A procedure for preparing electronic resources for delivery to client
computers is disclosed. When rendered on a browser for display, the
electronic resources (e.g., web pages) include a reference link to
another electronic resource. In response to receiving a request for
delivery of a specific resource to a client computer, a server computer
retrieves the resource from storage and examines the resource to locate
any link identifiers contained therein. If a link identifier is detected,
the network address corresponding to this link identifier is identified
by the server and incorporated into the requested electronic resource in
place of the link identifier. The prepared resource is then delivered to
the client computer for rendering on a browser.