Anchor links point to desktop when previewing

#1 (**permalink**) 03-07-2008, 02:52 PM

dreamweaver doesn't allow anchor links to stay put instead points them
elsewhere.Im trying to create them in an html newsletter.

Ok i've searched to no avail and came up to this site
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_...ett+stationeri
that has a solution in the end. According to it, outlook express uses source
edit to correct the anchor link and make it
<A href="#topic1">
as opposed to it pointing to a location on ure desktop.outlook 2k doesnt seem
to hold on to the anchor links.

I used outlook express to edit the source here is an example.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3086" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV>
<A href="#topic1">Topic 1</A> 
<A href="#topic2">Topic 2</A> 
<A href="#topic3">Topic 3</A>
 ....etcetc

PS: im using outlook 2000 to send out my newsletters at work since it doesnt
have the source edit , ive to use outlook express to edit the html for the
anchor links and reinput it into the outlook 2k mail .But still doesnt work.

#2 (**permalink**) 03-07-2008, 03:09 PM

How does the link look in the document when you open it in DW?

How does it look when you preview in DW?

How do you WANT IT to look when it's received by the addressee?

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"crosswire80" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> dreamweaver doesn't allow anchor links to stay put instead points them
> elsewhere.Im trying to create them in an html newsletter.
>
> Ok i've searched to no avail and came up to this site
> http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_...ett+stationeri
> that has a solution in the end. According to it, outlook express uses
> source
> edit to correct the anchor link and make it
> <A href="#topic1">
> as opposed to it pointing to a location on ure desktop.outlook 2k doesnt
> seem
> to hold on to the anchor links.
>
> I used outlook express to edit the source here is an example.
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
> <HTML><HEAD>
> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3086" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
> <BODY>
> <DIV>
> <A href="#topic1">Topic 1</A> 
> <A href="#topic2">Topic 2</A> 
> <A href="#topic3">Topic 3</A>
>  ....etcetc
>
>
>
> PS: im using outlook 2000 to send out my newsletters at work since it
> doesnt
> have the source edit , ive to use outlook express to edit the html for the
> anchor links and reinput it into the outlook 2k mail .But still doesnt
> work.
>

#3 (**permalink**) 03-07-2008, 03:40 PM

How does the link look in the document when you open it in DW?

Ok here is the correct code in dreamweaver
<A href="#Bottom">Goto the Anchor</A>
...going to a point down the page.
<A name=Bottom>YEH!</A>

How does it look when you preview in DW?
When i preview in IE, the anchors works. However when i hover my mouse over
the link this is what i see *
file:///C:/desktop/Documentsetc/desktop/links.htm#bottom

How do you WANT IT to look when it's received by the addressee?
I usuallly copy the preview into outlook 2000 as a newsletter to send and the
anchor links change to the above * so when i send it it the anchors don't work
on the recipients email.

However if i copy the previewed file in outlook express, i can change the code
and remove the file:///C:/desktop and just keep <A href="#Bottom"> and it works
when its sent out.However, we don't use outlook express at work.So im stuck
with outlook2k

#4 (**permalink**) 03-07-2008, 03:45 PM

> <A name=Bottom>YEH!</A>

That should be this, really -

<a name="Bottom">YEH!</a>

> file:///C:/desktop/Documentsetc/desktop/links.htm#bottom

Is that where the file actually sits? Did you create a DW site for this
task, or are you just working bare from the desktop? Had you created a
site, then your link would look better, I believe.

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"crosswire80" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> How does the link look in the document when you open it in DW?
>
> Ok here is the correct code in dreamweaver
> <A href="#Bottom">Goto the Anchor</A>
> ...going to a point down the page.
> <A name=Bottom>YEH!</A>
>
>
> How does it look when you preview in DW?
> When i preview in IE, the anchors works. However when i hover my mouse
> over
> the link this is what i see *
> file:///C:/desktop/Documentsetc/desktop/links.htm#bottom
>
>
> How do you WANT IT to look when it's received by the addressee?
> I usuallly copy the preview into outlook 2000 as a newsletter to send and
> the
> anchor links change to the above * so when i send it it the anchors don't
> work
> on the recipients email.
>
> However if i copy the previewed file in outlook express, i can change the
> code
> and remove the file:///C:/desktop and just keep <A href="#Bottom"> and it
> works
> when its sent out.However, we don't use outlook express at work.So im
> stuck
> with outlook2k
>

#5 (**permalink**) 03-07-2008, 04:12 PM

<A name=Bottom>YEH!</A>

That should be this, really -

<a name="Bottom">YEH!</a>

thanks for that.

> file:///C:/desktop/Documentsetc/desktop/links.htm#bottom

Is that where the file actually sits? Did you create a DW site for this
task, or are you just working bare from the desktop? Had you created a
site, then your link would look better, I believe.

Well, im creating a newsletter and ive created a template in dreamweaver.This
newsletter when previewed in IE,is copied into outlook to be sent out.There is
not site as its not meant to go on a website just via email.

#6 (**permalink**) 03-07-2008, 04:16 PM

Create a site for this newsletter. move the page into that site's root
folder. Preview again.

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"crosswire80" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> <A name=Bottom>YEH!</A>
>
> That should be this, really -
>
> <a name="Bottom">YEH!</a>
>
> thanks for that.
>
>
> > file:///C:/desktop/Documentsetc/desktop/links.htm#bottom
>
> Is that where the file actually sits? Did you create a DW site for this
> task, or are you just working bare from the desktop? Had you created a
> site, then your link would look better, I believe.
>
> Well, im creating a newsletter and ive created a template in
> dreamweaver.This
> newsletter when previewed in IE,is copied into outlook to be sent
> out.There is
> not site as its not meant to go on a website just via email.
>

#7 (**permalink**) 03-07-2008, 04:49 PM

Create a site for this newsletter. move the page into that site's root
folder. Preview again.

OK. btw thanks for keeping up with me.
So i already have a website, so i put the test page links.html on the site.
and check it out live on the website. the anchors jumped to the right
places.So i copied that page and pasted into outlook 2k.I checked the source
and the anchors were still pointing to the the site.

see here for the test.
http://laolaw.freehostia.com/links.htm

If you check the view source, there are no href pointing to the site location
but when i copy and paste in outlook i get

href="http://laolaw.freehostia.com/links.htm#topic1">Topic 1</A> in the anchor
sections as opposed to just #topic1

#8 (**permalink**) 03-07-2008, 05:49 PM

So - are you doing this in DW or in Word? The code is just terrible - and
very 'word-esque'.

I don't know how to help you further. When I do this exactly the way you
are (except without the paste into Outlook), it works fine....

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"crosswire80" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Create a site for this newsletter. move the page into that site's root
> folder. Preview again.
>
> OK. btw thanks for keeping up with me.
> So i already have a website, so i put the test page links.html on the
> site.
> and check it out live on the website. the anchors jumped to the right
> places.So i copied that page and pasted into outlook 2k.I checked the
> source
> and the anchors were still pointing to the the site.
>
> see here for the test.
> http://laolaw.freehostia.com/links.htm
>
> If you check the view source, there are no href pointing to the site
> location
> but when i copy and paste in outlook i get
>
> href="http://laolaw.freehostia.com/links.htm#topic1">Topic 1</A> in the
> anchor
> sections as opposed to just #topic1
>

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