Frontpage 2003 websites cannot be accessed by Mac or Firefox brows

[bunyip99]

Web-sites built with Frontpage 2003 (built using a PC with XP Home, IE)
cannot be accessed by users with Macs or Firefox browsers.
Tried paying $49.95 for MS technical help but it crashed. I'm not paying
another $49.95 for it to crash again!
help please!

 

[Joe Rohn]

One big problem (not just with FrontPage) with any web designing, is knowing
what will and what won't work in various browsers and operating systems.
There are a number of features that FrontPage has that may not show well in
browsers outside of IE. ( a few examples are marquees, photo galleries, word
art, among many others)

You might want to post your questions directly to the newsgroups and show
some examples..people can then advise you more.

--
Joe
Microsoft MVP FrontPage

Expression and FrontPage Web Forums:
http://expression-frontpage.com/forums/

 

[vey]

Web-sites built with Frontpage 2003 (built using a PC with XP Home, IE)
cannot be accessed by users with Macs or Firefox browsers.
Tried paying $49.95 for MS technical help but it crashed. I'm not paying
another $49.95 for it to crash again!
help please!

Give us a link. I Have Firefox.

 

[vey]

One big problem (not just with FrontPage) with any web designing, is
knowing what will and what won't work in various browsers and operating
systems. There are a number of features that FrontPage has that may not
show well in browsers outside of IE. ( a few examples are marquees,
photo galleries, word art, among many others)

You might want to post your questions directly to the newsgroups and
show some examples..people can then advise you more.

He sent me the link privately.
It's beyond me since I am a simple man who still uses tables for
positioning.

I see one problem in that he put text links inside text boxes. From what
I google, FF doesn't like that.

Here is the code to one of his buttons:

<!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t202"
coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="202" path="m,l,21600r21600,l21600,xe">
<v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/>
<vath gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/>
</v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_s1183" type="#_x0000_t202" alt=""
style='position:absolute;
left:269.25pt;top:6pt;width:57.75pt;height:20.25pt;z-index:1'
fillcolor="aqua">
<v:shadow on="t" opacity=".5" offset=",-2pt" offset2="-8pt,8pt"/>
<v:textbox inset="0,0,0,0">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="92%" height="100%"
id="table16">
<tr>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><a
href="media.htm">Media</a></font></td>
</tr>
</table>
</v:textbox>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><span style='mso-ignore:vglayout;position:
absolute;z-index:1;left:358px;top:5px;width:85px;height:35px'><img width=85
height=35 src="index4_files/image001.gif"
v:shapes="_x0000_s1183"></span><![endif]>

 

[Ronx]

I see one problem in that he put text links inside text boxes. From
what

I google, FF doesn't like that.

Correct.
FireFox and other (non IE) browsers will see an image of the text, and
images *of* links are not links.
Text boxes also use a form of Absolute Positioning - the coordinates are
*always* with respect to the top left corner of the page. This will
give problems to some users who resize their browsers and/or text -
though if the page is entirely made from text-boxes, FireFox users will
not be affected by text resizing - but the lack of working links will
not compensate for that.
--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.

http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp

FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/

One big problem (not just with FrontPage) with any web designing, is
knowing what will and what won't work in various browsers and operating
systems. There are a number of features that FrontPage has that may not
show well in browsers outside of IE. ( a few examples are marquees,
photo galleries, word art, among many others)

You might want to post your questions directly to the newsgroups and
show some examples..people can then advise you more.

He sent me the link privately.
It's beyond me since I am a simple man who still uses tables for
positioning.

I see one problem in that he put text links inside text boxes. From what
I google, FF doesn't like that.

Here is the code to one of his buttons:

<!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t202"
coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="202" path="m,l,21600r21600,l21600,xe">
<v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/>
<vath gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/>
</v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_s1183" type="#_x0000_t202" alt=""
style='position:absolute;
left:269.25pt;top:6pt;width:57.75pt;height:20.25pt;z-index:1'
fillcolor="aqua">
<v:shadow on="t" opacity=".5" offset=",-2pt" offset2="-8pt,8pt"/>
<v:textbox inset="0,0,0,0">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="92%" height="100%"
id="table16">
<tr>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><a
href="media.htm">Media</a></font></td>
</tr>
</table>
</v:textbox>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><span style='mso-ignore:vglayout;position:
absolute;z-index:1;left:358px;top:5px;width:85px;height:35px'><img width=85
height=35 src="index4_files/image001.gif"
v:shapes="_x0000_s1183"></span><![endif]>