I can see the problem viewing your site with FireFox too, and I haven't seen
this before. In this particular case I would suggest that you produce new
web files, delete the old index.htm file and index_files folder from the
server, and upload the new. This issue may just be an aberration.
However, I would suggest that there are other changes you need to make on
this page and others on your site, and would suggest testing each page in
both IE and Firefox. If you can adjust the formatting and design such that
the pages look good in both those two browsers, they will also look good in
Chrome, Safari and Opera.
Note that if you look at the page in FF the text on the 'wood' has been
converted to an image. Try to left click and select some of the text and you
will see it has been converted. This can be caused by 'grouping' the text
box to any other design elements, and thus fixed by ungrouping. Also,
Publisher tends to choke on gradient fills, so either remove the fill
entirely, change to a simple gray fill, or if you want to keep the look you
currently have there is a work around. Remove the fill from the text box.
Create a second text box the same size as the original, and put the gradient
fill in that text box. Place on top of the original text box > Arrange >
Order > Send to back. By layering text boxes this way you can get the same
effect but the text will not be converted to an image.
The other major issue you have on this page is that you are using non-web
fonts. This also results in text boxes being converted to images, and/or the
layout shifting in FF. Select some text > Format > Font > check 'Show only
web fonts' to see what fonts you should be using.
And finally, your family tree is a complicated hand built layout that works
mostly in IE but shifts around in FF. Part of the problem may be the wrong
font...all the text has been converted to images. But also FF simply renders
text slightly different than in IE. Perhaps your easiest solution here is to
select the entire tree structure and Save as a picture and choose a PNG
format at 96 dpi. Then reinsert that image instead of the original layout on
your page. You will get more consistent results...especially if you aren't
willing to change the font in each text box.
I will stop at this point, but I have illustrated several formatting and
layout issues that need to be addressed in a Publisher web if you want good
cross browser compatibility. I would suggest viewing each page in both IE
and FF...and Chrome if you want and looking for the cross browser issues.
Then if it is not fixed by one of the basic fixes I have described here,
post your questions in the web group and we will help you tweak things so
that your site will look good in all browsers. Read the posts for the last
few weeks and you will see one compatibility issue with IE8 that you will
also need to address.
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.publisher.webdesign
or
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...soft.public.publisher.webdesign&lang=en&cr=US
Please include the version of Publisher you are using, the URL of your site
and as much detail as possible any time you post a question.
DavidF
