Glad you popped in. The text is an image in IE7...and probably will be in
IE8 when it's released.
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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression
| Which version of Publisher are you using? If you are using Pub 2003, then
go
| to Tools > Options > Web tab and be sure to uncheck "rely on vml...",
(this
| option has been removed in Pub 2007), uncheck "allow png..." and assuming
| that you are using ftp uploading, uncheck the incremental upload option.
|
| Yes, it may be ok to delete the old web files from the server before
| uploading the new. In theory when you publish new files, they should
| overwrite the old ones, but that doesn't mean that your way is wrong,
| especially if you use FTP uploading. In fact, personally that is the way I
| do it. However, if you were using HTTP uploading with FPSE, using the
| incremental uploading feature in Publisher, or if you have a large site,
it
| is probably better to not delete the old. In fact, it may create problems.
|
| As to Rob's comment about the whole page being an image(s), this is partly
| true in FF, but not in IE. The text box in the middle column is converted
to
| an image in FF but not IE. As I used a slow dial-up connection I could
watch
| the page load fairly slowly, and though I am not sure of why the text is
| converted to an image in FF, it may very well be because of the way you
have
| overlapped different design elements. It may also be that you have
"grouped"
| the text box with other design elements, and that may be causing it.
Ungroup
| everything on the pages except for the wizard built menu before you
produce
| new html files. That might solve the image/text problem.
|
| You should download and install FireFox so you can test your site. It is a
| small download and an easy install. If you get your site to view correctly
| in FF and IE, then you will have most browsers covered, which should be
your
| goal. As I said, I am not sure of what you are doing, but after looking
for
| the "grouping" problem and eliminating it as the cause, you need to change
| your layout such that the text does not convert to an image in FF. I would
| "deconstruct" a page by moving most of the design elements into the
scratch
| area except for the center text box, and Publishing to the web and
directing
| the output to my computer, and then opening those files in FF to test. Add
| back design elements and test as you go until you find what is converting
| your text into an image. You can test the text by trying to select it in
the
| browser. If it is an image, you won't be able to do so. Also in FF you can
| right click and you will have the option to save as an image, but not in
IE.
| One possible reason for the text being converted is the way you have
| overlapped the center column with the images in the right column .
|
| And speaking of SEO, I would suggest that you do go to Tools > Web page
| options and add a description and keywords for each page, and perhaps a
Page
| Title.
|
| Be sure to use the Compress graphics tool on all the images.
|
| Otherwise, your site seems to work and look ok. Congrats...I am sure it
took
| a lot longer and more effort than you thought it would when you started
;-).
|
| DavidF
|
|
| | >I ran design check and all is well. I don't think I have text over
lapping
| > with pictures. All my pictures are in picture boxes and text is in text
| > boxes.
| > I noticed that each time I delete the web page file and upload again, I
| > can
| > pull up all of the old pages on Google. So are saying it is okay to post
| > revisions in this way?
| >
| > "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
| >
| >> If you're concerned about search engines you need to address the
problem
| >> that nothing (except the top banner text) will be visible to them
because
| >> it's all an image. Search engine spiders cannot read images, so you're
| >> seo
| >> will be very poor on pages that should be text are turned into images
by
| >> Publisher - go back to your original pub file and look for overlapping
| >> text
| >> boxes and run design checker as well.
| >>
| >> Also check ALL your pages in other browsers...like FireFox, Opera etc.
| >>
| >> --
| >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| >> Rob Giordano
| >> Microsoft MVP Expression
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >> | >> | I am hoping to get some input on a website I recently designed. If
| >> anyone
| >> is
| >> | interested in reviewing, I would sure appreciate it.
| >>
www.castlecompany.net
| >> |
| >> | Also, instead of trying to repost revisions on my website, I just
| >> deleted
| >> | the whole file and reposted the entire thing. Is there a problem
doing
| >> it
| >> | this way? It seemed so much easier than how I had been instructed to
do
| >> it
| >> | and has worked very well. I'm just not sure if it will confuse things
| >> with
| >> | search engines.
| >> |
| >> | Thanks,
| >>
| >>
|
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