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Subject:Re: Front Page Fussy From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- SOUNDY -dot- ML -dot- ORG> Date:Wed, 13 Jan 1999 11:02:42 -0800
On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:06:12 -0800, Andrew Plato wrote:
>I had this problem once too. You know what caused it? I coded the
>SRCs wrong in the first place and FP couldn't figure out what I had
>done. If you hard code the server location into the SRC, you get this
>behavior in FP. You need to code relative links, that address only
>the nested directories inside the web site root. Then FP will work
>like a charm.
Trust me, my image links were "perfect" before FP got at them. All were
simply <img src="graphic.gif"> format to begin with.
>> It took me nearly an hour to track down and repair all the damage
>> FrontPage had done. I told my friend if I ever caught him using it
>> again, I'd restrict his access to to upload to the site.
>>
>
>Yeah, nothing like exercising your authority over the web server to
>impress people. Everyone loves it when the web administrator makes
>ultimatums. It is so professional and dignified.
Seeing as it's my own little personal server, and I'm hosting this page
and domain as a favor to one of my best friends, for free, I think I can
get away with it :-)
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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