Compatible Browsers

[Ken Yanko]

This may be a dumb question, but I'm building a site with FrontPage 2003.
The site looks fantastic when viewed with IE 6.0. However, when viewed with
Netscape or Mozilla (sp?) the site looks awful. Also, when I run a
"compatibility check" in FrontPage, I have over 100 errors... mostly related
to MSIE 5.0. What am I doing wrong.

Any help would be appreciated.

Ken Yanko
(e-mail address removed)


PS What is Mosilla? This name comes up in the log from my web host.

 

[Tom Pepper Willett]

Please provide a public URL to your web site for people to look at.
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Tom "Pepper" Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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About FrontPage 2003:
http://office.microsoft.com/home/office.aspx?assetid=FX01085802
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| This may be a dumb question, but I'm building a site with FrontPage 2003.
| The site looks fantastic when viewed with IE 6.0. However, when viewed
with
| Netscape or Mozilla (sp?) the site looks awful. Also, when I run a
| "compatibility check" in FrontPage, I have over 100 errors... mostly
related
| to MSIE 5.0. What am I doing wrong.
|
| Any help would be appreciated.
|
| Ken Yanko
| (e-mail address removed)
|
|
| PS What is Mosilla? This name comes up in the log from my web host.
|
|

 

[Ronx]

If you have used any VML graphics, that would be explain some of the
problems. VML will only display in IE5.5 and later, other browsers
will see low quality images or nothing at all. VML graphics includes
most objects created from the FrontPage drawing toolbar, including
WordArt, Textboxes, Shape Art, etc.

 

[Ken Yanko]

www.reconcileband.com

The site is protected until we're ready to go public. Therefore you'll need
the following:

Username: visitor
password: home69

Any help you can provide would be a great help!

Thanks,
Ken Yanko
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Ronx]

In page Reconcile_Band_Welcome.htm there are two </body> tags - the
first should be </head>

In the navigation page, remove the absolutely positioned divs, and
replace with a table. Also note that the style="text-decoration:none"
should be in the anchor tag, the span is not necessary.
This style would be better defined in an embedded or external style
sheet.

<table border="0" cellspacing="1" width="100">
<tr>
<td align="center"><a href="page.htm"
style="text-decoration:none">Home</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
etc
</tr>
</table>

 

[Ken Yanko]

Thanks, Ronx for your help. I'll try your suggestions. However, there seem
to be many problems with my site when viewed in Netscape. Would you
recomend i install netscape in order to view the web in both browsers? And
will i have any compatibility problems with IE6.0 if i install Netscape?

Thanks Again,
Ken Yanko

 

[Murray]

Would you recomend i install netscape in order to view the web in both

browsers?

Certainly - if you are serious about producing solid web pages, you will
need to check in more than one browser.

And will i have any compatibility problems with IE6.0 if i install
Netscape?

None at all.