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Another Newbie HTML question

by Essence
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So, I'm working on a conduit site, and I'm having a strange issue. Whenever someone follows a link in my page to another part of my page, the URL in the browser window doesn't change to match the new page -- it stays on the URL of the main page. Further, hitting the Refresh button brings you back to the main page, even if you were 3 or 4 layers deep into the structure.

Any ideas why something like that would happen or what could be done about it?

(The site is From the Inside, if you want to see what I mean.)
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  • Profile picture of the author agoodsaid
    I wonder if it's in your browser?? Have you tried it in more than one?

    Sounds weird to me.

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  • Profile picture of the author Jared Alberghini
    It's because your site is using "Frames"

    <frameset rows="100%,*" border="0">
    <frame src="http://www.majesstix.com/fromtheinside" frameborder="0" />
    <frame frameborder="0" noresize />
    </frameset>

    Remove the frames by utilizing a php redirect or cloak the link
    From the Inside.info using a link cloaker
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  • Profile picture of the author Essence
    Andrea: it happens in Opera, FireFox, Flock, and IE.


    webdesignHQ: I don't have any of that html on my local version. Could that happen because GoDaddy is masking my domain?

    If so, will a PHP redirect still work to eliminate the problem without revealing the masking process? The actual URL of the website is horribly unprofessional...


    Thank you!!

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    • Profile picture of the author getsmartt
      Originally Posted by Essence View Post

      Could that happen because GoDaddy is masking my domain?

      If so, will a PHP redirect still work to eliminate the problem without revealing the masking process? The actual URL of the website is horribly unprofessional...


      Thank you!!

      Essence
      Yes that is the reason
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  • Profile picture of the author Glenn Newsome
    What program are you using to build the website?
    oops! just noticed webdesignhq.
    I am not familiar with that ===but in komposer and others--you have to give each page a name like
    http://www.fromtheinside.info/healthandinfo.html
    You also have to change your titles info--(this is what shows on the tabs in browser on your site).

    Looks like all pages are named the same etc. Again, I don't know the program etc.

    In Komposer this would be under "link properties"(to enter correct url) and "format--page title"(to change what shows in browser tab)

    If this is the problem: don't forget to ftp your site again and refresh your browser.
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  • Profile picture of the author indexphp
    I don't think those pages even exist... and that is why they can't be found. Like WebDesignHQ said... you are using iframes.
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    • Profile picture of the author Glenn Newsome
      oops again! saw webdesignhq and that is a website building program also. Sorry to warrior webdesignhq buddy.
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  • Profile picture of the author Essence
    Thank you, GetSmartt-- now I know why it's happening. Is there any way I can stop it from happening?
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    • Profile picture of the author awesometbn
      Originally Posted by Essence View Post

      Thank you, GetSmartt-- now I know why it's happening. Is there any way I can stop it from happening?
      When you forward a domain to another location, masking is one of the options available. You should be able to edit the original domain, and turn off masking, by logging into the domain registrar customer portal. The result should be that your domain still redirects to the location you specify, but the domain name in the browser address window will be updated with the real location once you change to another page or follow a link to an inside page on that website.
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  • Profile picture of the author Essence
    Is there any way to mask a URL from within the website? I don't want this happening to my visitors, but I don't want them to see the real URL either; it's not business-like (Majesstix.com just doesn't cut it.)

    Is it better for business to have the funky URLs or to have the annoying frames?

    Furthermore, do my affiliate links even register with the sites I'm linking to if the frames keep my URL in the browser?

    Thank you!
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    • Profile picture of the author getsmartt
      Originally Posted by Essence View Post

      Is there any way to mask a URL from within the website? I don't want this happening to my visitors, but I don't want them to see the real URL either; it's not business-like (Majesstix.com just doesn't cut it.)

      Is it better for business to have the funky URLs or to have the annoying frames?

      Furthermore, do my affiliate links even register with the sites I'm linking to if the frames keep my URL in the browser?

      Thank you!
      Just a few thoughts,
      • register a better domain name, they are cheap. (if you have a better domain transfer all the files to that domain and do a permanent redirect to the new site)
      • Most people would not notice the fram issue unless the bookmarked a specific page (next time they visited the bookmark they would go back to the home page)
      • Some affiliate URLs will not work on a framed page, you will have to test them or as the owners of the affiliate sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author awesometbn
    I think you are running Internet Information Server (based on a 404 error I saw on your website). If you were running Apache I would suggest mod_rewrite but I'm not 100% sure what the same procedure is going to be on your web server. Maybe an alias? Check with your web host or with Microsoft help files. I'm sure there's a way to do this that is similar to how Apache works. Let us know what you find out. Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author Essence
    Well, I DID register a better domain name (fromtheinside.info), that's the point. But I have to host the site, and TTBOMK, I have to host it on my existing server. Am I missing a gapingly obvious step to assign From the Inside directly to my server? (I'm not the admin, I've got a friend that's running the server, he just gives me space.)
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  • Profile picture of the author getsmartt
    Not knowing the specifications of your (your friends) server, I cannot answer the question definitively. I would contact your friend and see if your new domain could be added to the server. Or grab some inexpensive hosting from someone like HostGator. If your domain is at godaddy they have some inexpensive plans as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author Essence
    Thanks to everybody, I finally got ahold of the friend that runs my space, and he's going to set up the domain to host directly on that server, which will clear up everything.
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