Microsoft Publisher - linking images problem

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linking images problem

Sylvia Morris

2005-05-08, 4:16 am

My linked images are working only on my home page and not the other pages.
What could be going on?

David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]

2005-05-08, 4:16 am

Start by visiting the FAQ -
http://www.publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=30 - and working thru it as
it covers the typical issues and mistakes.
If you fail to resolve this afterwards yourself then update this post with
the information that is minimally required in getting assistance...
- version of Publisher (including service pack level)
- URL of web page with issue

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

"Sylvia Morris" <SylviaMorris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My linked images are working only on my home page and not the other pages.
> What could be going on?

Sylvia Morris

2005-05-08, 4:16 am

I have gone over the FAQs many times. Possibly I'm not interpreting the
answers correctly. Either way, I'm using Pub 2003 and have all the Service
pack updates. I'm not sure what you're asking for when you ask for the issue
of my website. Currently, the site isn't posted so you wouldn't be able to
actually visit it. I would be happy to send files if that would help.

"David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]" wrote:

> Start by visiting the FAQ -
> http://www.publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=30 - and working thru it as
> it covers the typical issues and mistakes.
> If you fail to resolve this afterwards yourself then update this post with
> the information that is minimally required in getting assistance...
> - version of Publisher (including service pack level)
> - URL of web page with issue
>
> David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
> http://www.publishermvps.com
> http://www.davidbartosik.com
>
> "Sylvia Morris" <SylviaMorris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:39804F8D-85EC-4AF8-BE9F-86285C6ACD94@microsoft.com...
>
>
>

Sylvia Morris

2005-05-10, 7:31 pm

I was really hoping someone could help me with this. Do any of the MVPs have
any suggestions?

JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]

2005-05-10, 7:31 pm

David *is* an MVP - and he is "da bomb" with Publisher-based websites. Since
your page isn't public, no one can take a look at the site and make
suggestions. That would be like me asking you what clothing colors and
styles look good on me. Without seeing me, you could never make
recommendations. (No, orange stretch pants with horizontal stripes would
*not* be a do-able option!)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

"Sylvia Morris" <SylviaMorris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I was really hoping someone could help me with this. Do any of the MVPs
>have
> any suggestions?

DavidF

2005-05-10, 7:31 pm

Sylvia,

Since JoAnn has never built a site using Publisher, has no suggestions, and
usually just suggests using FrontPage, I will try to help. Though it might
be easier to help if you had the site posted, there are other ways. Perhaps
if you explained in more detail what you mean by your "linked images" are
not displaying. Are you talking about thumbnail images linked to larger
images? Are you using the HTML code fragment to link to external images?
When you did have your site posted and hovered over the missing images,
where did the link point to? Was it pointing to your hard drive? If the link
points to your site, did you upload your images to that location on your
site? Are you using a Master Page?

Did you read these two Q & As, and did they give you any insight as to what
is going wrong. From
http://www.publishermvps.com/WebDes...30/Default.aspx

Q. How do I make "thumbnails"?
A. A "thumbnail" is simply a copy of an image that is smaller than the
original and it links to the original. You need to upload the original image
file to the web server and make note of the file name and path (it's URL) so
you can link to it. You then Insert, Picture, the image onto your Pub page
and size it as desired. Then right-click the image and select Hyperlink, in
the Hyperlink dialog choose the external file/page option (wording defers by
version) and enter the URL address of the image file on the server. (i.e.
http://www.mydomain.com/mypic.jpg ).

Q. When published some of my images don't display and some of my links
don't work, they are showing as addressed to my hard drive.
A. Publisher should always write relative file links to the page and image
files within the site (i.e. /page10.htm). It should not write an absolute
link which in case it does is typically absolute to your hard drive (i.e.
c:\my documents\pub\image304.gif) which obviously won't work when the site
files are on the web server. I've only seen Publisher do this when using a
Master page in the web publication. Removing the master page and moving all
content to the publication pages resolves the issue. I do not recommend the
use of a Master Page in a web publication.

Perhaps this article will help:
http://www.publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=84
I would also suggest that you peruse the rest of the information on the MVP
site including linking to external files and the articles about how to
publish your site.

Then if you still haven't figured it out, please define and describe what
you are doing in more detail and either I will try to help, or David
Bartosik should be able to offer some insight based on your answers.

DavidF

"Sylvia Morris" <SylviaMorris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6AE690C8-42DA-4DFA-B389-9F83B8A609C0@microsoft.com...
> I was really hoping someone could help me with this. Do any of the MVPs
have
> any suggestions?

JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]

2005-05-10, 7:31 pm

In this thread I never mentioned using FP. I told her it was going to be
difficult to diagnose a problem without seeing the site.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

"DavidF" <Nope@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Sylvia,
>
> Since JoAnn has never built a site using Publisher, has no suggestions,
> and
> usually just suggests using FrontPage, I will try to help. Though it might
> be easier to help if you had the site posted, there are other ways.
> Perhaps
> if you explained in more detail what you mean by your "linked images" are
> not displaying. Are you talking about thumbnail images linked to larger
> images? Are you using the HTML code fragment to link to external images?
> When you did have your site posted and hovered over the missing images,
> where did the link point to? Was it pointing to your hard drive? If the
> link
> points to your site, did you upload your images to that location on your
> site? Are you using a Master Page?

Sylvia Morris

2005-05-14, 7:21 pm

David and All,

This is the first website I've ever built. I don't know anything about
FrontPage or HTML or how things work when sitting on a server that is the
portal to the Internet. However, my friend who is going to host my site is
very experienced, has his own company that offers web hosting, web site
developement as well as custom software and database design. He doesn't
peticularly like the HTML code that Publisher produces even when filtered and
he strongly advises against embedding images because of the redundancy of
files Publisher produces so I'm trying to use code fragments to any images I
add to the website. Additionally, he wants me to deposit all my images into
an Images File which he will put on the server. He wants me to write my code
fragments to link to that file, not to my site URL as instructed in the FAQs.
I have done this but only the images on my first page are showing up.
Whatever your answer to me may be could possibly be over my head and I would
be relaying it to him. So keep in mind that you're actually talking to him
and he is very knowledgeable and experienced and understands how all these
things work.

"DavidF" wrote:

> Sylvia,
>
> Since JoAnn has never built a site using Publisher, has no suggestions, and
> usually just suggests using FrontPage, I will try to help. Though it might
> be easier to help if you had the site posted, there are other ways. Perhaps
> if you explained in more detail what you mean by your "linked images" are
> not displaying. Are you talking about thumbnail images linked to larger
> images? Are you using the HTML code fragment to link to external images?
> When you did have your site posted and hovered over the missing images,
> where did the link point to? Was it pointing to your hard drive? If the link
> points to your site, did you upload your images to that location on your
> site? Are you using a Master Page?
>
> Did you read these two Q & As, and did they give you any insight as to what
> is going wrong. From
> http://www.publishermvps.com/WebDes...30/Default.aspx
>
> Q. How do I make "thumbnails"?
> A. A "thumbnail" is simply a copy of an image that is smaller than the
> original and it links to the original. You need to upload the original image
> file to the web server and make note of the file name and path (it's URL) so
> you can link to it. You then Insert, Picture, the image onto your Pub page
> and size it as desired. Then right-click the image and select Hyperlink, in
> the Hyperlink dialog choose the external file/page option (wording defers by
> version) and enter the URL address of the image file on the server. (i.e.
> http://www.mydomain.com/mypic.jpg ).
>
> Q. When published some of my images don't display and some of my links
> don't work, they are showing as addressed to my hard drive.
> A. Publisher should always write relative file links to the page and image
> files within the site (i.e. /page10.htm). It should not write an absolute
> link which in case it does is typically absolute to your hard drive (i.e.
> c:\my documents\pub\image304.gif) which obviously won't work when the site
> files are on the web server. I've only seen Publisher do this when using a
> Master page in the web publication. Removing the master page and moving all
> content to the publication pages resolves the issue. I do not recommend the
> use of a Master Page in a web publication.
>
> Perhaps this article will help:
> http://www.publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=84
> I would also suggest that you peruse the rest of the information on the MVP
> site including linking to external files and the articles about how to
> publish your site.
>
> Then if you still haven't figured it out, please define and describe what
> you are doing in more detail and either I will try to help, or David
> Bartosik should be able to offer some insight based on your answers.
>
> DavidF
>
>
> "Sylvia Morris" <SylviaMorris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6AE690C8-42DA-4DFA-B389-9F83B8A609C0@microsoft.com...
> have
>
>
>

DavidF

2005-05-14, 7:21 pm

Sylvia,

I don't know anyone that 'peticulary' likes Pub 2003 code, but that is
probably beside the point.

Assuming that you have all your links written correctly, and your images
uploaded, when you say that your images don't "show up", do you get a red
X? If so you probably aren't writing your links correctly. If you just get
an image icon, then its possible that the image hasn't loaded yet. Images in
sites built with Pub 2003 can take a loooonnnngggg time to load. If that is
the case, then you need to optimize your images for the web...reduce their
size so they load faster. This is best done in your favorite image editing
software. Read the Help file in that software about reducing the size or
optimizing the images for the web. Also David Bartosik managed to get
Microsoft to issue a patch to help with the image loading time issue. Read
the article: Compress your graphics for a faster web site:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/a...1266301033.aspx

If you get the red X, you may not be writing your links correctly, first go
back and read the article I referenced:
http://www.publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=84
Confirm where your 'images' folder is and instead of a relative link try
writing an absolute link to your image files, such as <IMG
SRC="http://www.yoursiteaddresshere.com/images/yourpicname.gif">. I
personally find it easier to keep things straight by writing absolute links.
I am also assuming that you have actually uploaded the images to your
'images' folder...yes?

Make sure that your file names for your images do not have spaces...don't
name your files "your pic name.gif". The same is true of your
folders...don't use spaces in the names. Be careful of mixing upper and
lower case. If your folder is "images", then don't build your link with
"Images". Generally it is safest to use all lower case.

Try these things, and if you are still having problems after publishing your
site, then post back with the URL, so we can further trouble shoot your
issues. Good luck.

DavidF

"Sylvia Morris" <SylviaMorris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E99CAA92-37CE-475A-A618-76C06B005577@microsoft.com...
> David and All,
>
> This is the first website I've ever built. I don't know anything about
> FrontPage or HTML or how things work when sitting on a server that is the
> portal to the Internet. However, my friend who is going to host my site is
> very experienced, has his own company that offers web hosting, web site
> developement as well as custom software and database design. He doesn't
> peticularly like the HTML code that Publisher produces even when filtered
and
> he strongly advises against embedding images because of the redundancy of
> files Publisher produces so I'm trying to use code fragments to any images
I
> add to the website. Additionally, he wants me to deposit all my images
into
> an Images File which he will put on the server. He wants me to write my
code
> fragments to link to that file, not to my site URL as instructed in the
FAQs.
> I have done this but only the images on my first page are showing up.
> Whatever your answer to me may be could possibly be over my head and I
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> and he is very knowledgeable and experienced and understands how all these
> things work.
>
>
> "DavidF" wrote:
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2005-05-14, 7:21 pm

PS. You might also be sure you are publishing your site correctly. Go to:
http://www.publishermvps.com/WebDes...33/Default.aspx
and read the articles about publishing.

DavidF

"Sylvia Morris" <SylviaMorris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E99CAA92-37CE-475A-A618-76C06B005577@microsoft.com...
> David and All,
>
> This is the first website I've ever built. I don't know anything about
> FrontPage or HTML or how things work when sitting on a server that is the
> portal to the Internet. However, my friend who is going to host my site is
> very experienced, has his own company that offers web hosting, web site
> developement as well as custom software and database design. He doesn't
> peticularly like the HTML code that Publisher produces even when filtered
and
> he strongly advises against embedding images because of the redundancy of
> files Publisher produces so I'm trying to use code fragments to any images
I
> add to the website. Additionally, he wants me to deposit all my images
into
> an Images File which he will put on the server. He wants me to write my
code
> fragments to link to that file, not to my site URL as instructed in the
FAQs.
> I have done this but only the images on my first page are showing up.
> Whatever your answer to me may be could possibly be over my head and I
would[color=darkred]
> be relaying it to him. So keep in mind that you're actually talking to him
> and he is very knowledgeable and experienced and understands how all these
> things work.
>
>
> "DavidF" wrote:
>
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