[RSM123]

Hi,

Can anyone who knows html pleasee take a look at my site and try to fathom out why none of the links posted work ?

They were, but since adding more just a few mins. ago, they all resolve to 'page cannot be displayed.'

Furthermore in the browser, at bottom left, instead of the url of the intended link, all you get is 'file ///'

http://www.richardsmurphy.com



I'm sure it's because of the changes I made, but cannot see how even if one url was incorrect, it would nullify all of them.

Any assistance would be most welcome.

[jaymanson]

Well, I don't know how you did it, but all your liks are in the format:

<a href="file:///">http://www.website.com</a>

when they should be:

<a href="http://www.website.com">http://www.website.com</a>

I would maybe check settings in whatever HTML editor you are using - something there could have caused the problem. It certainly sounds like some automated process.

The bad news is you're going to have to go through your code and fix the links unless you've saved an earlier version of the page which you can roll back to, and then insert your new links again.

[RSM123]

Thanks for the feedback.

It's only a basic template provided by the webhost. But I must have screwed up during one of the many edits. All edits done in console on their site.

[MMJ]

What program did you use to generate that content?

The link is totally broke.

[RSM123]

Originally Posted by MMJ

What program did you use to generate that content?

The link is totally broke.

MMJ,

The host is Globat - I won't post a link as I'm not promoting them.

Since I have no experience whatsoever of html - I used their web creator template. Literally type, submit, make live.

Should be idiot proof - but as they say idiots are so ingenious.



Not sure how I made the error, since my first site loaded - and was accepted by Google on free submission within 24 hours.

I have everything ( all links) saved in a txt file - it's purely a matter of retyping.

[MMJ]

Yeah, you should probably use something else than those kind of apps.

But as jay said unless you have a backup you are going to have to rewrite all the links.

[WendyM]

This happens to me sometimes in Dreamweaver when I'm not paying attention. It happens when I change a link or move a file and it asks me if I want to update all the links. If I say "yes", it pulls the local file from my computer instead of the relative link. If your software has a find and replace feature, you can replace "file:/// with ""http://www.website.com.