Yah, that's what I thought.
| I'm afraid the changes must be reaccomplished each time the site is
published
| from MS Publisher, since publisher will always use the default absolute
| positioning. All of this, of course, makes for a clunky workaround.
|
| Still, it's useful for low-budget projects because the webhosting is free,
| and it doesn't require Front Page or other relatively expensive
software --
| yet it still allows for a graphically-engaging website which would be hard
to
| create otherwise (especially for HTML newbies like me).
|
| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
|
| > Interesting.
| > What happens when you make a change (any other change) to your web and
| > re-Publish...do your manual changes "stick"?
| >
| >
| >
| > | > | David - I found this workaround that seems to work pretty well:
| > |
| > | Instructions for publishing to an ad-supported free web site through
| > GoDaddy
| > | using MS Publisher
| > |
| > | 1. Publish website to folder on local computer first
| > | 2. Open "index.html" in browser window
| > | 3. Under the "Page" pulldown menu, select "View Source." This displays
a
| > | .txt file, showing the html code.
| > | 4. Using find & replace (under the "edit" menu), search for the first
| > | instance of the word, "absolute" in the html code, and replace it with
the
| > | word "relative."
| > | 5. This process must be repeated for each page individually, by
navigating
| > | to each locally-published page from within a web browser, viewing the
| > source
| > | html code, replacing the first instance of "absolute" with "relative,"
| > then
| > | saving the file before navigating to the next page.
| > | 6. Once finished making changes, the locally saved "index.htm" file
and
| > | accompanying folder must be copied and pasted, via ftp client to your
| > GoDaddy
| > | website, and "voila," you should be up and running!
| > |
| > | "DavidF" wrote:
| > |
| > | > This issue has come up before. Because Publisher pages use absolute
| > | > positioning, they do not work under the GoDaddy framed free hosting.
| > There
| > | > has been no workaround found. Sorry.
| > | >
| > | > DavidF
| > | >
| > | > | > | > > In GoDaddy's free webhosting, their ads appear as a strip accross
the
| > top
| > | > > of
| > | > > the customer's website. Having created a simple website in
Publisher,
| > | > > however, my sites appear, instead, to the RIGHT of (and offscreen,
| > until
| > | > > the
| > | > > viewer scrolls right) this strip of advertising.
| > | > >
| > | > > I have been told this is because of the way Publisher treats
frames,
| > and
| > | > > that I should set the frame pixels to a fixed number, rather than
a
| > | > > percentage.
| > | > >
| > | > > Does anyone know how to do this in Publisher -- so that my
websites
| > will
| > | > > appear beneath, rather than beside the advertisements?
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| >
| >
| >
