problems with web display on different computers

D

djaggs

Below you can follow the trend of my problem. My website looks good on the
desktops at work but on my desktop at home its all screwed up(1024x768). None
of the Nav bars are showing up, no graphics on the home page, none of the
other pages are opening and the page has no end, it just goes on forever when
you scroll down.

The forms are still screwed up when viewed on my laptop but are ok on the
other PCs at work.

If anyone has any suggestions here Id appreciate them.

THis is the site:

http://www.secucredituniontt.com/

Ive come to the conclusion that Publisher is not a good program for
designing websites. Im redesigning the site using front page but even that
prog is giving me no end of trouble. I think I may have to purchase a copy of
Dreamweaver.
--

David J.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Hi, I've finally uploaded the site and everything looks ok on every other
computer except my laptop. I guess this means that people with computers with
displays like mine will not be able to view this website properly. I will
have to put a note on the site saying so.

Is there any way to fix this issue?? Updates ? Upgrades ?

If I design a new website using Front Page, will I get the same problem?
There is an option in Front Page to select CSS or de-select it, would
de-selecting it make any difference?

You can view my site here:

http://www.secucredituniontt.com/

Thanks.

David J.



--
David Jaggernauth


David Bartosik said:
I'd suspect that monitor resolution is giving you that result. Publisher 2003
(and 2002) use CSS2 absolute and relative positioning which hardcodes the
physical placement of the web page contents in pixels by their x and y
coordinates. I think some of these odd ball resolutions skew such placement.
You want to view the site in a monitor with a traditional resolution and see
what it does.
You should post the url of a site in question so it can be reviewed, but you
didn't, so I can't.
Versions 98 and 2000 used traditional html and so the results would be
totally different.
--
David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com



djaggs said:
Hi ,

I am using MS Office 2003 and used publisher to design website. Everything
looks fine in normal view but when I preview as a web page, my forms get
messed up and no matter what i try I cant seem to resolve it. It took me
about a week or more to design this site and am loathe to have to do it all
over again.

My forms and labels are not locked, I am using an LCD display (Dell
6000laptop) with
1680x1050 display.

Ive never had this problem with Publisher 98. Do I have to do over this
entire website using 98???

Ive tried following the advice on this message board on other posts but it
doesnt seem to help. I originally started doing the site on another computer
a desktop with more normal resoloution but when i switched to the laptop the
version of Pub. changed (desktop had 2000).

Please give me some advice,

Thanks.
 
D

David Bartosik

Publisher has a lot of limitations. It's not intended to "design a web site".
It's design intent is for a small business to be able to create their printed
materials of their business and then publish that same design to the web.
It's intended to give a small business "a presence" on the web with a simple
site of about 10 pages.

As for your local pc issues, I frankly have to clue. I changed my monitor to
various resolutions inlcuding 1024x768 and had no issue with your site. But I
don't have magic powers to know what browser you are using. Different
browsers will render pub pages differently.

FrontPage shouldn't give you any grief at all. If it is that may indicate
you have a larger issue that isn't even Publisher related.

--
David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com



djaggs said:
Below you can follow the trend of my problem. My website looks good on the
desktops at work but on my desktop at home its all screwed up(1024x768). None
of the Nav bars are showing up, no graphics on the home page, none of the
other pages are opening and the page has no end, it just goes on forever when
you scroll down.

The forms are still screwed up when viewed on my laptop but are ok on the
other PCs at work.

If anyone has any suggestions here Id appreciate them.

THis is the site:

http://www.secucredituniontt.com/

Ive come to the conclusion that Publisher is not a good program for
designing websites. Im redesigning the site using front page but even that
prog is giving me no end of trouble. I think I may have to purchase a copy of
Dreamweaver.
--

David J.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Hi, I've finally uploaded the site and everything looks ok on every other
computer except my laptop. I guess this means that people with computers with
displays like mine will not be able to view this website properly. I will
have to put a note on the site saying so.

Is there any way to fix this issue?? Updates ? Upgrades ?

If I design a new website using Front Page, will I get the same problem?
There is an option in Front Page to select CSS or de-select it, would
de-selecting it make any difference?

You can view my site here:

http://www.secucredituniontt.com/

Thanks.

David J.



--
David Jaggernauth


David Bartosik said:
I'd suspect that monitor resolution is giving you that result. Publisher 2003
(and 2002) use CSS2 absolute and relative positioning which hardcodes the
physical placement of the web page contents in pixels by their x and y
coordinates. I think some of these odd ball resolutions skew such placement.
You want to view the site in a monitor with a traditional resolution and see
what it does.
You should post the url of a site in question so it can be reviewed, but you
didn't, so I can't.
Versions 98 and 2000 used traditional html and so the results would be
totally different.
--
David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com



djaggs said:
Hi ,

I am using MS Office 2003 and used publisher to design website. Everything
looks fine in normal view but when I preview as a web page, my forms get
messed up and no matter what i try I cant seem to resolve it. It took me
about a week or more to design this site and am loathe to have to do it all
over again.

My forms and labels are not locked, I am using an LCD display (Dell
6000laptop) with
1680x1050 display.

Ive never had this problem with Publisher 98. Do I have to do over this
entire website using 98???

Ive tried following the advice on this message board on other posts but it
doesnt seem to help. I originally started doing the site on another computer
a desktop with more normal resoloution but when i switched to the laptop the
version of Pub. changed (desktop had 2000).

Please give me some advice,

Thanks.
 
D

djaggs

Maybe I was a little harsh in my earlier criticsm, I spent quite a long time
working on that site design so it was frustrating having to rebuild it. Ive
started redesigning using Frontpage and it is better than Pub for designing
website, the issues I had seem to be related to resolution. All the browsers
are IE 6+

The pub designed site isnt working on my home PC running Win98SE with IE
6.0, but the site designed with FP works fine. Perhaps I made a mistake using
Pub to design site in the first place, it was what i had available at the
time and i am accustomed to using it, i never used FP before, but it is very
easy to learn, easier then dreamweaver.
--
David Jaggernauth


David Bartosik said:
Publisher has a lot of limitations. It's not intended to "design a web site".
It's design intent is for a small business to be able to create their printed
materials of their business and then publish that same design to the web.
It's intended to give a small business "a presence" on the web with a simple
site of about 10 pages.

As for your local pc issues, I frankly have to clue. I changed my monitor to
various resolutions inlcuding 1024x768 and had no issue with your site. But I
don't have magic powers to know what browser you are using. Different
browsers will render pub pages differently.

FrontPage shouldn't give you any grief at all. If it is that may indicate
you have a larger issue that isn't even Publisher related.

--
David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com



djaggs said:
Below you can follow the trend of my problem. My website looks good on the
desktops at work but on my desktop at home its all screwed up(1024x768). None
of the Nav bars are showing up, no graphics on the home page, none of the
other pages are opening and the page has no end, it just goes on forever when
you scroll down.

The forms are still screwed up when viewed on my laptop but are ok on the
other PCs at work.

If anyone has any suggestions here Id appreciate them.

THis is the site:

http://www.secucredituniontt.com/

Ive come to the conclusion that Publisher is not a good program for
designing websites. Im redesigning the site using front page but even that
prog is giving me no end of trouble. I think I may have to purchase a copy of
Dreamweaver.
--

David J.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Hi, I've finally uploaded the site and everything looks ok on every other
computer except my laptop. I guess this means that people with computers with
displays like mine will not be able to view this website properly. I will
have to put a note on the site saying so.

Is there any way to fix this issue?? Updates ? Upgrades ?

If I design a new website using Front Page, will I get the same problem?
There is an option in Front Page to select CSS or de-select it, would
de-selecting it make any difference?

You can view my site here:

http://www.secucredituniontt.com/

Thanks.

David J.



--
David Jaggernauth


David Bartosik said:
I'd suspect that monitor resolution is giving you that result. Publisher 2003
(and 2002) use CSS2 absolute and relative positioning which hardcodes the
physical placement of the web page contents in pixels by their x and y
coordinates. I think some of these odd ball resolutions skew such placement.
You want to view the site in a monitor with a traditional resolution and see
what it does.
You should post the url of a site in question so it can be reviewed, but you
didn't, so I can't.
Versions 98 and 2000 used traditional html and so the results would be
totally different.
--
David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com



:

Hi ,

I am using MS Office 2003 and used publisher to design website. Everything
looks fine in normal view but when I preview as a web page, my forms get
messed up and no matter what i try I cant seem to resolve it. It took me
about a week or more to design this site and am loathe to have to do it all
over again.

My forms and labels are not locked, I am using an LCD display (Dell
6000laptop) with
1680x1050 display.

Ive never had this problem with Publisher 98. Do I have to do over this
entire website using 98???

Ive tried following the advice on this message board on other posts but it
doesnt seem to help. I originally started doing the site on another computer
a desktop with more normal resoloution but when i switched to the laptop the
version of Pub. changed (desktop had 2000).

Please give me some advice,

Thanks.
 

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