Mac Publisher 1.8.1 Fragile graphics links on Mac server hosted files?

[SG95]

Using High Sierra 10.13.6 and Publisher 1.8.1 accessing a High Sierra Mac OS X Server (latest updates all applied) sharing via SMB on a gigabit LAN...

Two similar problems seem to be emerging.

If a Publisher file, hosted on Mac OS X Server is modified and graphics are placed, the links in the publisher file are fragile. As long as the file is open by the same client, then graphics are presented properly.

(A) Fragile links…if

1. client A disconnects (unmounts) server and reconnects again, then the file is no longer accurately linked.... link instead of being Volumes://server/path-to-file/graphic.jpg will be now seen as Volumes://server-1/path-to-file/graphic.jpg and thus the graphic is disconnected. It can be manually re-linked, but when dealing with hundreds of graphic files this becomes tedious quickly.
2. another client B accesses the file (i.e. after client A closes file) then the link is not recognized even if the Volumes://server/path-to-file/graphic.jpg is valid and the highly-pixelated preview is shown in place. As per (a) reconnecting the files is possible but tedious after the first 20 or so.

(B) Ineffective embedded links

If I try to avoid the problem and embed all the links into the file and save it....and confirm that the file is now larger by the amount of files embedded.... if another client opens the file the links are not recognized and the graphics are all presented in place-holder/pixelated format

Ideas as to what I'm doing wrong?

thanks for any help and suggestions

Edit: I'm looking at the resources window to see whether or not the files are embedded or linked and attempting to convert between the different link formats.

Edited March 4, 2020 by SG95
clarification