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TheBlueRaja · 06-01-2005, 22:30

Well, first of all i would make sure that your links in the document are relative to the directory structure on your Web space.

For example, if you create a docment and drop an image into it - then the document will probably link to a directory which dosent exist on your web space.

This is a bit of a can of worms, because depending on what version of Word you use will depend on what actually happend when you drop a picture into it.

I would suggest that after you save the document as your index.htm file that you open the index.htm file up in Notepad or another text editor and then search for the filename of your file in the text. Then change the path there to the correct path where the picture is on your web site.

Word is not a good tool for doing this, it misrepresents and confuses beginners IMO, for example have you loaded the picture to your FTP space or just uploaded the Index.htm file?

If you want, post a link to your web space here or PM it to me and i will have a look and tell you whats wrong.

EDIT: Just seen the other thread which pretty much repeats what i said above - so i guess the other thing to point out to you is that all links on the web are Case Sensitive, which means that if your picture is called Picture.jpg and you have linked to it as picture.jpg (Note the P/p) then it wont load or find it.

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TheBlueRaja cf.mega poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Baw deep in a munter Age: 50 Services: Initiations, rep rigging and orgies! Posts: 5,750	Re: Webspace Well, first of all i would make sure that your links in the document are relative to the directory structure on your Web space. For example, if you create a docment and drop an image into it - then the document will probably link to a directory which dosent exist on your web space. This is a bit of a can of worms, because depending on what version of Word you use will depend on what actually happend when you drop a picture into it. I would suggest that after you save the document as your index.htm file that you open the index.htm file up in Notepad or another text editor and then search for the filename of your file in the text. Then change the path there to the correct path where the picture is on your web site. Word is not a good tool for doing this, it misrepresents and confuses beginners IMO, for example have you loaded the picture to your FTP space or just uploaded the Index.htm file? If you want, post a link to your web space here or PM it to me and i will have a look and tell you whats wrong. EDIT: Just seen the other thread which pretty much repeats what i said above - so i guess the other thing to point out to you is that all links on the web are Case Sensitive, which means that if your picture is called Picture.jpg and you have linked to it as picture.jpg (Note the P/p) then it wont load or find it.