Troubleshoot navigation

My link bar doesn't work.

In order to be able to add and view a custom link bar or a link bar with back and next links, your Web server must have Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2002 or SharePoint Team Services from Microsoft installed.

Note   You can add and view any type of link bar when you publish to a disk-based web site.

I can't add a link bar.

You can add and view any type of link bar when you publish to a disk-based web site. However, when you are publishing to (or authoring directly on) a Web server, in order to be able to add a custom link bar or a link bar with back and next links, your Web server must have Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2002 or SharePoint Team Services from Microsoft installed.

How can I add a link bar with back and next links?

If the Web server you are publishing to does not have the Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2002 or SharePoint Team Services from Microsoft installed, you can add a link bar with back and next links that is based on the navigation structure of your web site:
  1. In Page view, position the insertion point where you want to place the link bar.
  2. On the Insert menu, click Web Components.
  3. In the left pane, click Link Bars.
  4. In the right pane, click Bar based on navigation structure, and click Next.
  5. Select the link bar style you want to use for this link bar. Or, if your page uses a theme, click Use Page's Theme.

    If a theme has been applied to your web site, button link bars will use fonts, colors, and other style elements from the theme. If you click Use Page's Theme and your page does not use a theme, the link bar will use the default text of the page.

  6. Click Next.
  7. Choose the page orientation of the link bar (vertical or horizontal), and click Finish.
  8. In the Link Bar Properties dialog box, under Hyperlinks to add to page, select Back and Next, and click OK.

    Note   The navigation structure for the link bar is determined by the order of pages in Navigation view.

The link bar with back and next links doesn't link to the pages in my web site in the order I want.

You can reset the order of your hyperlinks.

  1. Double-click the link bar.
  2. Click Move up or Move down to change the order in which the link bar will take your site visitor through your web site.

Note   You can perform this procedure to change the order of hyperlinks on a custom link bar as well.