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href linking

Feb 26, 2005 12:30PM PST

Hi guys,
I have problems linking pages to my website,
<a href="soccer.html">soccer</a>

how come when i try to view my page on a browser after clicking the link, the page could not be displayed?

Can anyone advise me which steps that I have gone wrong? I saved the soccer.html file in Drive C of my harddisk.

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Most Common Mistake...

The most common mistake that is usually done when you're referencing a HTML page relative vs absolute is that the file being referenced does not sit in the same directory as the file that's referencing it.

Make sure that (1) that the file is sitting in the same directory as the page referencing it or make sure that you're referencing the file in the right sub-directory (2) that the file is named the right way, most systems are case-sensitive (e.g. soccer.html is not the same as SOCCER.HTML or Soccer.html).

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Feb 26, 2005 1:48PM PST

First of all sometimes when you need to do a link try this

<A HREF="http://www.Yourwebsite.com/soccer.html">Click Here For soccer</A>

Another thing that I noticed when I was updateing the website I work for is the browser you are using.

If you use Internet Explorer you will see the web page reload. If using Firefox it will not reload unless you delete the cache.

Also if you want to check and correct your html codes you can download the html kit by clicking on the link below


http://www.download.com/3000-2048-4687625.html?legacy=cnet


I hope this will work for you.

Rick