Why doesn't Explorer reflect the correct page title?

[Guest]

I created a basic Front Page 2003 web with 8 or so pages. In Properties on
each .htm file, I entered a page specific title. When I Preview in Browser
using Front Page, the titles appear properly on the Explorer bar; but when I
go directly to Explorer and launch the site, the default location of my site
appears for each page. I reviewed the source on each page and the title
information is how I entered it (and the default location - my site URL - is
not listed in the source). My IT person sat with me today and he couldn't
figure this out either.

If anyone can help, I will be forever appreciative!

B. J.

 

[Ronx]

Are you using a frames page for the default page?

 

[Guest]

No frames - just tables, text, graphics and a few special effects. I'm new
to web design, although I am a systems person. One more note - when I view
the source code of my web (using Explorer, not Front Page), the source code
doesn't match what I entered when I created the page. When I try to edit
with Front Page, the source code is correct, so I don't know where to go to
fix this problem. (It's like there's a ghost index page on my site that I
can't see!!!).

Thanks for helping.

B. J.

 

[Steve Easton]

Where does this "default location" appear, and what exactly does it say??

If you browse to a file in your web page using Windows Explorer and double click it,
the address bar is going to show the "file location" of the page.

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[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

You may have two index pages...index.htm and index.html. FP will adjust to
what your server requires for an index page and create one for you...so
check to see which one is required.


| No frames - just tables, text, graphics and a few special effects. I'm
new
| to web design, although I am a systems person. One more note - when I
view
| the source code of my web (using Explorer, not Front Page), the source
code
| doesn't match what I entered when I created the page. When I try to edit
| with Front Page, the source code is correct, so I don't know where to go
to
| fix this problem. (It's like there's a ghost index page on my site that I
| can't see!!!).
|
| Thanks for helping.
|
| B. J.
|
| "Ronx" wrote:
|
| > Are you using a frames page for the default page?
| > --
| > Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
| > Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
| > FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
| >
| > | > >I created a basic Front Page 2003 web with 8 or so pages. In
Properties
| > >on
| > > each .htm file, I entered a page specific title. When I Preview in
| > > Browser
| > > using Front Page, the titles appear properly on the Explorer bar; but
| > > when I
| > > go directly to Explorer and launch the site, the default location of
my
| > > site
| > > appears for each page. I reviewed the source on each page and the
title
| > > information is how I entered it (and the default location - my site
URL -
| > > is
| > > not listed in the source). My IT person sat with me today and he
| > > couldn't
| > > figure this out either.
| > >
| > > If anyone can help, I will be forever appreciative!
| > >
| > > B. J.
| >
| >
| >

 

[Ronx]

Please copy and post the source code that you see
Are you checking this on the Internet or on your PC. If on the Internet,
you could be using Frames redirection to your website.

 

[Guest]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. Below is the code that shows when you choose View
Source from the Explorer View toolbar. (This is using the internet - not
Front Page). However, when you right click on my home page and select View
Source, the correct code is there. I've exhausted all efforts within my
capability. The notepad file that is associated with this default code is
stored in my Temporary Internet Files folder on my c: drive. I did not
create this file; I deleted it and it keeps coming back! My web side is
www.firstdivisioninc.com. This was my first attempt at a web site, so please
be kind - ha! Any ideas?

B. J.
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>firstdivisioninc.com</TITLE>
<script language="javascript"><!--begin hiding
function Clear() {
self.status="";
setTimeout("Clear()",10); }
Clear();
//end hiding --></script>
</HEAD>
<FRAMESET ROWS="*,0" FRAMEBORDER="0" BORDER="0" FRAMESPACING="0">
<FRAME src="index.htm" noresize>
<NOFRAMES>
<BODY>
<p> </p>
<p align="center"><a href="index.htm"><b>Click Here To Enter</b></a></p>
</BODY>
</NOFRAMES>
</FRAMESET>
</HTML>

 

[Ronx]

You are using frames.
The code is from a frameset, that loads your index.htm into a frame. The
title for the frameset is "firstdivisioninc.com", and since the frameset is
always displayed, so is this title.

Find out from your host what name is required for the web site default
page, and rename your home page to that name, or ask why your host places
your site in a frameset.

 

[Guest]

Thank you, Ron. I copied your response & sent it via email to my host.
Hopefully with your help, he'll be able to pinpoint the problem. Take care.

B. J.

 

[Guest]

Just an update (and hopefully to help anyone else with a similar problem), I
was able to correct this problem by going into my web control panel and
disabling the url redirect component. It worked like a charm.

Thanks for the help!

B. J.