Website Design Forum

**stvn1** · 10-08-2005, 09:04 PM

Hi

Just a quick one..........

why when i view my site in the browser to check its links it sometimes works fine and other times it tells me my page is unavailable???????????????

**HaRRo** · 10-08-2005, 09:11 PM

dns problems?

**stvn1** · 10-09-2005, 05:28 AM

dns problems? whats that?

**stvn1** · 10-09-2005, 04:13 PM

hello again

still having the same problem previewing site links in browser?
all links are ok as i have loaded them up seperately.
i have not even uploaded to any domain yet?

should this happen ???????????????
i only want to test the work i have done so far

**chrishirst** · 10-09-2005, 04:19 PM

Could you please use just one thread. It's impossible to follow several for just the one question.

**stvn1** · 10-09-2005, 05:41 PM

Do You Not Have A Answer For Me Then??????????????????

**chrishirst** · 10-09-2005, 06:04 PM

Nope, I can't work out what you are actually asking.

This question http://www.webmaster-talk.com/showthread.php?t=37077 has little information and HaRRo's answer suggested DNS problems.

In this thread http://www.webmaster-talk.com/showthread.php?t=37090

You said

Quote:

i have been told that my pages dont always load when i view them in a browser because of dns problems

when it was a suggestion based on scant evidence NOT a definitive answer.

Then this thread http://www.webmaster-talk.com/showthread.php?t=37092 and we still don't have much information to work on

and here we are still with little information.
Now perhaps if you could explain how you are checking your links/pages, whether they are on a server or on your HD, while confining your replies to this thread. We may be able to come up with an answer.
We are not clairvoyant and we cannot see exactly what you are doing. So you need to treat us (who maybe be several thousand miles away from you) like children and explain things reasonably precisely.

Thank you. I await further communication.

**stvn1** · 10-09-2005, 07:52 PM

They Are On My Harddrive And They Are Files That I Have Been Working On Which I Went To Check In My Test Browser.

My Pages Are All Ok As I Have Loaded Them 1 At A Time But When I Go To Navigate Through The Website On My Test Browser Sometimes The Pages Load And Sometimes They Do Not

Now Can You Help Me Please

Thankyou

**webfreak** · 10-09-2005, 08:06 PM

No need to write in all caps.

Anyway, you need to place your website on a server (this is where web hosting comes in), register your domain name, and assign that domain name nameservers provided by your host. Your local harddrive is not setup to serve web pages through a browser.

**chrishirst** · 10-10-2005, 02:39 AM

Or install a webserver on your local machine and use that.

**stvn1** · 10-10-2005, 06:14 AM

what even just for testing my work i have done so far?
is there any free webservers?

**webfreak** · 10-10-2005, 06:18 AM

Apache (very popular): http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi

Before running a web server, I'd check your ISP's TOS/AUP, as they may not allow you to run a webserver.

**stvn1** · 06:58 AM

Do I Have To Use This Just For Previewing Test Pages?????????????????????

what exactly do i download on apache????????

**0beron** · 10-10-2005, 01:21 PM

If your pages are written soley in HTML and all your links are relative, you shouldn't have a problem testing them locally straight out of your filesystem. (Ie your links all look like <a href="somefile.html">link</a>, and that file is also on your HD, at the right relative path from the page the link is in).
If you have absolute links (<a href="http://www.yourdomain.com/somefile.html">link</a>) then it will go looking on your domain and not find anything since you haven't put anything there yet.

If your pages employ any kind of serverside scripting language such as PHP or ASP, you will have to run a local webserver to test it, or upload and test that way.
For my local testing I use xampp which is a combined package with Apache, MySQL, PHP and PERL all in one easy to install package (you'll need something else if it's not PHP or PERL you want).

**stvn1** · 10-10-2005, 02:35 PM

Thats all my links are, they are local href links between pages but sometimes they work and sometimes they dont, does anyone know why???????????

**webfreak** · 10-10-2005, 02:57 PM

Are all links absolute (not relative)?

**stvn1** · 10-10-2005, 03:00 PM

how do u make them absolute????????

i think they ar erelative because when i try to put a flash button on from the flash folder in dont let me because it said flash does not work on site relative.

so i think that must be the problem

how do i change to absolute???????????????

**webfreak** · 10-10-2005, 03:03 PM

Absolute links include the full filepath. Here's an example using domain names:

Absolute: http://www.example.com/folder/subfolder/filename.html
Relative: filename.html

**stvn1** · 10-10-2005, 03:36 PM

so i could just write http://folder/subfolder/filename.html as i have no domain name yet

**webfreak** · 10-10-2005, 03:44 PM

No. You are not using an HTTP server, so that would not work. If you're on Windows, look at the location of the file. Probably something like C:\...\...\...\... Be sure to include the filename after the last "\".

You can right click a file name, Properties, and then look at its location.