Local vs Remote

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I stopped using Front Page in '97 because of this problem. Now that I've
switched back the same problem is there. I know it's got to have a fix. But
the help files aren't working.


Created a web page and have files across several folders. Images and video
for one particular page each have their own folder for the files to be stored
in. This way I can keep things organized.

When I insert the image (.jpg) or video (.wmv) it creates a reference to the
image based upon my C: drive. I only need it to look in the /images/ folder
or the /video/ folder respectively. When I change the code and go back to
design mode the image/video is no longer visible. It then acts as though it
can't find the file at all.

How do I fix this one? I'm just your average guy writing this stuff and
then FTPing it off to my servers. I'd rather not have to go back to
dreamweaver for some things. Front page has got some other features I'm
getting used to.

:-(


-Jacob
 
You must first have a web or site open in FP via File Menu | Open Web / Site, then all
content/folders must be created or imported into this open web / site, then you insert or link to
your pages or files. This will ensure that all of your links are relative to the web / site when you
upload the web / site to a remote web host.

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FrontPage expects all files that belong to a single Web (=site) to be
in or below the root directory of the Web, on the local system, and
the program will handle relative links and uploading happily provided
you follow that rule. If you insert a link to a file that is outside
the local Web, FrontPage will (not totally unreasonably!) treat it in
the same way as it would a link to another site - i.e. as an external
link - and will give you a full path reference, which won't, of
course, work on your remote site.

It sounds as if your local file structure may not have a single root
web - it is fine to have a folder per page, but all the folders must
be under the "umbrella" of the single Web root directory.

I stopped using Front Page in '97 because of this problem. Now that I've
switched back the same problem is there. I know it's got to have a fix. But
the help files aren't working.


Created a web page and have files across several folders. Images and video
for one particular page each have their own folder for the files to be stored
in. This way I can keep things organized.

When I insert the image (.jpg) or video (.wmv) it creates a reference to the
image based upon my C: drive. I only need it to look in the /images/ folder
or the /video/ folder respectively. When I change the code and go back to
design mode the image/video is no longer visible. It then acts as though it
can't find the file at all.

How do I fix this one? I'm just your average guy writing this stuff and
then FTPing it off to my servers. I'd rather not have to go back to
dreamweaver for some things. Front page has got some other features I'm
getting used to.

:-(


-Jacob
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