n00b trying a WYSIWYG editor and still having problems.

Ok, story so far.
Purchased a domain name and registered it with Heart internet. Also got their free web hosting deal.

Downloaded Trellian webpage ( someone at work said they had used it )

Made an index page. Simple text and 1 picture.
Exported the page to a folder.
Used the hosting providers ftp to transfer index.html file and the picture.

When I preview the page from Trellian, it looks ok. When I preview it from the server it looks ok but when I look at the page on the web, Im having problem with the email links on the page.

Could you take a look at www.pamsghia.co.uk and see what Ive done wrong?

What other WYSIWYG editor would you recommend. I know its not coding but new to all this and have little time....lol.
TIA.

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<A 
href="index_files/pam@pamsghia.co.uk">index_files/pam@pamsghia.co.uk</A> <BR><A 
href="index_files/paul@pamsghia.co.uk">index_files/paul@pamsghia.co.uk</A>

change it to

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<a href="mailto:paul@pamsghia.co.uk">text</a>

Dan thanks for that....weird though.

I checked the code in Trellian and it was as I had it originally,as you said, and was working correctly.

Wonder why/how it got changed on the hosts server? Checked it earlier and the code was correct. Just checked again and the code was wrong....

Now edited and working!

Thanks again. Appreciate your time.
PS...any thoughts on a simple page creator or is it just better to learn the basics of coding?

didnt get changed - try using firefox or IE to test your sites in future

and its better to learn the basics of coding.

Cheers dan..will start learning!

I know it sounds like I just messed up ( ) but I have just opened the page in the editor and the coding is ok. It gives me an option to preview in IE and Firefox...I use Firefox.

Anyway, could it be something to do with the fact that I exported the file first to a folder before uploading it?

Will try just going straight to ftp once the file is saved. Back to reading up.

no you did it wrong
go to w3schools and learn html, you won't regret it

lol.

I didnt know how to do the mailto link so I looked it up on the net and copied and pasted the code.
The first time I uploaded the page, the links worked but the picture just came up as a square with a red cross.
It was then that I made the folder for the images and uploaded it.

Then, thats when the problems started because the code changed.
When I previewed the page in the editor, it looked fine and when I previewed it from the server it looked fine.
When I originally checked the code on the server it was fine.

not sure what else I did wrong but the code was correct...something else I did relating to the index_images directory seemed to be causing the problem.
I didnt actually change the code at any time apart from when I checked it again and found it had changed.

Point Im trying to make is...the code was correct then it wasnt...Im trying to figure what the hell I did because I dont want to have to keep changing it each time I upload.
w3schools here I come! Thanks for the link....will stop beating myself up now!

Since your just learning. try to learn xhtml. it's a neater version of html

Sweet! thanks for the advice, appreciated.

Jotto, learn what ever is easier. I was told all you need is HTML and CSS and so far I absolutely agree. If you really feel once you have those that you want to learn others, feel free. But for good solid basic design (where you are now) I would recomend CSS and HTML.

That's not true actually. HTML can be just as neat as XHTML ... Use the Strict doctype and you'll see.

Resources for learning HTML and CSS

Sorry, I think i meant to say, for me it's easier to write neater code in xhtml.