Page Problems - Link Problems

From my experience of the course this is the area that caused people the most problems.

Link(s) works on my PC but not on the server (link(s) to your own pages)

Probable cause - absolute addressing used - must use relative addressing. Go though the check list first

Things to check:

• Have you uploaded the correct version of the page(s) to the server?
  Is it (are they) in the correct place on the server?
  Check your typing of the link(s)?
  Have you moved the page(s) and not updated the link(s)?
  Have you link used relative or absolute addressing?
  If you have c:\mysite\myfile.htm then you have used absolute addressing change to relative link so - "myfile" i.e <a href="myfile.htm">

Link(s) to external site(s) not working

This may not be your fault as links die from time to time either the site disappears or it gets reorganised so your link will not work. Check your links to other sites a few days before you submit assignments and if they've gone missing you can soon find another site.

If the site/pages are still present on the Web then you've made an error somewhere - run though the following checklist you should find the problem:

• Have you got http:// before the www. of your URL if not place it there.
  Check you spelling of the link(s).
  Have you inadvertently typed a space (quite easy to do in a long URL). Underscores and hyphens check which should be present.
  Case sensitivity - should the URL be in upper/lower/mixed case - type it exactly as you see it in the address bar.

TIP: When I put in links.

• Firstly I go to the page required and add to favourites do the same for any other pages then go off-line.
  I open my editor at the appropriate page, and open Internet Explorer (Slightly different in Netscape and Opera but it works too).
  In IE find the link required and right-click on it - from the menu select properties, copy the URL from here.
  Paste the URL into the editor at the right position - this method works 100% with no errors.

Email link not working

Apart from spelling mistakes in the actual email address there is only one other thing I can think of, have you put MAILTO: before the email address?