Can a Pub2003 site be made compatible for most browsers

[Pierre Lessard]

Hello,

Winxp, Pub2003.

I am completely new to pub2003 and love the way you can quickly create
websites.
I have used DreamWeaver for years but now have inherited some sites made
with pub2003.
After trying this tool I really liked it.

I was told by others not to use Pub2003 for the web as its xml proprietary
code was not compatible
with many browsers and that sadly the tool was better sutied to intranets
running only IE.
Is this true? If it is, what a shame! Its such a pleasant tool to use.

If compatability issues are real then are there ways for me to convert these
pre-existing publisher 2003 sites in DreamWeaver to eliminate the these
issues.

thanks in advance.

Pierre Lessard.

 

[David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]]

It mostly depends on what you design. You have to build the page and then
test it. Some things do better then others.

I can tell you that Publisher is designed to work with the technologies in
IE 6+

I can also tell you the Microsoft product groups intent of this DTP program,
which is that it enable a small business owner to achieve a continuity in
all aspects of their marketing, that they be able to affordably and easily
and quickly design print materials and a small web site that all have the
same look and feel, like I said, continuity.

They have no intent or goal to have Publisher be a web design tool, that's
FrontPage's role in the Office Suite.

And I have for years recommended against moving Publisher html into
FrontPage or any other web design tool. The html that Pub writes is just too
extremely different.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com