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MS Office Forum / Publisher / Web Design / August 2004Hiding background
I have some printer friendly pages on my website, can I use the "hiding bacground on one page" command, or does it only hide the background in Publisher, but not on the web? Elly That'd be for print publications, not web publications.  SignatureDavid Bartosik - MS MVP www.publishermvps.com > I have some printer friendly pages on my website, can I use > the "hiding bacground on one page" command, or does it only > hide the background in Publisher, but not on the web? > > Elly Doesn't winbloz default to not printing webpage backgrounds? Every version I can remember will not print web backgrounds unless the settings are changed, and that change is buried pretty deep such that most don't even know where it is. The main thing is not to have a bunch of graphics on a page you want folks to be able to easily (or cheaply) print. You can always have a text only version linked as "printer friendly version of this page". >I have some printer friendly pages on my website, can I use >the "hiding bacground on one page" command, or does it only >hide the background in Publisher, but not on the web? > >Elly That is exactly as I have done, but because of the basic organisation of the site and it therefore being uploaded in one the menu in the background is in the way on those pages. >-----Original Message----- >Doesn't winbloz default to not printing webpage backgrounds? Every version I [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >. OK, you can do the trick David suggests, and which we use on our website. Create a second set of documents with Publisher, and in that set have no background at all. You then uplaod those pages as a "subdomain" so to speak. Look at www.logwell.com and you will see that each area with a menu is actually its own little subdirectory. Each of those (there are dozens) is a separate publisher file with its own background. All pages follow the same basic style sheet, but it gives the site some diversity to have backgrounds tailored to the particular subject matter (it also violates basic web design principles where you are supposed to use only one background, but hey, I do the site for fun). Anyway, that trick is one of the many tricks Publisher users employ to make Publisher do more than the basic design allows. I often refer to the use of these these kinds of tricks or work-arounds as "beating a program into submission". >That is exactly as I have done, but because of the basic >organisation of the site and it therefore being uploaded in [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >> >>. Thanks for that. It looks I have to come out of my comfort zone - it sounds a really useful suggestion, similar to what was suggested when I attempted to use Dreamweaver. How do I create those subdomeins on the web, can I create folders on the site as I would in any other application? >-----Original Message----- >OK, you can do the trick David suggests, and which we use on our website. [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > >. Sub-domains and folders are two different things. A sub-domain creates just that, it looks like this .... http://mysub.mydomainname.com Whereas a folder is simply a folder - http://www.mydomainname.com/index-filesoranyfolderforthatmatter/ The prior is not supported by all hosts and is not needed for your context. It typically has to be implemented by the host or at least thru a host control panel. The latter is no different than creating a folder on your own pc. Indeed folders can help structure and organize a larger site. In your context if you want to remove "print" pages from the 'main' site I'd recommend creating a 2nd publisher file as the "print" site. You simply have to be sure you don't save it as index otherwise it will become the main site. SignatureDavid Bartosik - MS MVP www.publishermvps.com > Thanks for that. It looks I have to come out of my comfort > zone - it sounds a really useful suggestion, similar to [quoted text clipped - 65 lines] > > > >. Sorry, I misspoke in referring to that simple file trick as a "sub-domain". It sort of has the same effect. Here is an example: http://www.logwell.com/PBS/index.html This is like a separate little website (so to speak) residing within www.logwell.com. Here is another one: http://www.logwell.com/tales/menu/index.html As David pointed out, just create a different publisher file with the material you want to appear with a different (or no) background. If you use an ftp client to upload you web files, you can create any manner of cascading file structures. By way of additional example, check out this link on vintage oscilloscopes: http://www.logwell.com/tech/oscilloscopes/vintage_oscilloscopes.html Notice the page is several file layers down. Many web design critics do not like this practice, but for arcane or dense content driven sites it works pretty well. >Sub-domains and folders are two different things. >A sub-domain creates just that, it looks like this .... [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >to be sure you don't save it as index otherwise it will become the main >site. Thank you both very much. I have no FTP programme, the only way I have been able to transfer files is by drag and drop. I could never understand the instructions in Publisher for uploading, at least not when I first started. >-----Original Message----- >Sorry, I misspoke in referring to that simple file trick as a "sub-domain". It [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > >. There are a number of freebie ftp client programs available. Some use a drag and drop style user interface. All allow the easy creation and deletion of folders on the server. They sure make management of a site a breeze. I personally use WS_FTP Pro, but I have used a few others over the years. >Thank you both very much. I have no FTP programme, the only >way I have been able to transfer files is by drag and drop. [quoted text clipped - 55 lines] >> >>.
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