Re: How do I stop FrontPage Auto Format my codes?

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From: Stefan B Rusynko (sbr_enjoy_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/29/05 

Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 05:15:14 -0500

Whenever you use an extended character (above 128) the font and language code for your page needs to support it (the ? means it
doesn't)
- paste this in you code and format is as Arial
<ul>
 <li>» List Item 1</li>
 <li>» List Item 2</li>
 <li>» List Item 3</li>
</ul>
You can also use Insert Symbol or use [ALT][0187] to insert the double right angle symbol

As for the "line break" before a closing </p> that is a default setting from Tools Page Options Code Settings
- you can change it there if you want to and the select each page in code view, and right click to reformat html 

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"Butter" <Butter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:391EFCD8-7576-4F03-AEEC-F1A70DCE375A@microsoft.com...
| Hello Jim,
|
| For instance, this is just snippet of the sample code...
|
| <ul>
|  <li>&187  List Item 1</li>
|  <li>&187  List Item 2</li>
|  <li>&187  List Item 3</li>
| </ul>
|
| the above code should display a double right arrow, follow by a space, and
| then the phrase "List Item 1" and so forth.  So when I save that code and ftp
| it, it looks fine.  However, when I go inside and make some more modification
| to the page, the symbol "&#187" becomes "?" (question mark).  This is not
| exactly a major problem, but it's more like an annoyance.
|
| As for the string of text thats converted into block shape....whenever
| (sometimes) i have a string that looks like this ...
|
| <p>gibberish gibberish...... </p>
|
| it becomes like this if it hits the end of page
|
| <p>gibberish gibberish ....
|  </p>
|
| And if that's consistent, then i really have no problem, because afterall,
| the presentation of it look exactly the same.  However, the thing is, it is
| inconsistent.  So it really makes my code looks un-organized with some string
| of text in string format, while some looks blocky.
|
| Thanks.
|
|
| "Jim Buyens" wrote:
|
| > FrontPage does sometimes change character representations from one form to
| > another, but the forms are generally equivalent.
| >
| > If FrontPage is changing a character so it no longer displays the same,
| > please post the before and after HTML to this thread.
| >
| > Also, what do you mean by "blocky"?
| >
| > Jim Buyens
| > Microsoft MVP
| > http://www.interlacken.com
| > Author of:
| > *----------------------------------------------------
| > |\---------------------------------------------------
| > ||  Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Inside Out
| > ||     Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
| > ||---------------------------------------------------
| > || Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
| > ||    Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
| > ||        Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
| > ||             (All from Microsoft Press)
| > |/---------------------------------------------------
| > *----------------------------------------------------
| >
| >
| > "Butter" wrote:
| >
| > > I have been trying to find a way to stop FrontPage 2003 auto formatting my
| > > codes.  For some reasons, whenever I code in Ascii symbols (or special
| > > characters), FrontPage will subsitute something else for me.  And when I have
| > > long strings of codes, the FrontPage will automatically format it so it looks
| > > more blocky.
| > >
| > > I have to use frontpage 2003, because my company's entire intranet is based
| > > on it.  So switching to other coding software (such as htmlkit, and etc.) is
| > > not an option for me.
| > >
| > > So, if somebody can help me stop these quirky annoyances, I would be greatly
| > > appreciated.  Thank you.

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