Again, thanks Godfrey, Paul and Bruce.
I think i understand this now.
Other than creating and loading the files in the new folder,i would just have
to add a
link,and text ,back
to the home page in the Breezbrowser generated index.html page.
Well, we'll find out tonight how well i retain information.LOL
Dave
> On Apr 13, 2005, at 4:35 AM,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > If i want to link
> > this new index page from my home page(www.caughtinmotion.com)
> > would i just make a href link that follows the folders then.
>
> Yes.
>
> > When
> > i log on to my FTP there is the main caughtinmotion folder that i
> > open and have just been loading up pictures,changing indexs pages
> > to new names type of thing. If i open a folder,say PAECAprilShow,
> > for example,then put all the files in that,do i do the href link
> > as: href"caughtinmotion/PAECAprilShow" and that will direct the
> > person to the home page of the new pictures.??
>
> Presuming that the web server is set up to auto-load the "index.html"
> file as a default, yes. Otherwise, you need to fully specify the URL
> .... "caughtinmotion/PAECAprilShow/index.html". Most web servers are
> setup to support the default "index.html" as autoload, some take the
> ..htm extension, so I duplicate my index.html files and rename the
> duplicate "index.htm".
>
> > I cannot try it here at work as i don't have an FTP access set up.
>
> You can test the structure and the links on a local file system with a
> browser:
>
> Create a folder A for the main index.html page.
> Create a subfolder B for the specific event index.html pages.
>
> In your main index.html, you want to point a link to the subfolder
> pages:
> <a href="b/index.html">horsey event today</a>
>
> In your horsey event index.html, you want to point a link back to the
> main:
> <a href="../index.html">main page</a>
>
> I have 5 years of PAW projects organized this way:
> ---
> photo/
> PAW1/
> index.html (PAW index page)
> xx.htm (individual week pages)
> large/ (image files)
> cc/ (control image files)
> PAW2/
> ...
> PAW3/
> ...
> PAW4/
> ...
> PAW5/
> ...
> ---
>
> My welcome page points to each of the index pages:
> <A HREF="photo/PAW1/index.html">PAW Index 2001</A>
> and each of the indicies and week pages contains a link back to the
> welcome page:
> <A HREF="../../welcome.html#PAWhome">[graphic]</A>
>
> This kind of directory structure keeps the website modular and easy to
> maintain. It also keeps the number of files per directory to a
> reasonable number, speeding up file system operations. All the other
> bits I post are organized this way too, as complete subdirectories,
> which makes them easy to plug in or remove: one quick edit of the main
> page is all that's required.
>
> Godfrey
>
