# Links to pages not working

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/links-to-pages-not-working/50948>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [September 12, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/links-to-pages-not-working/50948 "2025-09-12T04:17:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![amcfarlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@amcfarlen](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/amcfarlen)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/links-to-pages-not-working/50948/1 "2025-09-12T04:17:04Z")

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I’ve rebuilt my website and publishing to my local web server to test before uploading it to live.

Problem is that if I click any link on any page it will not open the index page. Instead it will display a file folder with the index.css and index.html

Any one have a solution?

 ![Screenshot 2025-09-12 at 2.16.30 pm](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/1/b/1b00987a2aaa66a4199dc93a0720da1bcf959bd9.png)

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**Author:** ![amcfarlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@amcfarlen](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/amcfarlen)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/links-to-pages-not-working/50948/2 "2025-09-12T19:21:16Z")

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Ignore my post. I ended up posting to the server to test further and there it all worked as expected.

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/links-to-pages-not-working/50948/3 "2025-09-12T19:48:23Z")

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Perfect, glad it’s working nicely for you 🙂

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**Author:** ![D\_M](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/d_m/32/36564_2.png) [@D\_M](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/D_M)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/links-to-pages-not-working/50948/4 "2026-04-30T15:43:27Z")

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I’d prefer to work locally. Why don’t the page links work properly, and what can I do to make them work? The site I’m working on will have dozens of pages and I do need to inspect locally.

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/links-to-pages-not-working/50948/5 "2026-04-30T17:18:40Z")

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It does work 😊

You can preview your site locally in the browser and click around, like this…

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**Author:** ![D\_M](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/d_m/32/36564_2.png) [@D\_M](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/D_M)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/links-to-pages-not-working/50948/6 "2026-04-30T17:32:01Z")

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Indeed it does. I misunderstood how one checks it out. I was going to the local storage site and clicking on index.html.

I’m sure I’ll have more questions. I’m trying to convert an Adobe Muse publisher’s site (which I created and maintain).

I have to set up categories (fiction, poetry…) which then link to pages filled with book covers which, when clicked, link to a page about the book and its author.