the site by
> typing in the actual location of the site it works.
>
> I know why it does it, because publisher is looking for the pages at the
> .co.uk address, where they are not actually hosted there. All i need to know
> is (apart from creating every link as an absolute link) is there a way of
> programming the sites actual location into publisher to it knows where to
> look for the pages??
>
> Anyhelp appriciated
>
> Mike.

David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]

2005-04-20, 12:34 pm

If you set the hyperlink by using the option to select a page in the
document then it writes relative links. Which framing can break. (best
scenario - don't frame the site) If you hyperlink using the web address
option you would enter the full URL address of the page so it will write an
absolute link.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com

"MikeR" <MikeR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5C2F2926-ABEF-4575-BBB5-9F1015DD47B6@microsoft.com...
> Ok, i have a website i'm halfway through designing. it's only a bit of fun
> for me and some mates, so i didn't want to go too technical on it, so
> publisher seemed ideal to develop in in. I've uploaded a first version of
> it
> the other week, and have a hyperlink problem.
>
> The site is physically hosted on pipex webspace but with with a .co.uk
> address pointing to the pipex address. When you look at the site from the
> .co.uk address none of the hyperlinks work, but when you look at the site
> by
> typing in the actual location of the site it works.
>
> I know why it does it, because publisher is looking for the pages at the
> .co.uk address, where they are not actually hosted there. All i need to
> know
> is (apart from creating every link as an absolute link) is there a way of
> programming the sites actual location into publisher to it knows where to
> look for the pages??
>
> Anyhelp appriciated
>
> Mike.

MikeR

2005-04-20, 12:34 pm

The site is not framed. it's only a fun site for me and my friends have a
look if you want (www.spub-web.co.uk) Don't ask about the origins of the
site!!!

Basically the links on the left of the page are all wordart, which obviously
link to the correct page when clicked. These links only work if I use the
absolute page adress in the hyperlink, they don't work if I use the 'another
page in this document' feature. Also the links on the 'photos' page have a
simelar problem, but any links that are just text hyperlinks (like the 'more'
link at the bottom of the first page) do work if you use the 'another page in
this document' feature.

I can't understand why this works for text links, but not for hyperlinks
that are graphics!! why??? It's not causing me a big problem, but would make
life easier if it worked!!!

Mike.

"David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]" wrote:

> If you set the hyperlink by using the option to select a page in the
> document then it writes relative links. Which framing can break. (best
> scenario - don't frame the site) If you hyperlink using the web address
> option you would enter the full URL address of the page so it will write an
> absolute link.
>
> David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
> http://www.publishermvps.com
> http://www.davidbartosik.com
>
> "MikeR" <MikeR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5C2F2926-ABEF-4575-BBB5-9F1015DD47B6@microsoft.com...
>
>
>

David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]

2005-04-20, 12:34 pm

"MikeR"
> The site is not framed.

Source code doesn't lie dude.

Yours shows...

<FRAMESET ROWS="100%,*" BORDER="0" FRAMEBORDER="0">
<FRAME SRC="http://www.mredman.dsl.pipex.com/" SCROLLING="AUTO"
NAME="bannerframe"

Like I said, framing can break links.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

MikeR

2005-04-22, 7:18 am

ahhh, didn't notice that. That bit of code is generated by one-and-one who
host the domain, and I don't think there's anything I can do about it. Damn.

Looks like I'll just have to use absolute links insted, which is a pain in
the backside, but can't be helped by the looks of things.

mike.

"David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]" wrote:

> "MikeR"
>
>
> Source code doesn't lie dude.
>
> Yours shows...
>
> <FRAMESET ROWS="100%,*" BORDER="0" FRAMEBORDER="0">
> <FRAME SRC="http://www.mredman.dsl.pipex.com/" SCROLLING="AUTO"
> NAME="bannerframe"
>
>
> Like I said, framing can break links.
>
> David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
> www.publishermvps.com
> www.davidbartosik.com
>
>
>
>