Help! Links w/Lynx don't work

Mon Mar 17 17:50:51 EST 1997

Joe Schallan wrote:
 > Hello webbers,
 > 
 > We have a "good links" page for the public.  There are two
 > ways to use it:  Come into the library and access it with
 > Netscape, or dial in to our OPAC and access it with Lynx.
 > Among the various links we provide are several to search
 > engines such as Alta Vista and several to web directories
 > such as Yahoo.  When patrons use the graphical
 > browser (the preponderance of our use by patrons), there
 > is no problem -- the links work.  When dial-up patrons
 > hit our links page in Lynx, however, the links to the
 > search engines and web directories -- and *only* these
 > links -- do not work.  They get a "can't locate server"
 > message.  Why is this happening?  The only thing I
 > can think of is that Lynx does not care for the
 > trailing slash, as in http://www.yahoo.com/
 > 
 > Any ideas?
 > 
 > You can view our links page at
 > 
 > http://162.126.95.79/publinks.htm

<UL>
<LI><STRONG>Glendale Public Library Home Page [ <A HREF=
"http://www.maricopa.gov/glendale/localgov/library/library.htm">
Info about the library</A> ]</STRONG>
<LI><STRONG>Web search tools [<A HREF="http://altavista.
digital.com/">Alta Vista</A> || <A HREF="http://www.
webcrawler.com/">Webcrawler</A> || <A HREF="http://
www.lycos.com/">Lycos</A> || <A HREF="http://www.excite.
com/">Excite</A> ]</STRONG>
<LI><STRONG>Web directories [ <A HREF="http://www.yahoo
.com/">Yahoo!</A> || <A HREF="http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/
bpl/bkmk/index.html">Berkeley Index</A> || <A HREF="http://
www.azwebhub.com/">Arizona's Webhub</A> ]</STRONG>
<LI><STRONG>Government [ <A HREF="http://www.info.gov/">
Gov Info Exchange</A> || <A HREF="govlocal.htm">Local and
state</A> || <A HREF="govfed.htm">Federal</A> ]</STRONG>
<LI><STRONG>Libraries [ <A HREF="libcats.htm">Catalogs</A> 
|| <A HREF="libpages.htm">Home pages</A> ]</STRONG>
<LI><STRONG>Local colleges [ <A HREF="http://www.gc.
maricopa.edu/">GCC</A> || <A HREF="http://www.t-bird.edu/">
Thunderbird</A> || <A HREF="http://www.west.asu.edu/">
ASU West</A> ]</STRONG>
<LI><STRONG>Community info [ <A HREF="http://aztec.asu.edu/">
AzTeC Home Page</A> || <A HREF="http://www.azcentral.com/">
Arizona Central</A> ]</STRONG>
<LI><STRONG>Jobs [ <A HREF="jobsites.htm">Job-search
sites</A> || <A HREF="http://www.azcentral.com/advert/class/search.html">
Republic Classifieds</A> || <A HREF="http://www.yahoo.com/
Business_and_Economy/Companies/Career_and_Job_Search_Services">
Yahoo's job sites</A> ]</STRONG>
<LI><STRONG>Money [ <A HREF="stocks.htm">
Stock quotes</A> || <A HREF="http://www.bankrate.com/">
Bank rates</A> || <A HREF="http://205.129.194.50/bankrate/CCHOME.HTM">
Credit-card rates</A> ]</STRONG>
<LI><STRONG>Phone numbers & addresses [ <A HREF="http://www.switchboard.com/">
Switchboard</A> || <A HREF="http://www.555-1212.com/">
555-1212.com</A> ]</STRONG>
<LI><STRONG>All about books [ <A HREF="http://www.bookwire.com/">
BookWire</A> || <A HREF="http://www.bookweb.org/">
BookWeb</A> || <A HREF="books.htm">Other book sites</A> ]</STRONG>
</UL>

The complete URL has to be in ONE line with no spaces, something like
this: 

<UL>
<LI><STRONG>Glendale Public Library Home Page [ 
<A HREF="http://www.maricopa.gov/glendale/localgov/library/library.htm">
Info about the library</A> ]</STRONG>
<LI><STRONG>Web search tools [<A HREF="http://altavista.digital.com/">
Alta Vista</A> || 
<A HREF="http://www.webcrawler.com/">Webcrawler</A> || 
<A HREF="http://www.lycos.com/">Lycos</A> || 
<A HREF="http://www.excite.com/">Excite</A> ]</STRONG>
<LI><STRONG>Web directories [ <A
HREF="http://www.yahoo.com/">Yahoo!</A> || 
<A HREF="http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/bpl/bkmk/index.html">
Berkeley Index</A> || 
<A HREF="http://www.azwebhub.com/">Arizona's Webhub</A> ]</STRONG>
<LI><STRONG>Government [ <A HREF="http://www.info.gov/">
Gov Info Exchange</A> || <A HREF="govlocal.htm">Local and
state</A> || <A HREF="govfed.htm">Federal</A> ]</STRONG>
<LI><STRONG>Libraries [ <A HREF="libcats.htm">Catalogs</A> 
|| <A HREF="libpages.htm">Home pages</A> ]</STRONG>
<LI><STRONG>Local colleges [ <A HREF="http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/">
GCC</A> || <A HREF="http://www.t-bird.edu/">
Thunderbird</A> || <A HREF="http://www.west.asu.edu/">
ASU West</A> ]</STRONG>
<LI><STRONG>Community info [ <A HREF="http://aztec.asu.edu/">
AzTeC Home Page</A> || <A HREF="http://www.azcentral.com/">
Arizona Central</A> ]</STRONG>
<LI><STRONG>Jobs [ <A HREF="jobsites.htm">Job-search
sites</A> || <A HREF="http://www.azcentral.com/advert/class/search.html">
Republic Classifieds</A> || <A
HREF="http://www.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/Career_and_Job_Search_Services">
Yahoo's job sites</A> ]</STRONG>
<LI><STRONG>Money [ <A HREF="stocks.htm">
Stock quotes</A> || <A HREF="http://www.bankrate.com/">
Bank rates</A> || <A HREF="http://205.129.194.50/bankrate/CCHOME.HTM">
Credit-card rates</A> ]</STRONG>
<LI><STRONG>Phone numbers & addresses [ <A HREF="http://www.switchboard.com/">
Switchboard</A> || <A HREF="http://www.555-1212.com/">
555-1212.com</A> ]</STRONG>
<LI><STRONG>All about books [ <A HREF="http://www.bookwire.com/">
BookWire</A> || <A HREF="http://www.bookweb.org/">
BookWeb</A> || <A HREF="books.htm">Other book sites</A> ]</STRONG>
</UL>

HTH.

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 > 
 > Thanks in advance for the help.  Replies to me,
 > not to the list.
 > 
 > Joe
 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 > Joe Schallan, MLS                             jschall at glenpub.lib.az.us
 > Reference Librarian and Web Page Editor
 > Glendale (Arizona) Public Library                        (602) 930-3555