Links don't work in my website?

[jwgeetar]

hey all, this is my bi-annual question that probably won't be answered., but here goes.

after being down for 6 months, i uploaded my site again on Front Page. on the preview everything worked. but when i uploaded it, all my links are dead. i have gone back and forth 10 times trying several things but no workee. i will admit creating the graphics and insert box's in a template from Publicator---of Office 2007. i don't see how this could be the culprit cause like i say, it worked in the website previewer of FP.

are there any Front Pagers left out there? i was hoping years ago to get away from this demon FP but can't shake it.........thx for the help! jw

oops---here's my site---jwweir.com

[GhostRider2110]

Ok, first, I am not a FP person.. to that I am not a fan of MS at all.. I looked at the web page and it looks like you built it based on several images? The links are in the code, but I am not sure the actually are linked to anything. If you really want to get away from FP, you might try a program called CoffeeCup. www.coffeecup.com I have been using it for years. You can check out www.thrcc.org as one of the sites I run with CoffeeCup. The hardest part about using FP to manage the site is the code it produces is really bad to maintain and MS puts a lot of "magic" behind the code. I will try to take a look at the code source and see if I can help... If you want to try CoffeeCup, they have a free 30 day trial and if you decide to buy, you can get a 20% discount by using the checkout code in my sig here. Couple other things I like about coffeecup is it's low price and once you buy it you get updates for the life of the program.... You are not charged every time a new version comes out... Will get back to ya...

--Mitch

[jwgeetar]

thx ghost. i think you were trying to sell me on CC before. i need WYSIWYG....and FP gives me that. quick look, quick fix, no code.

i was haveing trouble just uploadeing my index.htm for the last few months. suddenly after banging my head----i got the index to work. but the links died somewhere in transit. the links worked on the website preview....but not on my Domain.

crap---i don't have a clue.......

[jwgeetar]

Originally Posted by GhostRider2110

Ok, first, I am not a FP person.. to that I am not a fan of MS at all.. I looked at the web page and it looks like you built it based on several images? The links are in the code, but I am not sure the actually are linked to anything. If you really want to get away from FP, you might try a program called CoffeeCup. www.coffeecup.com I have been using it for years. You can check out www.thrcc.org as one of the sites I run with CoffeeCup. The hardest part about using FP to manage the site is the code it produces is really bad to maintain and MS puts a lot of "magic" behind the code. I will try to take a look at the code source and see if I can help... If you want to try CoffeeCup, they have a free 30 day trial and if you decide to buy, you can get a 20% discount by using the checkout code in my sig here. Couple other things I like about coffeecup is it's low price and once you buy it you get updates for the life of the program.... You are not charged every time a new version comes out... Will get back to ya...

--Mitch

thanks Mitch. i looked again at your post and your site you posted and am gonna give CC another shot. i did like the free updates and support over the life of.stay tuned......jw

[GhostRider2110]

Hehe... Yea I *recommend* it whenever I can.. (I don't get any kickbacks or anything from CoffeeCup accept the satisfaction that someone else is breaking free from the M$ hold ) It does have a WYSIWYG editor built into the HTML Editor product but there is also another product they call Visual Site Designer. I have tested the latest beta and for a WYSIWYG it is not bad... Might give that a try...

I'm not really sure what is going on with FP, but from the code, the areas where the links are suppose to be are gif images. Not sure it is was suppose to be doing some image mapping or what. Will dig a little more to see what I can find for ya. --Mitch

[jwgeetar]

Originally Posted by GhostRider2110

Hehe... Yea I *recommend* it whenever I can.. (I don't get any kickbacks or anything from CoffeeCup accept the satisfaction that someone else is breaking free from the M$ hold ) It does have a WYSIWYG editor built into the HTML Editor product but there is also another product they call Visual Site Designer. I have tested the latest beta and for a WYSIWYG it is not bad... Might give that a try...

I'm not really sure what is going on with FP, but from the code, the areas where the links are suppose to be are gif images. Not sure it is was suppose to be doing some image mapping or what. Will dig a little more to see what I can find for ya. --Mitch

yup--guess what? you are my new mentor for CC! i see whats going on with it but it is still a learning curve. i know, after all this time---but i am learning (and remembering) several apps at once. gawd forbid i do this for a living....... ---which i do---! [bigger story later]

[jwgeetar]

hey mitch, between me and you this is working. check out my latest simple website done with CC.

http://www.jwweir.com/

thanks for your help------i think i'm starting to feel at home with CC.

(BTW---I'm in the way of Ike the Hurricane so delete these comments if i'm washed away!

[GhostRider2110]

Looks like it is coming together... Really its all in what you get use to for creating your web pages... I hope you do enjoy CoffeeCup and if you do decide to purchase, don't forget to grab the discount code from my sig...

Hope you don't get washed away... plus if you do I will not know it.... Batten down the hatches.... and good luck!!!!

--Mitch

[GhostRider2110]

Hope everything is OK out there with you and yours... Let us know how things are when you get a chance... --Mitch

[jwgeetar]

Originally Posted by GhostRider2110

Hope everything is OK out there with you and yours... Let us know how things are when you get a chance... --Mitch

doing good, i survived IKE! power off for 3 days. lot's of folks in the greater houston area without power still. lot's of tree's on power lines and roofs. i feel very fortunate to have power this quick. actually i worry about it going off a lot as it teased us going on and off the last day it came on steady.

except for the last few days of this cool front we have now, houston is usually quite steamy through October and not bearable without the air conditioner. i did not hardly sleep at all because of the humidity. all hotels were booked unless we wanted to travel great distances to Austin,Dallas or San Antone.

anyway---hope to have time to resume my website. stay tuna, i have quiestions for you. thanks---jw

[Jared]

It's the way you designed the site. This is a well known drawback of using frame based websites and means that people cannot bookmark your pages properly.





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[brando]

I think you should minimize the size of the image which will reduce the loading time of your site.