Re: formatting in a text box

Thanks Ronx. I've got a book on creating web sites and discovered this
morning that I hadn't read the chapter on the navigation bars. I plan to do
so before continuing the nav bar development. Thanks for the warning.

"Ronx" wrote:

> Unless your web is personal, or for an intranet where the browsers can
> be controlled, Text boxes and all other objects on the drawing toolbar
> should be avoided.
> These objects use VML graphics, which can only be seen in IE5.5 and
> later running on Windows. Other browsers will display at best a low
> quality .gif image representing the object. Also, unless you know how
> to use Absolute Positioning correctly, the rest of the page may appear
> to move around those objects when/if the browser is resized, or a
> different browser is used.
> --
> Ron Symonds
> Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
>
> "SJSchlesselmann" <SJSchlesselmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message news:B770DBE3-4FCE-43F7-AAF2-CB1002EF49A4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Thanks for your suggestion. Front Page 2003 is the first web page
> > authoring
> > tool I've used so I don't know if the text box was included in
> > earlier
> > versions of Front Page. It's on the drawing tool bar. Also, after
> > I posted
> > my question, I discovered that if I put the formatting code after
> > the <a
> > href=""> part of the anchor, the formatting worked fine. By the
> > way, where
> > can I find an HTML validator? Is there one built into Front Page?
> >
> > "p c" wrote:
> >
> >> What is a text box? Is it a feature if new FP version?
> >>
> >> Check your HTML code and your style *** code? Are they correct?
> >> Is
> >> there an override of style directives? Is your formatting depending
> >> on
> >> script?
> >>
> >> Some tips for troubleshooting pages.
> >> 1. View the page in a regular browser (not the same as FP preview).
> >> 2. View the page in HTML code mode? Is the coding correct.
> >> 3. Disable/comment out stylesheets, save and reload the page in the
> >> browser.
> >> 4. Comment out/disable script code, save and reload the page in the
> >> browse.
> >> 5. Use an HTML validator.
> >>
> >> ....PC
> >>
> >>
> >> SJSchlesselmann wrote:
> >> > I'm developing a web site and am trying to change the formatting
> >> > (color,
> >> > bolding, italicizing) for a hyperlink in a text box. The
> >> > formatting changes
> >> > appear on the design screen (as well as in the code) but not on
> >> > the preview
> >> > screen. What am I doing wrong? I do have a link to a CSS page
> >> > and changed
> >> > the color for the a:link tag but it does not work. I've also
> >> > tried changing
> >> > the page formatting links color and that doesn't work either.
> >> > Before
> >> > throwing my computer out the window, do you have any ideas?
> >>
>
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