More Publisher 2003 Questions

[janice]

DavidF,

Thank you for your assistance. I did figure out that the html document was
part of the files folder and also had to be uploaded to my web host. On the
server, for the Web site to work, the html document has to be added to the
files folder and renamed index. Does this sound right? (I remember reading
about this in another post.) I tried to rename the html document before I
uploaded it, but I received a message that if it was renamed it would no
longer be associated with the file. Does that mean that the only way the Web
site will work with my server is if the name of the html document is changed
to index on the server?

Thanks for the suggestion about the Publish folder. I did have a Publish
folder that was created when I designed in Pub 2000, before upgrading to
2003. I had deleted it, and created a new Publish folder, and did save one
version of my Web site to that folder (and another version in another
folder). Now I will only use the Publish folder for the Web site.

Right now the Web site does work with IE7, but my Web site has a lot of
images and the images take a while to appear. I just found out that I have to
resize all the images to less than 100kb, as most are around 350kb. Is that
correct?

Also, the Web site is not functioning properly with IE5. The navigation bar
does not work (I am just using a vertical navigation bar), and none of the
images appear. Do you know what might be causing these problems?

Again, thank you so much for your help.
Janice

 

[DavidF]

Janice,

I think part of you confusion is because you originally used Pub 2000 which
is different than Pub 2003 in many ways. With Pub 2000 you would do a Save
As a web page to produce your web pages. In Pub 2003 you use Publish to the
Web. Pub 2000 did not have the option of using a subfolder...all the files
were dumped into the Publish folder. Pub 2003 offers the option of using the
subfolder and thus produces an index.htm file (your home page) and an
index_files folder that contain all the supporting graphics and images plus
the other pages to the site. Pub 2000 also uses the default of "index.html"
vs. "index.htm" in Pub 2003, but you can specify either when you get to the
Save dialog after you Publish to the Web. These are just some of the
differences and doesn't even begin to discuss the difference in the coding
engines used to produce the code.

When I suggested using a Publish folder on your computer, it was just for
the convenience of finding the index.htm file and the index_files folder.
Just as in Pub 2000, you DO NOT upload the Publish folder...just what is in
it. If you upload the Publish folder with all the html inside to your site,
it isn't going to work in either Pub 2000 or 2003. But as you have
discovered you do need to upload the index_files folder intact in Pub 2003
along with the index.htm file.

I don't know what you are talking about in terms of renaming a file. When
you Publish to the Web the default file name is index. Please explain....

As per the pictures, once again there is a big difference in how Pub 2000
handled pictures and how Pub 2003 does. If you inserted an oversized image
into a Pub 2000 page, when you published your pages, Publisher would
automatically resample and resize the image for you. Pub 2003 does not. In
fact it will make copies, some hi resolution, some low, some of different
formats, and all with the goal of serving up the best image depending upon
the browser used to view the page. As you have found out this creates
problems. Reference: Compress graphics file sizes to create smaller
Publisher Web pages:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA011266301033.aspx
If you use the compress graphics feature, this will effectively do what Pub
2000 did automatically. Study your image sizes after you compress them all.

Also be sure to go to Tools > Options > Web tab and uncheck "rely on vml..."
and "allow PNG...". See if that helps with the navigation problems with IE5.
Otherwise, I personally wouldn't worry about it. There are very, very few
people still using IE5. But you could delete the wizard built navbar and
hand build a textual navbar if you want.

Hope all this helps. I think that after you get used to the differences in
Pub 2000 and 2003 you will be fine.

DavidF