Frequently Asked Questions about Links

Q. I downloaded index.html, added the list of links, then uploaded the file to the server, but it looks the same when I open it in my browser.  Nothing has changed, why?
  • Hit the "Reload" or "Refresh" button on your browser.  Your browser is probably just using a version of the pages saved in it's cache memory. (Sometimes holding down the control key (or is it the Alt key)   while pressing reload, will force the browser to load a new file from the server when it is being stubborn.)
Q. Help! My web page is all a link! I only wanted a short text link.
  • You're missing the closing tag for your link, the </A> tag. Place the tag wherever you wish the link text to end.
     
Q.  My image doesn't show up on my web page!
  1. Hit the "Reload" or "Refresh" button on your browser. Sometimes it's a simple server glitch that prevents the graphic from loading.
  2. Has your graphic been uploaded to the server?
  3. Check that the name of your graphic matches exactly, case (upper case, lower case) the IMG SRC tag in your HTML page. Make sure your graphic file name does not include any spaces or symbols (like & or #)
      

      

Last updated on 01/01/2004  by L.M. Hicks