Browser compatibility

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Dona Meyer

This is my first time to visit and I have a quesstion.I
have created a web site using Front Page 2002 for my
church and I understand the problems that exist with
different browsers and some not seeing the "hover" buttons
and marquee etc...but my question is...what can I do to
the web site so that "these" people/browsers can see
SOMETHING, and the rest of us with IE and so forth can see
it the way it was intended to be seen. I think there is a
way, I just can't figure it out. I would love to have any
feedback at all. I have more questions that I will be
posting later. Site address is: www.blueridgechurch.org
I would appreciate any comments at all about our site.
Thank you all in advance for your assistance. - Dona
 
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Jon Spivey

Hi,
the best route is not to use the hover buttons atall - as
you're aware a lot of browsers won't see them, plus they
can take a while to download. If you'd care to search the
archives of this group you'll find of posts about hovers -
all saying pretty much the same thing - don't use them.

The best would be to use some CSS or images to build your
menu. CSS is quickest, this little remake of your nav bar
with CSS took 10 seconds.
http://www.roksteady.net/dona/
To save time I made all your links the same color on hover
but you get the idea, advantages - quicker to download,
more reliable, and every browser, even the most ancient,
will see your links and be able to navigate your site.

Jon
Microsoft MVP - FP
 
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Dona Meyer

Thank you, Jon I will take your advice and make changes. I
think I'll get rid of the marquee too...any ideas there?
Now for the really stupid question: exactly what is CSS? I
have a feeling I know but not clicking at the moment!
Thanks again in advance for your help.
 
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Andrew Murray

Well you alread have some in your code....

Cascading Style Sheets = CSS

the stuff between <style> and </style> tags in your <head> section (the basics
that is) but Style Sheets are used to for instance, set background colors, link
colours etc across a whole site, to keep the site looking the same (eg keeping to
a certain colour scheme or 'look and feel' to a site.)
 
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Andrew Murray

Dona Meyer said:
This is my first time to visit and I have a quesstion.I
have created a web site using Front Page 2002 for my
church and I understand the problems that exist with
different browsers and some not seeing the "hover" buttons
and marquee etc...but my question is...what can I do to
the web site so that "these" people/browsers can see
SOMETHING, and the rest of us with IE and so forth can see
it the way it was intended to be seen. I think there is a
way, I just can't figure it out. I would love to have any
feedback at all. I have more questions that I will be
posting later. Site address is: www.blueridgechurch.org
I would appreciate any comments at all about our site.
Thank you all in advance for your assistance. - Dona
Click to expand...

Nice design......

To answer your question, I'd put text links down the bottom or somewhere
prominent, for those that the hover buttons don't work on, or maybe use
javascript rollovers instead, which would be far more compatible with more
browsers - even if users don't have javascript turned on, the "up" image would
still display even if it didn't swap.
 

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