frontpage site won't work in other browsers

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frontpage site won't work in other browsers

frontpage website hyperlinks won't work in other browsers

CindyF

7:13 pm on May 31, 2003 (gmt 0)

My Frontpage developed site works great in internet explorer, but people tell me the links do not work in other browsers. My server tells me there are codes that detect which browser someone is using when they first come on the home page and allows them to view the site properly. My server also tells me they can't give me these codes, that I have to contact frontpage support. I cannot find any article that refers to this problem in the frontpage site. Can anyone help?

Sinner_G

7:16 pm on May 31, 2003 (gmt 0)

If I remember right, IE used to interpret \ as /, but Netscape doesn't, so better check that first. Else try the HTML validator [validator.w3.org] at w3.org.

And welcome to WebmasterWorld.

griz_fan

9:40 pm on May 31, 2003 (gmt 0)

one thing worth checking: do your links point to files with spaces in the file names? For example, /images/my favorite image.gif? IE handles spaces in file names, but many other browsers do not.
Browser detection code probably won't help in this case. I'd check all of your links to make sure they're good links (with no spaces). What browser detection code will do is allow you to show different pages to different browsers (for example, show page1.html to IE and show page2.html to Netscape). So, rather than duplicating large portions of your work, your best bet would be to solve the link problem.
The w3.org HTML validator is an excellent tool to use, but FrontPage-generated pages usually generate a litany of errors and finding your specific problem in that list may be tough. You may want to download and install another browser or two for testing as well.

CindyF

3:54 pm on Jun 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

Thanks for your response and suggestions. I checked for spaces in any page names. There were a couple that I fixed, but it didn't help. I downloaded Netscape and sure enough, none of my navigational hyperlinks work. Also, some of my images don't show up and my hit counter doesn't work. Everything works perfectly in Internet Explorer.
I also tried the HTML validator. It says I don't have the beginning document code. I copied their code, pasted at the beginning of my site, published the changes and tried the validator again. I got the same fatal error message.
Any more suggestions?

Swordsman

4:40 pm on Jun 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

Been there, done that. Stopped using Frontpage themes and don't have that problem anymore.

cornwall

4:50 pm on Jun 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

Have a look at anybrowser.com which may help you in the sphere of browser compatability.

(appologies to mods, this site is genuine and nothing to do with me)

Sinner_G

8:47 pm on Jun 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

Can you post the code which calls one of the images that don't appear? (just post the image tag, so we can see if the problem is there).

CindyF

3:20 am on Jun 3, 2003 (gmt 0)

I don't know much about html. I'm not sure what the picture tag is. Hope this helps.

I copied this from the html view page: <img border="2" src="HorseHP.jpg" width="85" height="104" alt="Horse portrait - pastel"></span></p>
<p><span style="position: absolute; left: 647; top: 822">

lukasz

2:38 pm on Jun 3, 2003 (gmt 0)

About the image:
make sure that in your web page folder, you have a picture called HorseHP.jpg, and make sure that capital letters in the name of actual file are the same as in the image tag.
Capital letters thing applies to all links: when you design you page in windows, names and links are not case sensitive, when you upload it to linux server then they become case sensitive. It took me several hours to figure it out.

lukasz

2:39 pm on Jun 3, 2003 (gmt 0)

cornwall

4:09 pm on Jun 3, 2003 (gmt 0)

>>when you design you page in windows, names and links are not case sensitive, when you upload it to linux server then they become case sensitive. It took me several hours to figure it out <<

Yes, one of the things that you learn in the hard school of life. You are lucky to have managed it in "several hours"