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564858 2007-07-01 15:41:00 Hi,

I am able to link to pages with in my website but when i want to link some thing
to another website, like when i type in say http://www.google.com and upload it to my host and click on the link it either takes me back to my home page or doesn't find it at all. Could someone please tell me what i am missing so that i can link to other websites.
spaceman8815 (4112)
564859 2007-07-01 19:34:00 Highlight the text you want to add a link to, then in Properties Inspector (www.imagef1.net.nz) type in the link, including the http://. Double check it if you like in Code View check that the linked text looks like this:

<a href="www.websiteurl.com">www.websiteurl.com<

[Edit] If the links are on the site referred to in your sig, then they seem fine to me, unless you can point to a certain page where you're having the problem?
Greg (193)
564860 2007-07-02 00:17:00 I did exactly what you said and it is what i have been doing to try and link to another website. an example page of my problem is at craftykea.0moola.com where i have put in the link box so that the 'paypal' picture links to the paypal website, but when clicked on it takes you back to by home page for some reason. is it because of the free histing service I'm using. spaceman8815 (4112)
564861 2007-07-02 00:45:00 Here is your problem:
<a href=". "><img src="paypal.jpg" width="121" height="50" longdesc="." /></a>

You haven’t added the full website address

Try doing that button again with the full website address & then upload it & then let us have a look

PS: This is what the code should look like:


<a href="www.paypal.com src="paypal.jpg" alt="" width="121" height="50" border="0" /></a>
stu161204 (123)
564862 2007-07-02 01:45:00 I put in the code but it hasn't made any difference. spaceman8815 (4112)
564863 2007-07-02 01:53:00 I put in the code but it hasn't made any difference.

In that case you may want to look for a better host.
stu161204 (123)
564864 2007-07-02 01:58:00 I put in the code but it hasn't made any difference.You're still doing it wrong - re-check the suggestions above. Greg (193)
564865 2007-07-02 06:03:00 it must be the web host as i just uploaded my site to another host and it works spaceman8815 (4112)
564866 2007-07-02 06:10:00 it must be the web host as i just uploaded my site to another host and it works

Maybe you didn't upload your previous changes. If you check your code, it will show you the error. Unless it is a budget or free host, the host won't make a difference, unless it is windows hosting over linux hosting, as windows isn't case sensitive.
rogerp (6864)
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