Compatibility

[Guest]

How do I get my site which has been (de)constructed in FrontPage to be
viewable by all browsers. including MSIE, Netscape, FireFox, etc.?
Tom

 

[Ronx]

Do not use objects or code that is restricted to one browser.
For example, do not use WordArt, Text-Boxes or other VML graphics from the
drawing toolbar, which are IE only.
Check JavaScript is cross browser.

 

[Tina Clarke]

How do I get my site which has been (de)constructed in FrontPage to be
viewable by all browsers. including MSIE, Netscape, FireFox, etc.?
Tom

Use EWD

CSS for formatting
DWT for easy maintainance
Includes for menus if the site is large and you wish to use text.... if
going for the seo route and using js or another script for menus ensure
your bottom menu is in text

Format your forms with accessbility in mind

Get the browsers and view your template in them...

Don't use any of the old fp stuff.. this is an excellent article
http://d2stuff.com/frontpage/weenie_features.htm

Get everything to validate ..

The best thing is to make a template or layout and get a lot of feedback on
it first.. test it and test it .... then put some content in and test it
some more...

that way you avoid a lot of mistakes.



Tina


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[Clark]

Am I getting this right? You're recommending use of EWD which is
still very much in Beta?

 

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

Tom,
Set the page compatibility to IE and Navigator. This will help.
FrontPage will try to do whatever you tell it to. There are also lots of
design considerations that will effect how things look. Things that FP will
have nothing to do with. Each browser behaves on its own a little
differently as I'm sure you already know. You need to know the little tricks
it takes to get all content to be the same for the various browsers. For
example, some browsers will collapse a table cell if it's empty (such as
Netscape and derivatives) so you'll need to put a transparent gif image in
there to shore it up. That's not a thing FP will do for you automatically.
So basically it's a two-part operation, adjust FP so it won't let you use
certain functionality that is definitely not cross-browser, and determine
what considerations you need to make for the other browsers and design
accordingly.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage