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MS Office Forum / Publisher / Web Design / December 2007Website created with Publisher 2003. Mac users can view links
I have created a website using Publisher 2003. I see from other postings that others have reported that Mac users have not been able to use their website links. I have taken some of the steps suggested. I've gone into Publisher tools > options > web tab and made sure "rely on VML..." and "allow png..." was unchecked. I've also downloaded Firefox and I've found that I can not use the website link on my site. Thanks for assistance. Beth Please post a link to your website, the URL, and tell us specifically what links are not working. DavidF >I have created a website using Publisher 2003. I see from other postings > that others have reported that Mac users have not been able to use their [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Beth Thank you for being willing to look at my website to assit me. http://www.womenswalkwithchrist.org When I view it through foxfire, I can not move off of the home page as Mac users have reported. Here is the URL to the second page which is one of the information pages they need to view. http://www.womenswalkwithchrist.org/index_files/Page410.htm Beth > Please post a link to your website, the URL, and tell us specifically what > links are not working. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > > > Beth I suspect it is because you have grouped all your menu or navbar links with the other objects in the left hand column, which turns it into an image, and kills the links. Here is the image: http://www.womenswalkwithchrist.org/index_files/image583.gif Ungroup the links, and see if that doesn't fix the problem. The Weekends, Registration, etc links are also dead...converted to an image. Try ungrouping as a fix again, and if that doesn't work, try removing the fill. Any design technique that combines design elements into an image will kill the links and distort the text. You can try to select the text on the web page. If it is an image, you won't be able to do so. Then look for a reason why it has been converted to an image. Besides grouping with other elements, sometimes fill can do this, and sometimes using a non web ready font will be converted to an image.... DavidF > Thank you for being willing to look at my website to assit me. > http://www.womenswalkwithchrist.org [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >> > >> > Beth Thank you very much for the ideas. I will work on your suggestions. Beth > I suspect it is because you have grouped all your menu or navbar links with > the other objects in the left hand column, which turns it into an image, and [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > >> > > >> > Beth David, Your ideas have been very helpful and I can navigate the links using Foxfire. Your suggestion to download this browser was very helpful as it allowed mw to see what was working and not working. Ungrouping and removing fill on the boxes which contained links worked. The only issue I have now is that I had to click on the logo/or home page link to refresh the web link before the navigation links started working in Fox Fire. I'm concerned that many Mac users won't know to do this. I added a message on the home page however that page doesn't come up at first connection only after the refresh. Your information thus far has been so helpful. Any ideas on this one? Thanks! Beth > Thank you very much for the ideas. I will work on your suggestions. > Beth [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] > > >> > > > >> > Beth That's probably because you were viewing cached pages - it's not behaving like that here....try viewing your pages again. If it happens again try hitting the F5 key.  Signature~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rob Giordano Microsoft MVP Expression | David, | Your ideas have been very helpful and I can navigate the links using [quoted text clipped - 66 lines] | > > >> > | > > >> > Beth Thanks Rob I'm getting some good feedback from a friend who uses a Mac. At first she said there was overlap with color and words and then she said all looked great when I hadn'r changed anything. I wonder if she was experiencing what I did. Thank you for letting me know what you see. Beth > That's probably because you were viewing cached pages - it's not behaving > like that here....try viewing your pages again. If it happens again try [quoted text clipped - 92 lines] > | > > >> > > | > > >> > Beth Beth, Good to hear. But the Weekends, Registration, etc links are still dead in FF when I view the page. Try removing the border, and perhaps you can add the fill back in. Or, even more likely, reformat the information email address that extends from the left hand column over that text box in FF, and under that text box in IE. In this case it may not be either the fill or the border. The trick for troubleshooting these things is to "deconstruct" the design until you find the design element, technique or formatting that is creating the problem. Try different combinations and direct the html files to your computer where you can test the pages before you upload them. I wouldn't worry about the cache problem. As Rob said, my view of the page is the new page. Most browsers will automatically refresh and load new content, most of the time... DavidF > David, > Your ideas have been very helpful and I can navigate the links using [quoted text clipped - 84 lines] >> > >> > >> > >> > Beth Works in my FF, did last night too...try F5 Signature~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rob Giordano Microsoft MVP Expression | Beth, | [quoted text clipped - 102 lines] | >> > >> > | >> > >> > Beth I did...and just checked again. I am talking about the links in the body of the page, not the navbar on the left, which does work. DavidF > Works in my FF, did last night too...try F5 > [quoted text clipped - 133 lines] > | >> > >> > > | >> > >> > Beth All links on page410 body work for me...keep in mind there's some underlined stuff that just aren't links. (In FF) Signature~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rob Giordano Microsoft MVP Expression |I did...and just checked again. I am talking about the links in the body of | the page, not the navbar on the left, which does work. [quoted text clipped - 138 lines] | > | >> > >> > | > | >> > >> > Beth I get the same on http://www.womenswalkwithchrist.org/index_files/Page410.htm as you do. I was talking about the home page: http://www.womenswalkwithchrist.org/index.htm and the links "Weekends", "Registration" and "Spirit Circles" in the green bordered text box in the body. I should have been more specific. DavidF > All links on page410 body work for me...keep in mind there's some > underlined [quoted text clipped - 181 lines] > | > | >> > >> > > | > | >> > >> > Beth those don't work in FF...wasn't there a gradient fill in that textbox before? Signature~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rob Giordano Microsoft MVP Expression |I get the same on | http://www.womenswalkwithchrist.org/index_files/Page410.htm as you do. [quoted text clipped - 191 lines] | > | > | >> > >> > | > | > | >> > >> > Beth Yes, I think so, and that was my original suggestion to fix the problem. However, I then suggested: "Try removing the border, and perhaps you can add the fill back in. Or, even more likely, reformat the information email address that extends from the left hand column over that text box in FF, and under that text box in IE. In this case it may not be either the fill or the border. The trick for troubleshooting these things is to "deconstruct" the design until you find the design element, technique or formatting that is creating the problem. Try different combinations and direct the html files to your computer where you can test the pages before you upload them." Sometimes fill can kill the links...sometimes it is grouping...sometimes it is something else. DavidF > those don't work in FF...wasn't there a gradient fill in that textbox > before? [quoted text clipped - 235 lines] > | > | > | >> > >> > > | > | > | >> > >> > Beth Are you saying that the links in the greem bordered box still don't link? I do want them to link so I appreciate knowing that. Yes, there was fill in the box before which I deleted. Removing the fill corrected the problem with the other boxes. I'm not sure why it didn't work on this one. Thanks for the info. I will work on it. Beth > I get the same on > http://www.womenswalkwithchrist.org/index_files/Page410.htm as you do. [quoted text clipped - 191 lines] > > | > | >> > >> > > > | > | >> > >> > Beth David, I can't thank you enough for all your assitance. I was really stuck before I received your help. I'm hearing from my Mac friend that at first the colors and text over lapped and then it all seemed to work perfectly- I hadn't made any changes between the two times she tried it. It is so true about the "deconstruct" strategy. Understanding that grouped items are considered images by other browsers has been really helpful as well. The Foxfire has given me another way to view my site. As I get more feedback, I'll continue to work with it. I'm not sure the problem with needing to refresh the site to make the links work has been solved. Thanks again for all your help. I continue to appreciate any feedback on how the site is working for others. Beth > Beth, > [quoted text clipped - 102 lines] > >> > >> > > >> > >> > Beth I believe I have solved the problem with the links on the front page now. I realized that a white fill had been used. I removed that and then had to start over with a new text box. The links work for me with Fox fire. I too found that the email link overlapped into my text box and I have corrected that as well. It is a process! But it is worth it if all users can utilize our site. I would welcome any feedback as to how it is working for others now. Thanks. > Beth, > [quoted text clipped - 102 lines] > >> > >> > > >> > >> > Beth |
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