Re: Safari: is relinking to outside url possible, as with Explorer?

In article <11f4vicaqejhta5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"G.T." <getnews1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> "Snyde Snodgrass" <bigbyte@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:040820051616428510%bigbyte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > "Safari can't find the file."
> >
>
> What file?
>
> > When clicking on any and all supposed links, Safari looks only to my
> > hard drive. "No file exists at the address
> > "file:///Users/myname/etc/etc/etc.htm"
>
> Is that the file URL or not?
>
> >
> > No kidding! Gee Whiz, and thanks Apple for all the help. Not.
> >
> > Safari never looks to the Internet, as Explorer does.
>
> Safari follows any links I throw at it. Are you saying it should look to
> the Internet even if you're not telling it to?

More specifically, the OP is telling Safari *not* to look anywhere but
/Users/myname/etc/etc/etc.htm. If he's building his own web pages he
should try using relative links, rather than absolute.
>
> > How do I overcome
> > this MAJOR problem. I've searched Safari Help, Googled Groups, gone
> > through every Preferences pane.
> >
> > I'm using Safari 1.2.3 on OS 10.3.7.
> >
>
> Works great here.
>
> > There must be some simple solution I'm just too blind to see.
> >
>
> Probably. But with your lack of info and/or poor ability to express
> yourself it's hard to tell where you need to focus.
>
> Greg

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