web site under construction - how do i mark mine?

[debbiew]

I am trying (badly) to design a website, and posting it via Portland. I want it to have a little "under construction" sign so that people know there is a site, but that I am still working on it. Also does anyone know how to get all their pages (word) published. I get the first page fine, but then all the others that are hyperlinked to it, just come up with errors?

[stevie21]

Every site across the internet is effectively still under construction so I wouldn't worry too much about having a sign. If I seen such a sign on a site I'd probably immediately go elsewhere until the site was considered viewable by its author.

What address is your site at and we can have a look at the links etc.
I'd also consider using anything other than Word to create your pages/site. Anything is better than Word.

[Pinotage]

If your links do not work, and you are using Word or other basic webpage generator then its almost certain that the links point to pages on your own PC rather than on your internet space. If, when you click on them its shows C:/ at the start of the URL then that it, but as stevie21 says, post the URL here and we'll take a look.

I'm with him -avoid 'under construction' signs.best advice you'll get is to get a very simple book on HTML, then you can correct the links yourself.  Even with autogenerated pages you need to go in and tweek them.

[debbiew]

Thanks for that. The site is www.fluidgear.co.uk, but I must reiterate it looks pretty yuk at moment. I am gonna buy dreamweaver and have booked a learn direct course for 30 quid to teach me... Any help you can give would be great. Thanks.

[acidicpyxie]

I agree with the others, an "underconstruction" page isn't necessary.  However perhaps you can have a custom "404 error: Page not found" page that will have your site links so visitors can easily surf around to the areas that ARE available.

in terms of your broken links, it just seems that those pages aren't uploaded.  your file links look like this

Waterski%20&%20Accessories.htm

the %20 etc are spaces between each word.  now it is always best to try and choose a file name without spaces.  for example:

waterskiaccessories.htm

In order to upload all files to your website you have to have an FTP server.  I personally don't like to publish using the HTML editor programs.  with an FTP program you can drag and drop files and be sure that they're going where they are supposed to.

I can recommed 2 FREE programs:

http://www.wsftp.com

http://www.globalscape.com/downloads/download.asp?pid=PR6&sessionid=0ixlex31ayh5ep3qt52std55

I hope I was able to address the concerns you have. 

[stevie21]

I wouldn't spend money on Dreamweaver or a course, I'd buy a basic, cheap book on html and also look online at the countless tutorials there.
Html is really very simple.

Dreamweaver, from memory, is incredibly expensive and not at all necessary to build a basic website. If you have MS Office, it'll have Front Page included - I'd use that instead. (Ideally, I'd actually just use a text editor such as Notepad or, better still, TextPad)

Using basic html code rather than Word's horribly bloated code you can produce the same page. I'm sure there are differences (intentionally in the links) but this page looks similar without all of Word's wrongdoings. Compare the "source code" for your page and this:
http://www.stevie21.f2s.com/AB/index.html
I've put a few comments into the source code there.