Dreamweaver and absolute paths
Is there a way to set up dreamweaver to automatically use an absolute path instead of the relative path?
for instance instead of "about.html" I would like it to be "http://www.brightideaswebdesign.com/about.html"
Is there a way to do that automatically or an easier way than typing it in each time?
for instance instead of "about.html" I would like it to be "http://www.brightideaswebdesign.com/about.html"
Is there a way to do that automatically or an easier way than typing it in each time?
IanTh
yes you can by typing it over dreamweavers default settings however is that when your testing or deployed as I would leave it well alone if your just testing as its a problem in dreamweaver if you start messing the paths up
Hi Susan,
Sort of. You can use an absolute path by default but not a full URL (which is what you have above).
Go to the Site Definition | Local Info (found under Advanced in CS5) and select Links Relative To: Site Root.
That will write all links as:
/about.html
which will work no matter what level of directory the user is in.
Sort of. You can use an absolute path by default but not a full URL (which is what you have above).
Go to the Site Definition | Local Info (found under Advanced in CS5) and select Links Relative To: Site Root.
That will write all links as:
/about.html
which will work no matter what level of directory the user is in.
to make it easy use notepad and just copy and paste when required into dreamwaever
Ian, how is that easier? Seriously, dude. Learn DW's features...
ASKER
Not really what I was looking for. I am working on SEO and it says that it is best to use the full URL instead. I just wanted to know if there was an easier way to automatically do the URL without having to go in a type "http://www.brightideaswebdeisgn.com" before every link.
So basically I want the link to be "http://www.brightideaswebdesign.com/about.html" instead of "/about.html" or "../about"
So basically I want the link to be "http://www.brightideaswebdesign.com/about.html" instead of "/about.html" or "../about"
There is no way to do it in Dreamweaver automatically. You will be hand-typing each one.
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