Grrrrr! Link and graphics problems ...

[Michelle]

I've created a website in publisher 2003 and posted it to
the web. Then, I called it up on Microsoft Explorer on
the same computer that I created it on. No problem.

Then, I went to my home computer and called it up on
Explorer 6.0 and Netscape 7.1 and had major problems with
both.

On Explorer, I get zero graphics. In fact, the order of
the text is all mixed up.

On Netscape, I see everything, but the pictures look awful
and the links don't work -- except for the email links.
Those work.

I talked to the support guy from my web hosting site and
he suggested I empty the temp internet files and reload.
I tried that. Nothing. Also deleted cookies.

He couldn't give me any further help as he could see it
fine from all of the computers he had access to.

This is a website for my agency -- so it is critical that
people can open it on a variety of computers with a
variety of browsers. Help. Please.

Michelle

P.S. The website: cvfamilycenter.org

 

[DavidF]

Michele,

The good news is that your site will load in IE, but verrrrrry slowly if you
have a dial up connection.

The bad news is that Publisher 2003 web sites do not support Netscape from
what I understand.

The good news is that David Bartosik has an excellent web site for
information about using Publisher for creating web sites. Here is a link to
his section on Publisher 2003:

http://www.publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=33

(be sure to read about Compressing your graphics...)

The bad news is that you may not be able to achieve your goals of building a
web site with Publisher 2003 that will be easily opened by a variety of
computers with a variety of browsers...and network connections.

The good news is that David Bartosik will probably offer better advice than
this.

DavidF

 

[David Bartosik MS MVP]

By design Pub 2003 codes pages that support the technology in Windows
Internet Explorer 6+. Support on Macs and non IE browsers is questionable.
The most you can do to try and better support other browsers is to turn off
PNG and VML options in the Tools, Options section.
Looking at your site myself and not seeing any issues my best guess is that
at your home your connection is slower and you simply aren't waiting long
enough for the site to fully load. A Pub 2003 site will load slowly, an
issue that can be improved by using the picture optimizer in the newly
released Service Pack 1. See my 2003 page on www.publishermvps.com for
details.

--
David Bartosik - MS MVP
for Publisher help:
www.davidbartosik.com
enter to win Pub 2003:
www.davidbartosik.com/giveaway.aspx

 

[my home connection]

Sorry this is posted twice. I mistakenly placed it in the
wrong area above.

You said, "Looking at your site myself and not seeing any
issues my best guess is that at your home your connection
is slower and you simply aren't waiting long enough for
the site to fully load."

This is just what puzzles me. I have been working from
the SAME connection -- using my work laptop and my home
computer and hooking it up to the same ethernet highspeed
cable connection.

On my home computer, on Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, it
seems to load quickly, but the page is all messed up. The
header is at the bottom. There are no graphics. It
ACTUALLY looks better on Netscape -- but simply has offers
no ability to use the hyperlinks to the various pages.

-----Original Message-----
By design Pub 2003 codes pages that support the technology in Windows
Internet Explorer 6+. Support on Macs and non IE browsers is questionable.
The most you can do to try and better support other browsers is to turn off
PNG and VML options in the Tools, Options section.
Looking at your site myself and not seeing any issues my best guess is that
at your home your connection is slower and you simply aren't waiting long
enough for the site to fully load. A Pub 2003 site will load slowly, an
issue that can be improved by using the picture optimizer in the newly
released Service Pack 1. See my 2003 page on

www.publishermvps.com for