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rfritz Posts: 1 Joined: 3/27/2009 Status: offline	Need help with browser compatibility issues using Front... - 3/27/2009 20:24:12 I have a web site, creeksidewoodshop.com, that I have built and maintained with FrontPage 2003 since 2004. The site is a hobby for me and I'm not a professional web developer. My main browser is IE but recently people have complained that the links in my site do not work while using Firefox. For example, the links on my home page that are simple mouseover commands to highlight the link work fine in IE but do not work in Firefox. Even Frontpage generated navigation buttons do not work in Firefox. There are other similar issues such as accessing files that work in IE but not with Firefox. What can I do to make my web site more usable for Firefox? How do other developers deal with building a site that is compatible for all browsers? I want to continue using FrontPage to manage my web site. Thanks for your help.


treetopsranch Posts: 1539 From: Cottage Grove, OR, USA Status: offline	RE: Need help with browser compatibility issues using F... - 3/27/2009 21:19:46 It looks like you are using a lot of code that only works in IE. You should design for FireFox. Learn HTML and CSS and you will be a lot better off. Also did you copy stuff from MS Word or MS Publisher? If so, that is a big no-no! You can still use FrontPage, just don't use stuff that only works in IE. _____________________________ Don from TreeTops Ranch, Oregon "I've got a taste for quality and luxury" (in reply to rfritz)


Tailslide Posts: 6692 Joined: 5/10/2005 From: Out here on the raggedy edge Status: offline	RE: Need help with browser compatibility issues using F... - 3/28/2009 2:39:40 Yes as Don has said the problems are unlikely to be just Firefox - they'll be all browsers except IE. Unfortunately MS wrote FP to basically only work reasonably well in IE due to it's poor standards adherence. Download as many different browsers as you can (at least FF, Opera, Safari for PC, Chrome) and check as you go along. Plus only use valid code (ie no FP widgets) and use a full valid DOCTYPE to ensure all browsers are at least working in standards mode (otherwise you're relying on their error-handling routines!). _____________________________ Little Blue Plane Web Design \| Land Rover project (in reply to treetopsranch)


caz Posts: 3742 Joined: 10/10/2001 From: Somewhere south of Chester, UK Status: offline	RE: Need help with browser compatibility issues using F... - 3/28/2009 8:34:12 Frontpage 2003 was a great improvement over previous versions, but there is no short cut or web bot that will make it's output compatible with all browsers unless you become familiar with HTML and CSS. The best advice I can give is to work in Code View, not Design View so you will not get proprietary code just clean HTML. Although MS advises use of "Optimize HTML" I don't use that tool because their understanding of clean HTML is not mine. It is perfectly possible to build pages that validate with FP2003 - if you don't use Design View or any of the FP bots. quote: If you want to use DOCTYPE declarations in your FrontPage Web pages, you should either avoid using FrontPage design-time tools that insert custom mark up or use the Optimize HTML feature (Tools menu) in FrontPage to remove most or all FrontPage design-time markup. This allows you to run the pages through a validator without receiving errors on FrontPage markup code. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa218654(office.11).aspx Tips for accessible content in Frontpage- http://www.webaim.org/techniques/frontpage/ MS Frontpage Information Centre http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/aa905422.aspx Best practices for working with HTML code in Frontpage. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/aa905423.aspx Using Cascading Style Sheets on your web site. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa140116.aspx _____________________________ I remember when it took less than 4hrs to fly across the Atlantic. (in reply to Tailslide)


jaybee Posts: 14320 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: Need help with browser compatibility issues using F... - 3/28/2009 10:11:31 quote: creeksidewoodshop.com The main page is a nice design but I can't get any further than that as I'm on a Mac and don't have IE. You've chopped out a large chunk of your audience. Looking at the code for just that page, you've used the shape tools in FP to lay things out and the FP dynamic menus. Neither of those work right in anything but IE. Sorry but if you want your site to be usable in the decent browsers then you need to take the advice above very seriously. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to caz)