Posting website   

Hi, I am new to MS Publisher, so forgive me if these questions are answered 
here already.

I am using Publisher to create a web page for my company to manage and 
retrieve documents that we frequently use.

I have created numerous pages with links to external files and external 
websites.
I have included HTML code on the pages to allow opening external websites in 
a new window (got this on an online publisher forum)

I want to be able to test the links that open the external files (word, ppt, 
excel, pdf) but dont seem to be able to do this. I have read that this cannot 
be done in Web Page Preview mode. 

Can I publish my web pages to a folder on my PC (which includes all files to 
link to) and test it from there? 
Or, can I burn it to a CD to do the same?

(I cant put it onto the live shared folder until testing is complete)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks,
MT

date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:07:01 -0700   author:   Martin T

Re: Posting website   

You are correct

Publish to a folder on your computer that contains all associated files and 
folders and test it

Then when you are happy with it post it to the final location

Spike


"Martin T"  wrote in message 
news:E046863B-D606-442C-BC03-0CD7069EF8A5@microsoft.com...
> Hi, I am new to MS Publisher, so forgive me if these questions are 
> answered
> here already.
>
> I am using Publisher to create a web page for my company to manage and
> retrieve documents that we frequently use.
>
> I have created numerous pages with links to external files and external
> websites.
> I have included HTML code on the pages to allow opening external websites 
> in
> a new window (got this on an online publisher forum)
>
> I want to be able to test the links that open the external files (word, 
> ppt,
> excel, pdf) but dont seem to be able to do this. I have read that this 
> cannot
> be done in Web Page Preview mode.
>
> Can I publish my web pages to a folder on my PC (which includes all files 
> to
> link to) and test it from there?
> Or, can I burn it to a CD to do the same?
>
> (I cant put it onto the live shared folder until testing is complete)
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> thanks,
> MT

date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:54:51 -0700   author:   Spike

Re: Posting website   

Probably, maybe, but you might also end up writing the relative links so 
they work on your computer, but not when published. I would suggest that you 
upload your external files to a folder on your host, and write absolute 
links to those files, to minimize the chance of error. You can wait to 
upload your site files later, but can test the external files via a web page 
preview. No one will know those files are even there until you upload your 
web files.

Assuming that you create a folder called "downloads" on your host in the 
directory at what will be the same level as your web files, and upload your 
files to that folder, then your links (not counting the open in a new window 
code) will be:

http://yoursite.com/downloads/yourwordfile.doc

I would suggest that when you name your files, that you avoid using spaces, 
and no other special characters other than underscores or dashes. One 
problem with underscores is that when the hyperlink underline is present, 
you can't tell whether there is a underscore or not, so that can create 
errors. It is also best to use all lower case.

Including external files in a Publisher web:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/archive/2006/01/07/80561.aspx
This is an article for more background, though the site seems to be down 
right now.

DavidF

"Martin T"  wrote in message 
news:E046863B-D606-442C-BC03-0CD7069EF8A5@microsoft.com...
> Hi, I am new to MS Publisher, so forgive me if these questions are 
> answered
> here already.
>
> I am using Publisher to create a web page for my company to manage and
> retrieve documents that we frequently use.
>
> I have created numerous pages with links to external files and external
> websites.
> I have included HTML code on the pages to allow opening external websites 
> in
> a new window (got this on an online publisher forum)
>
> I want to be able to test the links that open the external files (word, 
> ppt,
> excel, pdf) but dont seem to be able to do this. I have read that this 
> cannot
> be done in Web Page Preview mode.
>
> Can I publish my web pages to a folder on my PC (which includes all files 
> to
> link to) and test it from there?
> Or, can I burn it to a CD to do the same?
>
> (I cant put it onto the live shared folder until testing is complete)
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> thanks,
> MT

date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:35:05 -0700   author:   DavidF