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Links don't work in Mozzila or Firefox

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Joe - 08 May 2005 22:46 GMT
Some of my links don't work in Mozzila or Firefox, but they all work fine in
Internet Explorer?
JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP] - 09 May 2005 00:17 GMT
Publisher's main purpose is not web design - it's desktop publishing. It can
also be used to create a simple site but since it's a Microsoft product, you
shouldn't be surprised when it doesn't function properly on a non-MS
browser.

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> Some of my links don't work in Mozzila or Firefox, but they all work fine
> in
> Internet Explorer?
Joel - 20 Mar 2008 16:40 GMT
JoAnn, if you have nothing to contribute to the question why waste time
posting these cut-n-paste answers. If MSFT didn't intend for people to ever
use Publisher for any type of web design....they wouldn't have added PUBLISH
TO WEB options within their software. Not everyone has time to sit and
develop websites and only need something relatively simple. I myself have
been working through Publisher issues to publish a website. I am aware that
Expression Web and Dreamweaver are much more powerful tools for this, but
that would be overkill for what I need. If there is a workaround for this it
would be much appreciated.

> Publisher's main purpose is not web design - it's desktop publishing. It can
> also be used to create a simple site but since it's a Microsoft product, you
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> > Internet Explorer?
DavidF - 20 Mar 2008 17:49 GMT
Joel,

Just ignore JoAnn. She knows little to nothing about producing a website
with Publisher, and has no intentions of learning. In most cases you can
make a Publisher built website cross browser compatible. And I agree, that
if your goals and the scope of your site is relatively modest, Publisher can
be a good tool to build your site.

As you did not provide a link to the problem page(s) or links or tell us
what version of Publisher you are using, I will suggest the basic fixes:

1. Go to Tools > Options > Web tab and uncheck "Rely on VML..." and "Allow
PNG...". The "Rely on VML..." option has be removed from Pub 2007.

2. Do not use a Master page in a web publication.

3. Ungroup any design elements with hyperlinks, such as text boxes grouped
with images. The grouping tends to create combined images which kill the
links.

4. Along the same lines as #3, if you are using a bottom navbar that is
built with the navbar wizard in Publisher, you must ungroup that set of
links from the wizard. Otherwise it will be converted to an image and the
links won't work.

Try those fixes, and if they do not help, then post back with the version of
Publisher you are using, and links to the pages with the links that are not
working.

And though it is not link related, be sure to compress your images and
graphics before you upload your new html files.

DavidF

> JoAnn, if you have nothing to contribute to the question why waste time
> posting these cut-n-paste answers. If MSFT didn't intend for people to
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Joel - 20 Mar 2008 17:45 GMT
URL is www.transgraphicsinc.com and I am using Pub. '07. I did not use a
master page either. My links are set up as plain text that are hyperlinked
rather than a nav bar.

Thanks for your help David.

> Joel,
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Rob Giordano (Crash) - 20 Mar 2008 21:00 GMT
The only ones I see not working in FF are the ones on the promo page, the
page with the frames.

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Microsoft MVP Expression

| URL is www.transgraphicsinc.com and I am using Pub. '07. I did not use a
| master page either. My links are set up as plain text that are hyperlinked
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DavidF - 20 Mar 2008 21:46 GMT
Looks like you fixed it. The navbar is working now in both IE and FF. Was
there anything else?

DavidF

> URL is www.transgraphicsinc.com and I am using Pub. '07. I did not use a
> master page either. My links are set up as plain text that are hyperlinked
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Joel - 20 Mar 2008 21:50 GMT
No...I think it was ungrouping that helped...thanks!!!

> Looks like you fixed it. The navbar is working now in both IE and FF. Was
> there anything else?
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Joe - 20 Mar 2008 22:06 GMT
this is Joe, the original poster.  The only probablem I am having is with my
form page .  I took the page down, so I can not send you the link right now.  
It appears that maybe Comcast does not support Frontpage98 server extensions
3.0 or higher.  This may be the problem for me.

> Joel,
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Rob Giordano (Crash) - 20 Mar 2008 22:29 GMT
The last frontpage extensions were 2002

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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression

| this is Joe, the original poster.  The only probablem I am having is with my
| form page .  I took the page down, so I can not send you the link right now.
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DavidF - 21 Mar 2008 00:10 GMT
It sounds like you already know that you need FPSE in order to get the form
to work. You do not have them activated for your site:
http://www.transgraphicsinc.com/_vti_inf.html
Publisher web publication forms 101 :
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/archive/2006/01/07/80564.aspx

DavidF

> this is Joe, the original poster.  The only probablem I am having is with
> my
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