file structure for publishing web site

[Stevewsfo]

Our company's web site uses a product that renames each file that is uploaded
to the intranet - and will not assign those unique ID's to a folder. In
Publisher, it looks like the index.htm file needs to be in the same root
directory as the index_files folder in order for the pages and images to work
together.
Is there a workaround to having them all in the same directory?

 

[DavidF]

You can choose to not use the index_files subfolder for the supporting
graphics and additional pages, but then they all will be loose along with
the index.htm file at the same level, so not sure that helps. Tools >
Options > web tab and uncheck organize...

Also, if you are using the built-in navbars, the wizard writes relative
links to the pages and images, which also doesn't work with your scenario.

I am not sure how you would even use Publisher webpages if you are going to
rename all the html page files and graphics. Just curious, but why do you
have to use the "product" and rename all the files? What is this "product"?

DavidF

 

[Stevewsfo]

Hi David-
We use "Stellent" (recently acquired by Oracle) for web content management.
It seems to re-name each file as it is uploaded.

I did figure out how to save the Publisher web site as a single "mht" file -
which seemed to work except for just one image not showing up. I also
(erroneously) thought I'd be able to email this one file for people to open
in their browser. Some people are able to open it and view the pages fine.
For others, it appears garbled - even for people using the same version of IE.

Any pointers or words of wisdom would be appreciated.

 

[DavidF]

I don't know how wise, but...

Did you try producing the html output without the subfolder as I suggested.
That would put all the web files together.

As Publisher writes relative links to the supporting graphics and additional
..htm pages, it may or may not work. The renaming of file names might prevent
the relative links from working. I am not familiar with Stellent or how it
works. Generally if people want dynamic pages and sites, they move to ASP or
PHP or someother server side program. I just don't know if you can use
Publisher in a server side database system, which is what I assume is
Stellent.

As per the emailing, I am a bit confused about what you are trying to do.
Generally you will email a link to a web page, not the web page itself? Are
you emailing the content from Stellent? If you are trying to send a one page
"newsletter" or some such document in the form or a .mht file, you might
have better luck converting those to PDF files instead. They will look the
same to all and be smaller file sizes which your dial-up users would
appreciate. Primopdf is a freebie that works well. Plus a PDF file might
work better with Stellent?

Perhaps if you explain more specifically what you are trying to do, we can
provide more "wise" suggestions.

DavidF