Hello this is my first post! I am working a new web site design for a client. Usually I upload the site to my web site and have them view it via a link. The client is requesting a meeting in person; I tried to copy the html, images and css to my laptop. Everything looked fine except the CSS styles, nothing remained the text defaulted. Basically I am looking for the best way to copy the site for review without use of the web. The client still has dial up and I have a wireless laptop. I want the site to remain as will be seen on the web, including all effects, css, etc. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

I tried to copy the html, images and css to my laptop. Everything looked fine except the CSS styles, nothing remained the text defaulted.

It should still work no matter where you place it. You are probably using the absolute path of your CSS file instead of a relative path.

An absolute path means using the entire path. For example: http://mysite.com/css/mycss.css. A relative path is a path that is relative to your current working directory. If your page was http://mysite.com/mypage.html, then the relative path will simply be css/mycss.css. I don't know you're level of experience, so excuse me if I'm explaining something you already know

So try looking at how you are linking your CSS and make sure you are using relative paths (which should work everywhere you copy all your files to) instead of absolute paths.

ie:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/mycss.css" />

I frequently do both 'link' reviews where I take a client though his new website on the telephone while we each review the site on my website OR I do face-to-face reviews with the client but I still leave his new pages on my website and walk him through the review using a wireless internet connection.

If I do it that way I can do the face-to-face virtually anywhere -- my office, his office, a coffee shop with a hotspot - whatever.

JohnJ