Problem viewing pages using IE browser

[Pho]

I've just published my web site and everything is working fine if using
Mozilla Firefox to browse, not so, with Internet Explorer. I can only
connect to the home page. A friend says that I may need to turn off framing.
I don't really want to do this but will if I have to. Is there another way?

I am using MS Publisher 2003 professional. I use web forwarding to rediret
to webspace at my ISP from a domain name company. There isn't a facility to
switch off framing on their web site but they've sent me some script.

 

[DavidF]

Framing is not supported in Publisher, and besides the problem you are
having, my understanding is the search engines won't find your site when you
use framing. Free hosting is nice, but you can get good webhosting for less
than $5 a month, and will have a lot less problems.

But if you insist...one thing you might try is to write absolute instead of
relative links to your other pages.

DavidF

 

[Pho]

Framing is not supported in Publisher, and besides the problem you are
having, my understanding is the search engines won't find your site when you
use framing. Free hosting is nice, but you can get good webhosting for less
than $5 a month, and will have a lot less problems.

But if you insist...one thing you might try is to write absolute instead of
relative links to your other pages.

DavidF




Thanks David,

Can I ask you for some guidance on how to do this?

 

[DavidF]

Post the URL of your website, and we can try.

DavidF

 

[SUE]

I've had the same problem and haven't a clue how to correct it. Apparently
all pages are visable in Netscape but not I.E. I've been told the only
answer is not to use Microsoft products but try Dreamweaver or similar. This
seems crazy and there must be some way of getting the Publisher pages to work
in I.E. Help please!

 

[Pho]

URL is www.samuiheights.com David, since your first reply I tried inserting
the script below, sent from my domain name provider, which does cure the
problem. But the full destination web location address comes up in the
address bar instead of samuiheights.com. Being a novice user I didn't realise
this would happen.

<TITLE>Can't be in a frame</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT TYPE="TEXT/JAVASCRIPT">
<!-- Hide script from old browsers

if (top.location != self.location) {
top.location = self.location
}
// End hiding script from old browsers -->
</SCRIPT>

 

[DavidF]

Thanks for posting the script. I will make note of it, and perhaps it will
help someone else with this problem. But back to you...

If you don't want to use the script, you can try a couple things (back up
your original Pub file). First of all on a copy of your Pub doc, go to Tools

Web Page Options > Web Site Options and untick Organize supporting files

in a folder. Delete the files on your website, and republish. This might
bypass the relative links issue you are having. Please let me know if this
works.

If this doesn't work then you will need to change the hyperlinks on your
navbar. If you load your page as it is right now, and hover your mouse over
the 'more photos' link, then look at the bottom of the page you will see
'Page346.htm'. So I would guess that you will need to change the More Photos
link to:
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/peter-hunt/index_files/Page346.htm
This is assuming that you have the Organize supporting files option ticked.
If you don't, then the link is likely to be
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/peter-hunt/Page346.htm
Then change the other pages...and once again delete the files on the server,
and republish.

And while I am at it, I would suggest that you use the Compress images
function before you republish so your images load faster...

Let me know how it works for you...DavidF

 

[Pho]

Hi David,

I tried the first option, unticked organize supporting files in a folder,
republished etc. Unfortunately this didn't work. Interestingly, everything
disappeared except text. This also applied to any pub file I opened when I
hit web page preview. The problem was solved by unchecking the VML support
option. PNG option checked is OK. Anyway, I'm fairly certain the second
option will work but you'll need to be give me precise instructions on where
and how to change the hyperlinks on my navbar. I have looked around but
can't find how to do it. Thanks again!

 

[DavidF]

As I thought through this again...a bit more carefully...I don't think you
will solve anything by changing your navbar links from relative to absolute.
You will still have the full destination web location address come up in the
address bar. Maybe someone smarter than I, will jump in with a solution, but
at this point I can't think of a workaround, and am thinking you will have
to live with that until you quit framing the site.

I would go back to your original file setup, and use the script that your
were given. Then when or if you decide to move the site to a non-framing
host, you will only have to remove the script, and you will be ready to go.
If you change the links to absolute, then you would have to redo them when
you moved the site.

Be sure to delete all the files from the host before you republish. I would
disable the PNG option, and the Rely on VML option and compress your images.
This will at least reduce the code bloat help your pages load more quickly.

DavidF

 

[Pho]

I've changed everything back. Thank you for all your help.

Pho.

 

[cgkuhle]

I know this is an old post, but I hope that someone will be able to help. I
have built a website in Publisher. It includes "Order Now" buttons created
by scripts. When I publish the website, it looks fine through Firefox, and
all the script buttons work fine. In Internet Explorer, some of the script
links that should open a new window do not - they just show the error icon in
the bottom left. Some of the buttons are not on the page where they should
be (and where they are in Firefox). Can anyone help?

 

[DavidF]

Please post which version of Publisher you are using and links to the pages
where you are having the problems. Please be specific.

DavidF