Preview looks different than published web page opened

[Guest]

I have saved a "work in progress" that is exactly like my webpage I have
published, so that I can experiment without the chance of really screwing up
my published site. Then if I like it, I put the same input onto my published
page. My question-Why does my site look one way on the 'preview' button and
then when I try it on my published page it looks differnent? The layout is
slightly changes.
TIA Pam

 

[Andrew Murray]

"Preview" mode is not a real browser.....

It gives a rough indication of the look, but doesn't replace a real browser
(the underlying code used for Preview is based on IE apparently).

Use the Preview in Browser to get a more accurate indication of the look,
and do this for the popular browsers for starters such as IE, Firefox,
Netscape and Opera, andmaybe some of the some of the Macintosh or Linux ones
(that may not have Windows version equivalents) as well.

At least, ask people on this group (if they have macs or linux) to check you
site.

The point is, your viewers are going to be looking at the site with a
browser; so that's the ultimate way you should be testing/viewing the site.

In what way does the site change?

 

[Guest]

One of two things, I'm pretty sure. 1. The browser dimensions are
different, and your coding resizes with it. A way to get around this is to
define all your tables into exact pixels, and keep it there. 2. You're
editing in frames. Sometimes that's a nightmare because it doesn't save like
it's supposed to.

 

[Guest]

Define all my tables.> That makes sense to me because on the published site
the page is much bigger so everything gets stretched out a bit, which causes
the photos and text to look differently. In every option I use to view ,from
looking at it on the web, to preview, and preview in web browser option, the
page looks different So I am hoping I will find out HOW to define tables in
my FP book?
Thank you so much for your invaluable info! I have learned so much on this
forum.
Pam

 

[Guest]

Heh. To be honest, I'm still learning myself, but I've been in the same
situation as you. I'm working for a company that has a homepage that needs
to be the same size, no matter what the window size is.

What I'd suggest is that you check your code for the tables, and make sure
the width, height, etc, isn't a % value. If it's a % value, then it will
base the measurements on the screen size. That might help aleviate some of
the pain.

red2

 

[Guest]

Thanks! The learning curve is brutal! But I'll try that and read up on 'tables'
pam

 

[Guest]

Ok, so-where do Igo to check the code for my tables? I tried going to
'tables' but all it showed was if I want to insert one???
Pam

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Select the table, then right click and select table properties.

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[Guest]

Did I screw up? I don't think I have a table to select??? So could I have
built this web without tables? And if so is there a way to insert them into
the web that's already designed. Oh Boy............
Pam