HELP: Frontpage 2003 changed my HTML code!

[Joe]

Why is that if I make a page in Notepad and then open it in Frontpage, it
will make stupid changes??

For example, I had a perfectly good, working form validation function
defined like so

<script Language="JavaScript">
<!--
function....etc
//-->
</script>

and it took out the whole block of code!

Also, I had some radio buttons within a form where I had NOT indicated that
I wanted any of the values check at startup, and frontpage checked some!
Can I just NOT use Frontpage and delicate HTML code?
Or is there some setting so that it won't mess with my code???

Thanx,
Joe

 

[Murray]

Joe:

Is someone secretly editing those documents?

Wanna send me one so I can try this?

 

[dave]

If you have "Optimize HTML" turned on for publishing, that can cause that
issue.
Turn it off.

 

[David Baxter]

Not sure if the menus have changed in FP2003 but in FP2002:

* Tools | Page Options | HTML Source
* check "Preserve existing HTML"

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

Radio buttons require one of the 2 to be set checked
- if using server side code for the variables, remove the "checked" FP adds after your script before saving the page in code view
Any edits outside of FP are not recognized by FP
- always open your FP web/site and edit the html/asp pages in FP (not notepad)




| Why is that if I make a page in Notepad and then open it in Frontpage, it
| will make stupid changes??
|
| For example, I had a perfectly good, working form validation function
| defined like so
|
| <script Language="JavaScript">
| <!--
| function....etc
| //-->
| </script>
|
| and it took out the whole block of code!
|
| Also, I had some radio buttons within a form where I had NOT indicated that
| I wanted any of the values check at startup, and frontpage checked some!
| Can I just NOT use Frontpage and delicate HTML code?
| Or is there some setting so that it won't mess with my code???
|
| Thanx,
| Joe
|
|