Correct linking within site problem

Question

Hello everyone, I hope you will be able to help me or point
me in the right direction:
On the webhosting server that I am using (can't change it, my
company chose ...), there is an extremely strange linking structure
(or maybe it just seems strange to me?).
When you log-in into your account to upload your site, the
login takes you to the server/domain folder, where you simply
upload your site. Naturally, all ofther files within the "site" are
linked by /otherfile.html, because they are in the same folder.
However, the server that the hosting company is using requires the
link to be of the format /domainfolder/otherfile.html.
To illustrate it with code:
a) the way Dreamweaver sets up a link within a Dreamweaver
site relative to the index.html page:
<frame src="/IndexTop.htm" name="mainFrame"
title="mainFrame">
<frame src="/IndexBottom.htm" name="bottomFrame"
scrolling="auto" noresize>
b) the way I have to adjust the code for it to work on the
server
<frame src="/domainfolder/IndexTop.htm" name="mainFrame"
title="mainFrame">
<frame src="/domainfolder/IndexBottom.htm"
name="bottomFrame" scrolling="auto" noresize>
This means that I would have to go through every single link
that I creat in my site in wordpad after I am done in dreamweaver
and update those links.
Therefore, my question is - is there a way to automatically
add that /domainfolder/ part to every link? I was thinking that
specifying the Host directory as domainfoler would solve the
problem, but then wouldn't Dreamweaver:
1. put the index file into that directory
2. create a domainfolder directory in the host directory,
esentially causing a folder structure of the format
server/domainfolder/domainfolder (because when you log in your
files get automatically placed in your domainfolder on the server)?
Thank you very much for any help that you can offer, I
sincerely appreciate it.

Answer 1

You'd be ever so much better off without frames. But
<sigh> it's up to you.
Frames are rarely the optimal choice for your layout because
they bring SO
MANY problems into your life, and into the lives of your
visitors.
Anyhow - which DW are you using?
And - can you point me to any page on your site?
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Adobe Community Expert
(If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
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"friikazoid" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> Hello everyone, I hope you will be able to help me or
point me in the
> right
> direction:
>
> On the webhosting server that I am using (can't change
it, my company
> chose
> ...), there is an extremely strange linking structure
(or maybe it just
> seems
> strange to me?).
>
> When you log-in into your account to upload your site,
the login takes you
> to
> the server/domain folder, where you simply upload your
site. Naturally,
> all
> ofther files within the "site" are linked by
/otherfile.html, because they
> are
> in the same folder. However, the server that the hosting
company is using
> requires the link to be of the format
/domainfolder/otherfile.html.
>
> To illustrate it with code:
>
> a) the way Dreamweaver sets up a link within a
Dreamweaver site relative
> to
> the index.html page:
> <frame src="/IndexTop.htm" name="mainFrame"
title="mainFrame">
> <frame src="/IndexBottom.htm" name="bottomFrame"
scrolling="auto"
> noresize>
>
> b) the way I have to adjust the code for it to work on
the server
> <frame src="/domainfolder/IndexTop.htm"
name="mainFrame"
> title="mainFrame">
> <frame src="/domainfolder/IndexBottom.htm"
name="bottomFrame"
> scrolling="auto" noresize>
>
> This means that I would have to go through every single
link that I creat
> in
> my site in wordpad after I am done in dreamweaver and
update those links.
>
> Therefore, my question is - is there a way to
automatically add that
> /domainfolder/ part to every link? I was thinking that
specifying the Host
> directory as domainfoler would solve the problem, but
then wouldn't
> Dreamweaver:
> 1. put the index file into that directory
> 2. create a domainfolder directory in the host
directory, esentially
> causing a
> folder structure of the format
server/domainfolder/domainfolder (because
> when
> you log in your files get automatically placed in your
domainfolder on the
> server)?
>
> Thank you very much for any help that you can offer, I
sincerely
> appreciate it.
>
>