Microsoft Publisher - RE: file names

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RE: file names

SchultzR

2006-03-18, 10:14 pm

I'm having a new problem with the page file names. Using Publisher 2003.
When I originally prepared the website and inserted a navigation bar between
the pages, I published to the web by placing it in a folder on my computer.
I then transferred these files via ftp (don't really know what this means) to
my web space. When I opened the page, the home page was there but the
navigation bar links all linked to the folder on my computer which was no
good.
I then manually inserted links from the navigation bar to the pages as they
were named in the ftp public folder. Everything worked great.
When I modified my design and republished to the folder on my computer and
again transferred as above, the links no longer worked because Publisher had
renamed the pages. I can get around this by renaming the pages right after
republishing but before I transfer them to my web space. There's got to be
an easier way.
When I try to publish to the web directly to the ftp thing the process
usually breaks down somewhere. Transferring directly from the folder on my
computer works.
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Thanks for your help, RS

"Sylvia Morris" wrote:

> A friend of mine is going to host my site. He is a very experience website
> builder, programmer, you name it... I told him I was ready to publish my
> site. He said he needed to get an IP address for me. He suggested I zip up
> the htm files and send them to him which I did. When he got the files, he
> said the pages were named with random #s............. such as 365, 490, 820,
> etc....... and they weren't in ascending order......... meaning, my home page
> being the lowest #. It might had been page 588, my second page might have
> been 328. He suggested that I rename the files. I don't know what he's
> talking about and he doesn't know much about Publisher and he's in another
> state so he can't help. What is going on?????

DavidF

2006-03-19, 10:17 pm

If you are using a master page, Publisher can write the links to the hard
drive. Move all the content from your master page and don't use them with a
web publication. Try publishing again after deleting the files from your
website.

DavidF

"SchultzR" <SchultzR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9D3392CF-B7B2-4BAA-8AAE-8AC33CB2AB9C@microsoft.com...
> I'm having a new problem with the page file names. Using Publisher 2003.
> When I originally prepared the website and inserted a navigation bar
between
> the pages, I published to the web by placing it in a folder on my
computer.
> I then transferred these files via ftp (don't really know what this means)
to
> my web space. When I opened the page, the home page was there but the
> navigation bar links all linked to the folder on my computer which was no
> good.
> I then manually inserted links from the navigation bar to the pages as
they
> were named in the ftp public folder. Everything worked great.
> When I modified my design and republished to the folder on my computer and
> again transferred as above, the links no longer worked because Publisher
had
> renamed the pages. I can get around this by renaming the pages right
after
> republishing but before I transfer them to my web space. There's got to
be
> an easier way.
> When I try to publish to the web directly to the ftp thing the process
> usually breaks down somewhere. Transferring directly from the folder on
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> computer works.
> --
> Thanks for your help, RS
>
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>
> "Sylvia Morris" wrote:
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