You guys are really hard on a newbie. So Frontpage is okay for kids and
non-professionals, soften up some. I'm starting over and will write my now code.
Maybe if I can muster up enough courage I'll ask the group to look at it. I'm I
a lover of pain or what!!!! :-)
"newbie"....Janice
Andreas Ramos wrote:
> Dear Janice,
>
> The problems are due to Netscape and Microsoft's attempts to obligate their
> respective users to not use the other's tools. Netscape won't use Microsoft
> fonts, etc. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are implemented differently in
> Microsoft and Netscape, out of sheer obnoxiousness.
>
> Frontpage is okay for kids and non-professionals, but you gotta learn how to
> do your web coding by hand. The examples below are a headache. Lots of
> garbage, extra code, etc. Small wonder that one can't see what the problem
> is.
>
> Try Allaire's Home Site and use that for an editor.
>
> Install both Microsoft and Netscape browsers and always look at pages with
> BOTH browsers as you develop.
>
> Avoid a design that is wonderful on one, but doesn't work on the other. Just
> go for "looks okay" on both.
>
> Good luck!
> ___________________________________________________
> Andreas Ramos [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.andreas.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: janice williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: WebConsultants <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tuesday, June 23, 1998 06:29 PM
> Subject: WC:>: New comer to group/MS FrontPage question
>
> >Hello everyone,
> >
> >My name is Janice I'm new to this group, an aspiring web designer. For
> >the last few weeks I've been observing. I have some questions/problems
> >with MS FrontPage. I have been writing my html code and decided I needed
> >to start using editors, I started with FrontPage. Here is my problem, I
> >have created a web site with FrontPage. I didn't use a FrontPage theme.
> >Everything looks great in FrontPage. I decided to check my pages out
> >with Netscape (I'm not using IE). I copied FrontPage html code to
> >notepad, then viewed it in Netscape. The code seems to be the same but
> >not translated the same. Fonts are different (I used true fonts) text
> >alignment is off.
> >
> >For example: With Netscape this is the code---- <align="left"><!--webbot
> >bot="ImageMap" rectangle=" (15,5) (189, 19) why volunteer.htm"
> >src="button1.gif" alt="button1.gif (2274 bytes)" border="0" startspan
> >--><MAP NAME="FrontPageMap"><AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="15, 5, 189, 19"
> >HREF="why%20volunteer.htm"></MAP><a
> >href="_vti_bin/shtml.exe/client.htm/map"><img ismap
> >usemap="#FrontPageMap" border="0" height="27" alt="button1.gif (2274
> >bytes)" src="button1.gif" width="194"></a><!--webbot bot="ImageMap"
> >endspan i-checksum="5944" --> To receive free legal
> >services provided by the<br>
> ><!--webbot bot="ImageMap" rectangle=" (19,5) (185, 20) form.htm"
> >src="button4.gif" alt="button4.gif (2284 bytes)" border="0" startspan
> >--><MAP NAME="FrontPageMap1"><AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="19, 5, 185, 20"
> >HREF="form.htm"></MAP><a href="_vti_bin/shtml.exe/client.htm/map1"><img
> >ismap usemap="#FrontPageMap1" border="0" height="27" alt="button4.gif
> >(2284 bytes)" src="button4.gif" width="194"></a><!--webbot
> >bot="ImageMap" endspan i-checksum="5381" --> Community
> >Law Project
> >applicants will:<br>------ my text is out of line.
> >
> >In Frontpage this is the code------ <align="left"><!--webbot
> >bot="ImageMap" rectangle="(15,5) (189, 19) why volunteer.htm"
> >src="button1.gif" alt="button1.gif (2274 bytes)" border="0" width="194"
> >height="27" -->
> >To receive free legal services provided by the<br>
> ><!--webbot bot="ImageMap" rectangle="(19,5) (185, 20) form.htm"
> >src="button4.gif"
> >alt="button4.gif (2284 bytes)" border="0" width="194" height="27"
> >-->
> >Community Law Project applicants will:<br>
> >
> >Any ideas or suggestions?
> >
> >Thanks......Janice
> >
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