Frontpage compatability

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How to make frontpage compatable with netscape versions 4 -7? When using
themes and creating a link bar using just straight text with the ones that
are separated by dots it will widen the page in Netscape 4.7 and the higher
versions will not display it correctly. The link to view this is
www.epi.msu.edu/test/academic.html

Thanks

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

The problem is FP builds the links using   as a "spacer" between the links (and dots)
The format used becomes:
<nobr><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="" STYLE="{text-decoration: none;}">Home&nbsp;Page</A></nobr>&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;......

And the "&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;" as the separator prevents NN from wrapping since it does not see any whitespace in the html.

If you have FP2002 you can change the "template" used for std nav bars

In Windows Explorer go to
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\1033\botstyle
Make a copy of the file Navbar.ini as say Navbar.txt (for backup purposes)

Open Navbar.ini in Notepad and in the [Dots] template change
H-Separator="&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;"
to (note the whitespace instead of the &nbsp
H-Separator=" &bull; "

You can also delete the
STYLE="{text-decoration: none;}"
in
Button="<A HREF="#URL#" TARGET="#TARGET#" STYLE="{text-decoration: none;}">#LABEL#</A>"

- NN4x does not support inline styles very well
- do your text decoration in an external or embedded .CSS FILE

Recommend also changing
Description=An HTML style where each link is separated by dots.
To
Description=MY custom HTML style where each link is separated by wrapping dots.

That way you will know you are using your modified style (-;

You can edit Navbar.ini for any of the other formats - or even add you own styles!
- in above example copy the whole [Dots] section and label it as [MyDots], then also change the name parameter from Name=Dots to
Name=MyDots

PS - Similarly those of you using the Database Wizard you can modify LSTVIEWS.INI for the default list styles available

--
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;

To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
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| How to make frontpage compatable with netscape versions 4 -7? When using
| themes and creating a link bar using just straight text with the ones that
| are separated by dots it will widen the page in Netscape 4.7 and the higher
| versions will not display it correctly. The link to view this is
| www.epi.msu.edu/test/academic.html
|
| Thanks
|
|

 

[Cheryl D. Wise]

What timely information, I had just commented on the fplist mail list that I
didn't know how to edit the template used by the navbar webbot to remove the
target=""" fom it since I rarely use the FP navbars.

I'm having difficulty finding navbar.ini on my computer even with show
hidden files/folders and systems files turned on. any idea where to look?
--
Cheryl D. Wise
www.wiserways.com
Microsoft MVP-FrontPage

The problem is FP builds the links using &nbsp; as a "spacer" between the links (and dots)
The format used becomes:
<nobr><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="" STYLE="{text-decoration:

And the "&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;" as the separator prevents NN from wrapping

since it does not see any whitespace in the html.

If you have FP2002 you can change the "template" used for std nav bars

In Windows Explorer go to
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\1033\botstyle
Make a copy of the file Navbar.ini as say Navbar.txt (for backup purposes)

Open Navbar.ini in Notepad and in the [Dots] template change
H-Separator="&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;"
to (note the whitespace instead of the &nbsp
H-Separator=" &bull; "

You can also delete the
STYLE="{text-decoration: none;}"
in
Button="<A HREF="#URL#" TARGET="#TARGET#" STYLE="{text-decoration:

- NN4x does not support inline styles very well
- do your text decoration in an external or embedded .CSS FILE

Recommend also changing
Description=An HTML style where each link is separated by dots.
To
Description=MY custom HTML style where each link is separated by wrapping dots.

That way you will know you are using your modified style (-;

You can edit Navbar.ini for any of the other formats - or even add you own styles!
- in above example copy the whole [Dots] section and label it as [MyDots],

then also change the name parameter from Name=Dots to

Name=MyDots

PS - Similarly those of you using the Database Wizard you can modify

LSTVIEWS.INI for the default list styles available

--
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;

To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
___________________________________________



| How to make frontpage compatable with netscape versions 4 -7? When using
| themes and creating a link bar using just straight text with the ones that
| are separated by dots it will widen the page in Netscape 4.7 and the higher
| versions will not display it correctly. The link to view this is
| www.epi.msu.edu/test/academic.html
|
| Thanks
|
|