Adding http:// to existing url's

[John1940]

I've been running my site successfully for years, coded with Dreamweaver CS3.

In the last few weeks my Adsense ads (size 160 x 600) have sometimes been replaced with a panel (of the same size) from my server saying that 'the page (advert) cannot be found' (apparently error 404).

My 'Server's Help' say I should add http:// in front of all page URL's. First I'm wondering how I managed for all these years without it, but mainly how do I add the http:// on over 150 pages, and hopefully without having to edit each page individually.

[Jon Fritz · Accepted solution]

In CC 2017 or later, hit Ctrl/Cmnd + Shift + F to open the Find & Replace tool.
Click the Basic Tab
In the first large field (unlabeled Find field), add the entire code of the link (<a href="//path-to/link.html">)

For the "In" dropdown menu, choose Entire Current Local Site
Leave the next field as [any tag]
In the second large field (unlabeled Replace With field) add the entire code of the new link (<a href="http: //www.path-to/link.html">)
Hit Replace All

[B i r n o u]

you can also use a reg exp in the search and replace files ({ctrl|cmd} shift f

think to check the use of regular expression and search for

href="(?!http*://)

that you will replace with

href="http://

if you not used to regex... the search will focus on all string starting by href=" and not icnlude http with a facultative s and followed by ://

that way you will only replace the url link that doesn't use any protocol

be aware of depending on your web site, the reg ex can be adjusted

[osgood_]

But back up your site folder first incase anything hideously goes wrong.