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Dan E

Could some kind person please point me to something that will tell me about
what attributes like fp-style are, why FP uses them, if browsers other than
IE (e.g. Firefox) can interpret them etc. Also, when I use HTML Tidy to fix
some non-validating HTML, why does FP2003 change some of the code that Tidy
has inserted (these may be headed MSFP.... - I think - perhaps!)?

TIA
Dan
 
Why are you using html tidy, and why does it insert code??
Also, what isn't "validating."

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Steve Easton said:
Why are you using html tidy, and why does it insert code??
To pick up errors and format the HTML. Tidy inserts e.g. </script><script
language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
if(MSFPhover) {
MSFPnav1n=MSFPpreload("_derived/Contents.htm_cmp_anteroomx010_vbtn.gif");
MSFPnav1h=MSFPpreload("_derived/Contents.htm_cmp_anteroomx010_vbtn_a.gif");
}
// -->
and FP removes e.g. MSFPhover.
Also, what isn't "validating."
This:- (from W#C Markup Validation Service) - there is no attribute
"FP-STYLE"
....gif" width="130" alt="Home" fp-style="fp-btn: Simple Line 3;
fp-font-style: B

and there is no attribute "FP-TITLE"

....transparent: 1; fp-orig: 0" fp-title="Home"
onmouseover="FP_swapImg(1,0,/*id*

Any help gratefully received; I'm a newbie!

Dan
 
You can not modify any FP webbot generated code, and then re-open the page in FP, as FP will correct
it.

You have to learn what items to ignore when validating page using FP web components, or don't use
the Webbot components.

You can easily download other browsers to test your pages, which is more important then validating
your pages, since a page can validate but still not display correctly in all browsers.

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Thomas - is there a resource you can suggest that will enable me to learn
what the webbots generate and what is not? I do have Opera, Mozilla,
Firefox, various versions of Netscape back to 4.08, plus IE, and yes I test
against them, but sometimes can't figure out why code works OK in one or
some but not in others... I have a doctorate in physics from a long time
ago, but that does not, I find, serve me well in web-building :-)

Thanks - your help is much appreciated.

Dan
 
I am not aware of any resources, just learning as you go.

Personally, the only webbot that I use is the FP Include Page component and Form Field Validation
and I never use any HTML validators, I just test in the browsers I expect site visitors to be using.
In most cases I try to stick as close as possible to HTML 3.2 recommendations so that really there
is no browser issues.

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Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
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OK - many thanks, Thomas.

Dan
Thomas A. Rowe said:
I am not aware of any resources, just learning as you go.

Personally, the only webbot that I use is the FP Include Page component
and Form Field Validation and I never use any HTML validators, I just test
in the browsers I expect site visitors to be using. In most cases I try to
stick as close as possible to HTML 3.2 recommendations so that really
there is no browser issues.

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==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)

FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
==============================================
 
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