new web page Pub 2003; Explorer has graphics problems

[J. Minor]

I have designed a new website with Publisher 2003. I tried to 'Publish to the Web' FTP sites, with local ISP person helping; we eventually gave up as the dialogue box would not accept the address which was entered
So we made a folder with the website in filtered html, and moved it to the ISP via SmartFTP.
The website apparently works well on the 'Firefox' browser. However, on Explorer, many of the graphics are not showing; there is some superimposition of 'boxes' over others; and there is a lot of text moving around when one first clicks on a page, seemingly until it aligns itself. The webpage itself seems to have accumulated more than 2 Mb in the transition to the server.
I have looked fairly extensively in Help for this; the only thing I can find is that the server should have the 'most recent Front Page server extensions'. The tech at my ISP indicates that since this is only a partially hosted site, that the most recent extensions are not installed--only with the websites that they actually host. However, he questions--if indeed I obtained a fully hosted site--whether this would cure the problem. He felt the best solution might be to toss the Publisher and get someone to do it html for me. Help-- www.judyminor.ca

 

[David Bartosik - MS MVP]

I didn't see any issues when reviewing your site in IE 6.1 (pc)
(are you using IE on a mac? - don't)
Some things to note however,
2003 does create large files refer to http://www.davidbartosik.com/pub11.htm
Most importantly your site is graphics intensive.
Graphics take time to load and add to the size.
You might rethink the site layout and design fewer images on the home page.
Instead use a layout that spreads the images out for fewer on a page. And
use a photo editor to reduce the image resolution to lower the files sizes.
As for your last sentence, don't worry about any of that.

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

I have designed a new website with Publisher 2003. I tried to 'Publish to

the Web' FTP sites, with local ISP person helping; we eventually gave up as
the dialogue box would not accept the address which was entered;

So we made a folder with the website in filtered html, and moved it to the ISP via SmartFTP.
The website apparently works well on the 'Firefox' browser. However, on

Explorer, many of the graphics are not showing; there is some
superimposition of 'boxes' over others; and there is a lot of text moving
around when one first clicks on a page, seemingly until it aligns itself.
The webpage itself seems to have accumulated more than 2 Mb in the
transition to the server.

I have looked fairly extensively in Help for this; the only thing I can

find is that the server should have the 'most recent Front Page server
extensions'. The tech at my ISP indicates that since this is only a
partially hosted site, that the most recent extensions are not
installed--only with the websites that they actually host. However, he
questions--if indeed I obtained a fully hosted site--whether this would cure
the problem. He felt the best solution might be to toss the Publisher and
get someone to do it html for me. Help-- www.judyminor.ca