Hyperlinks

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One of the biggest mistakes that people make when setting up a web site is that when they create their links to their other pages, the link specifies a location on their C: drive.
e.g. C:\kerrie\presentations\links.htm specifies the exact address of this file on the C: drive.  This means that when you activate the hyperlink, the computer will search the C: drive for the file.

If you are using Front Page's 'web' feature then this is less likely to happen. Most links will be to another page that you can see in your folder list. All your images should be in your images folder or in subfolders.
When you move file into a folder then Front Page will change the hyperlinks if necessary.  You do need then to ensure that you save the pages.
If you have obeyed the basic rules of using short meaningful file names in lower case and no spaces or special punctuation, then you will have prevented the cause of many other hyperlink problems.
You can create a hyperlink easily by highlighting the text you wish to link to, and using ctrl-K, or the hyperlink icon on the menu toolbar or Insert hyperlink.
Hyperlinks to a file on the Internet should always use http://