Frontpage2002 and FireFox

Mr_Skint_2

Hi Peeps

Does anybody know of a plugin or HTMLcode to insert into a page
so that sites display properly in FireFox that are designed in Frontpage.


No need to slag off or Bash MS as thats not what im after
its just a question that I have been asked of late..

Thanks Peeps...

Also whats the best WYSIWIG editor as a mate would like to know
I reccomended him NVU does anybody have any other thoughts.

:beer: :beer: :beer: :beer:

Darksun

Is there any specific elements that arn't displaying properly in Firefox, or is it just generally all FP pages?

My guess is that FrontPage is generating none standard compliant HTML which is only rendered properly by IE.

You can try running the page through the HTML validator which should point out the problem area(s) of the page.

Mr_Skint_2

Oh yeah I didnt think of that, I shall pass that info on....

Mr_Skint_2

Just got off the phone apparently he's having trouble even after validation
any suggestions would be great as im a bit stuck as what to do next with him.

Hes says its the usual IE and FF look different... :beer:

Mr_Skint_2

***Bump for the morning shift***

Darksun

Do you have a link to any of the pages so we can see the specific problems?

irnbru_2

Mr_Skint wrote:

Just got off the phone apparently he's having trouble even after validation

Validation will check well-formedness of the document against the DTD. It won't help with any rendering issues which are the domain of the browser.

Mr_Skint wrote:

any suggestions would be great as im a bit stuck as what to do next with him.

Hes says its the usual IE and FF look different... :beer:

Getting IE and Firefox to visually look the same is a tiresome job.

They may find it better to design for Firefox first which is more compliant and then add a separate stylesheet for the IE versions.

Is it a CSS or table-based layout?

Mr_Skint_2

irnbru wrote:

Validation will check well-formedness of the document against the DTD. It won't help with any rendering issues which are the domain of the browser.



Getting IE and Firefox to visually look the same is a tiresome job.

They may find it better to design for Firefox first which is more compliant and then add a separate stylesheet for the IE versions.

Is it a CSS or table-based layout?

Table as he's a beginner, are there any other free progs out there
that are good WYSIWYG editors as he aint getting on with NVU :rolleyes:

dawn_b

Can only help if I can see the source code of the problem page.

Front Page is notorious for putting in either IE only or IE optimised code. Dreamweaver imo is the best wysiwyg but costs a packet. If your friend is interested in learning HTML, the only way to do that is by hand. Homesite is very good and costs about 99 quid I think, comes free with dreamweaver. However, if he only wants to produce a site and not bother with learning html, then he should stick to a wysiwyg and accept that sometimes there will be layout issues. As long as the site actually functions and the user can navigate around, that's the most important thing.

Developers tend to build for Firefox, tweak for IE because IE is buggier. The Web Developer extension for Firefox is very useful for its validation features too.

Mr_Skint_2

http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/cms.asp?Page=/Home/Customers/Searchforajob

Example

No Search Criteria in FF But is in IE, Sloppy design I say.