how to create links to non-.html addresses 1

[nachilev]

I hope this isn't a silly question.

How do I create links in Dreamweaver to non- html extension sites. The client needs a news link page to their(Google-cached)news items online that end in: .php,http// . . . PDF, http// . . . /search . .=en, et.

And of course, nothing happens.

How can I make it happen?

 

[vacunita]

Regardless of what the links end in, php, pdf, or some value, they should just work as long as the enitre link is correct.

for example:

<a href="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.someserver.com/somepage.php">[/URL]

will work exactly like

<a href="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.someotherserver.com/someotherpage.html">[/URL]

provided the link is complete.

When you say they do nothing is it that the link itself does nothing, or you just get a blank page. If the first then there must be something wrong with the actuall link. If it is the second then it is a problem with either the place it points to, or how it points to it.

Give us an example of a link your using to see if we can point out the problem.



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[nachilev]

Thank you so much for your quick response.

Here are some sample links the client needs.

http://www.thedeal.com/im/AB/pdf/AB_20051010.pdf

http://www.altassets.com/news/arc/2005/nz7503.php

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache...26.128/press/press.php+Garrett+Kanehann&hl=en

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache...in/news.pl?newsId=5063+Garrett+Kanehann&hl=en

 

[vacunita]

I have no problems opening the links. They all seem to work.

So it would just be a matter of creating the links like:

<a href="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.altassets.com/news/arc/2005/nz7503.php">Link[/URL] 1</a>
<a href="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.thedeal.com/im/AB/pdf/AB_20051010.pdf">Link[/URL] 2</a>
<a href="[URL unfurl="true"]http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:AW6YJitT-X4J:64.33.126.128/press/press.php+Garrett+Kanehann&hl=en">Link[/URL] 3</a>
<a href="[URL unfurl="true"]http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:8S3fxwToYdgJ:www.crainsdetroit.com/cgi-bin/news.pl%3FnewsId%3D5063+Garrett+Kanehann&hl=en">Link[/URL] 4</a>

Like so.

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