Re: Front Page Fussy

[Andrew Plato <intrepid_es -at- YAHOO -dot- COM>]

> I created a fairly simple site for a friend using StarOffice and a
little
> manual editing.  My friend then decided to do some work of his own
on it,
> using FrontPage.  The results were completely broken.  None of the
images
> worked... nor did any local file links, for that matter (ie. some
links to
> download MP3s from the site).  The reason: all image links had been
> changed to local pointers, such as <img
src="file:///c:\temp\graphic.gif">
>

I had this problem once too.  You know what caused it?  I coded the
SRCs wrong in the first place and FP couldn't figure out what I had
done.  If you hard code the server location into the SRC, you get this
behavior in FP.  You need to code relative links, that address only
the nested directories inside the web site root.  Then FP will work
like a charm.

> It took me nearly an hour to track down and repair all the damage
> FrontPage had done.  I told my friend if I ever caught him using it
again,
> I'd restrict his access to to upload to the site.
>

Yeah, nothing like exercising your authority over the web server to
impress people. Everyone loves it when the web administrator makes
ultimatums.  It is so professional and dignified.

Andrew Plato
President / Principal Consultant
Anitian Consulting, Inc.
www.anitian.com

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