my index hyperlinks?

**lukeb** · 12-14-2005, 09:42 PM

Hey,im hoping that someone can help me,i am new to making websites and have just done so and my link pages wont work,when i click on them in the html format that is saved they work fine but they are uploaded and they dont work,any suggestions would be appreciared,my website is below

www.lukebeechey.com

**Kate** · 12-14-2005, 10:12 PM

You have everything linking to places on your hard drive, for example -

Code:

<a href="file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\melissa\Desktop\website\results.htm">RESULTS</a>

You can't link to things in your hard drive. You will need to upload the files and then have something like -

Code:

<a href="results.htm">RESULTS</a>

or

Code:

<a href="http://www.lukebeechey.com/results.htm">RESULTS</a>

Also, the links aren't even clickable in FireFox.

**mark1345** · 12-14-2005, 10:14 PM

Are you using Word to generating your website? I recommend you use a WYSIWYG editor such as Frontpage or Dreamweaver to build your site.

**lukeb** · 12-14-2005, 10:19 PM

thanks,i am using microsoft publisher to make it and cute ftp to upload it,how do i change the codes that you are talking about kate?

**Kate** · 12-14-2005, 10:26 PM

Open up the file in notepad, everytime you find something like '<a href="file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\melissa\Desktop\webs ite\filename.htm">link name</a>' change it to <a href="http://www.lukebeechey.com/filename.htm">link name.</a>
(remember to replace 'filename.htm' with the proper file name and same goes for 'link name'). Then save the file re-upload it, and upload all the other files (results.htm etc. etc.).

I would really recommend redoing the whole page in a program that isn't publisher though.