| Answers
: General
Web Authoring Questions and Problems |
| 1. |
Q. I
have noticed that a browsers are opening any page
in my site, sometimes it doesn't work at all, and
when I go to my root URL (i.e. - portfolios.regent.edu/viwalker),
I get an ugly list of my files and pages. Why is
this happening?
A. Save
your starting/opening Web page as "index.html".
When you don't save your starting Web page as "index.html" (
all lowercase), the Web address for your portfolio may not
work or may not start up with the correct page. Browsers
(Inexplorer, Firefox, etc.) search for your index.htm or home.
htm page as the first page they should open. Saving your starting
page as "index.html" will save you a lot of trouble!
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| 2. |
Q. Sometimes my
pages do not display. Why is this happening?
A. One answer could be the name you
are giving your files. Do not use spaces or symbols
in your Web page names, anchor names, or image file
names.
You can use the underscore symbol "_". For example, do not use
the name "thesis depression.html." If you want to use "thesis" and "depression," delete
the space or use an underscore to make the page name "thesisdepression.html" or "thesis_depression.html" |
| 3. |
Q. I made changes to my Web
pages, but I don't see the changes on the Internet.
A. Although you may have made some changes to your Web pages and
saved them, you have to re-upload your changed pages again. Make sure you
upload any new images too. |
| 4. |
Q. I re-uploaded my changed
pages to the server, but I still don't see the changes
on the Internet.
A. Your Internet browser will often bring up
a page from its memory cache, rather than from the server
itself. If you have recently changed and re-uploaded
your pages, simply hit the "reload" or "refresh" button
on your browser tool bar after you open your Web site.
(You may have to click "reload" on every page that you
have changed.) This should show you the changes you've
made. |
| 5. |
Q. I added
my video to my Web page but it will not play when
I click on the link and I am receiving a message
that there is server error.
A. This problem
may occur when using Internet Explorer browser as
your viewing browser. This may be due to IE interpreting
incorrectly that the video is being streamed from
a streaming server due to the way it is linked. Although
the link may be correct, the IE browser may not open
the video correctly due to this. The solution would
be to embed the video into your Webpage using the <embed> tag. |
