You're welcome.
My em address is munged on the ng you would just remove "invalid" and put .com there to email me.
| Final thanks Rob. I was going to send this to you personally but your
| profile showed something ending in ".invalid" which looked like it wouldn't
| work so I am posting here.
|
| You have convinced me to abandon me efforts for now. I thought it
| important to understand this elemnt from the beginning as I was building a
| site. Now i think I will do as you say and build it and when ready to
| publish I'll include the page transition effect and if it works well fine, if
| not I'll remove it and move on.
|
| Thanks again for your help. This site where I can get help from people like
| you is a tremendous help...I am glad I found it.
|
| Thanks again Rob.
|
| "Rob Giordano (Crash Gordon®)" wrote:
|
| > Yes, I'm saying if you have XP Home you don't have a server on your local machine...and testing a disc-based web is not quite a full test.
| >
| > Personally, I wouldn't waste time testing on free server, because sometimes you have to jump trough hoops just to get the site to work around all the ads and added junk *they* put on your pages...and then what are you really testing? Certainly not your real site...why waste the time. Get yourself a good host, Publish your site and muck around with it on the server your gonna actually use.
| >
| > But..of course you can if you want...Tripod? Angelfire? Do a Google for free webserver, and see if any have FP extensions enabled for free. Don't expect much tech help for free though.
| >
| >
| > | (What are all these “"†‘s about?)…anyway…
| > |
| > | I am using XP home so I presume you’re saying I don’t have an “internal
| > | server†per se with which to “test†my site. Are you saying I can post my
| > | web site to a free “test server†somewhere out there so I can see how it will
| > | actually look and function to the outside world? If so how does one find out
| > | where those free test sites are? It seems almost incomprehensible to me that
| > | Microsoft would not make their internal “disc-based†server in such a way as
| > | to allow one to test their site, with all the options available (in their
| > | program!) including page transition effects without having to publish it
| > | first.
| > |
| > |
| > | "Rob Giordano (Crash Gordon®)" wrote:
| > |
| > | > If you're using XP Pro (not Home) you can install the server & fp extensions on your home machine and fully test the FP web on it (database, etc.) if you're using XP Home you can't run a server so you end up using disc-based webs ( I do...my server's outdated).
| > | >
| > | > Why be concerned about testing live? No one's gonna see it for a while anyway...just publish it to your server. It's not like it will be spidered by search engines immediately, so not many people will know where it is unless you tell them...and even still you could always put up a dummie index page with no page links after you're finished testing.
| > | >
| > | > hehee..the "whatever" wasn't a real site... I meant it literally..."whatever the name of your web is"
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > | First Rob thanks again. I must say you almost have me convinced to give up
| > | > | on page transition...almost. Are you saying that there is some way to
| > | > | "publish" a site on line through some external (to my computer) server that
| > | > | exists for the specific purpose of allowing individuals (like me) to run, or
| > | > | "publish", a "test" of their site just to see if it functions properly
| > | > | without having to "really" publish it ? (sign up, pay mone, etc.) I thought
| > | > | that was exactly why Frontpage had the internal disc based web...to make sure
| > | > | your site worked BEFORE going to all the trouble?
| > | > |
| > | > | Not knowing if the "whatever" site you wrote was just an example or a "test"
| > | > | site as I mentioned above I actually entered that and found a note that said
| > | > | that site was under construction and was forwarded to a "funnies" site.
| > | > |
| > | > | I am amazed none of the "help" information mentioned that the effect
| > | > | wouldn't work on an internal "disc" based "web".
| > | > |
| > | > | So do these external server sites for testing a web page exist? If so are
| > | > | there others and how do you find them?
| > | > |
| > | > | "Rob Giordano (Crash Gordon®)" wrote:
| > | > |
| > | > | > Chip,
| > | > | > It's not going to work on your machine unless you are running a server on your machine.
| > | > | >
| > | > | > In other words if you open your web C:\My Documents\My Webs\yourwebname (or any variation beginning with you harddrive letter) - thats called a disc-based web (NO server) - you're NOT going to see the transistions work.
| > | > | >
| > | > | > You have to publish to the online server (
http://www.whatever.com ) to see it work.
| > | > | >
| > | > | > That being said...transistions are annoying.
| > | > | >
| > | > | >
| > | > | > | Thanks Rob:
| > | > | > | In a word no. I have worked at trying to get this effect for three days
| > | > | > | now. To get to basics I got down to making a 2 page site with one word on
| > | > | > | each page just to learn how to make this effect work. Thus it obviously
| > | > | > | exists only on my computer and has no real URL.
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | If you have any more ideas I would apprecite hearing them.
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | "Rob Giordano (Crash Gordon®)" wrote:
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | > What is the URL of the page?
| > | > | > | >
| > | > | > | >
| > | > | > | > | I have asked, and received answers to, questions about Page Transition
| > | > | > | > | effects. To re-cap:
| > | > | > | > | o Page Transition effect does not work.
| > | > | > | > | o I set-up a basic 2 page test site with each page linked to the other.
| > | > | > | > | o I have set up an event, effect, and effect duration for/on each of the 2
| > | > | > | > | pages.
| > | > | > | > | o In Internet Explorer "Internet Options" I have made sure the "Enable
| > | > | > | > | Effects" box was checked. In fact it turns out this box is checked as part
| > | > | > | > | of the system defaults.
| > | > | > | > | o I use Windows XP.
| > | > | > | > | o Whether in "Design" mode or "Preview in Browser" mode (from "File" drop
| > | > | > | > | down menu) the transition effect still does not work.
| > | > | > | > |
| > | > | > | > | Does anyone have a next step / idea solution?
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