Links don't work in Mozzila or Firefox

this is Joe, the original poster. The only probablem I am having is with my
form page . I took the page down, so I can not send you the link right now.
It appears that maybe Comcast does not support Frontpage98 server extensions
3.0 or higher. This may be the problem for me.

"DavidF" wrote:

> Joel,
>
> Just ignore JoAnn. She knows little to nothing about producing a website
> with Publisher, and has no intentions of learning. In most cases you can
> make a Publisher built website cross browser compatible. And I agree, that
> if your goals and the scope of your site is relatively modest, Publisher can
> be a good tool to build your site.
>
> As you did not provide a link to the problem page(s) or links or tell us
> what version of Publisher you are using, I will suggest the basic fixes:
>
> 1. Go to Tools > Options > Web tab and uncheck "Rely on VML..." and "Allow
> PNG...". The "Rely on VML..." option has be removed from Pub 2007.
>
> 2. Do not use a Master page in a web publication.
>
> 3. Ungroup any design elements with hyperlinks, such as text boxes grouped
> with images. The grouping tends to create combined images which kill the
> links.
>
> 4. Along the same lines as #3, if you are using a bottom navbar that is
> built with the navbar wizard in Publisher, you must ungroup that set of
> links from the wizard. Otherwise it will be converted to an image and the
> links won't work.
>
> Try those fixes, and if they do not help, then post back with the version of
> Publisher you are using, and links to the pages with the links that are not
> working.
>
> And though it is not link related, be sure to compress your images and
> graphics before you upload your new html files.
>
> DavidF
>
>
> "Joel" <Joel DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:73F90458-FA6D-40E1-B04E-25C008E017F9@microsoft.com...
> > JoAnn, if you have nothing to contribute to the question why waste time
> > posting these cut-n-paste answers. If MSFT didn't intend for people to
> > ever
> > use Publisher for any type of web design....they wouldn't have added
> > PUBLISH
> > TO WEB options within their software. Not everyone has time to sit and
> > develop websites and only need something relatively simple. I myself have
> > been working through Publisher issues to publish a website. I am aware
> > that
> > Expression Web and Dreamweaver are much more powerful tools for this, but
> > that would be overkill for what I need. If there is a workaround for this
> > it
> > would be much appreciated.
> >
> > "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Publisher's main purpose is not web design - it's desktop publishing. It
> >> can
> >> also be used to create a simple site but since it's a Microsoft product,
> >> you
> >> shouldn't be surprised when it doesn't function properly on a non-MS
> >> browser.
> >>
> >> --
> >> JoAnn Paules
> >> MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Joe" <Joe DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:5EB41D13-6DBA-420B-AF76-F7DF8F74A54C@microsoft.com...
> >> > Some of my links don't work in Mozzila or Firefox, but they all work
> >> > fine
> >> > in
> >> > Internet Explorer?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

The last frontpage extensions were 2002


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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression





"Joe" <Joe RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5F854143-4B3E-4B61-9AC1-120FF83C35C6@microsoft.com...
| this is Joe, the original poster. The only probablem I am having is with
my
| form page . I took the page down, so I can not send you the link right
now.
| It appears that maybe Comcast does not support Frontpage98 server
extensions
| 3.0 or higher. This may be the problem for me.
|
| "DavidF" wrote:
|
| > Joel,
| >
| > Just ignore JoAnn. She knows little to nothing about producing a website
| > with Publisher, and has no intentions of learning. In most cases you can
| > make a Publisher built website cross browser compatible. And I agree,
that
| > if your goals and the scope of your site is relatively modest, Publisher
can
| > be a good tool to build your site.
| >
| > As you did not provide a link to the problem page(s) or links or tell us
| > what version of Publisher you are using, I will suggest the basic fixes:
| >
| > 1. Go to Tools > Options > Web tab and uncheck "Rely on VML..." and
"Allow
| > PNG...". The "Rely on VML..." option has be removed from Pub 2007.
| >
| > 2. Do not use a Master page in a web publication.
| >
| > 3. Ungroup any design elements with hyperlinks, such as text boxes
grouped
| > with images. The grouping tends to create combined images which kill the
| > links.
| >
| > 4. Along the same lines as #3, if you are using a bottom navbar that is
| > built with the navbar wizard in Publisher, you must ungroup that set of
| > links from the wizard. Otherwise it will be converted to an image and
the
| > links won't work.
| >
| > Try those fixes, and if they do not help, then post back with the
version of
| > Publisher you are using, and links to the pages with the links that are
not
| > working.
| >
| > And though it is not link related, be sure to compress your images and
| > graphics before you upload your new html files.
| >
| > DavidF
| >
| >
| > "Joel" <Joel RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > news:73F90458-FA6D-40E1-B04E-25C008E017F9@microsoft.com...
| > > JoAnn, if you have nothing to contribute to the question why waste
time
| > > posting these cut-n-paste answers. If MSFT didn't intend for people to
| > > ever
| > > use Publisher for any type of web design....they wouldn't have added
| > > PUBLISH
| > > TO WEB options within their software. Not everyone has time to sit and
| > > develop websites and only need something relatively simple. I myself
have
| > > been working through Publisher issues to publish a website. I am aware
| > > that
| > > Expression Web and Dreamweaver are much more powerful tools for this,
but
| > > that would be overkill for what I need. If there is a workaround for
this
| > > it
| > > would be much appreciated.
| > >
| > > "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote:
| > >
| > >> Publisher's main purpose is not web design - it's desktop publishing.
It
| > >> can
| > >> also be used to create a simple site but since it's a Microsoft
product,
| > >> you
| > >> shouldn't be surprised when it doesn't function properly on a non-MS
| > >> browser.
| > >>
| > >> --
| > >> JoAnn Paules
| > >> MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
| > >>
| > >>
| > >>
| > >> "Joe" <Joe RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > >> news:5EB41D13-6DBA-420B-AF76-F7DF8F74A54C@microsoft.com...
| > >> > Some of my links don't work in Mozzila or Firefox, but they all
work
| > >> > fine
| > >> > in
| > >> > Internet Explorer?
| > >>
| > >>
| > >>
| >
| >
| >