RE: problems with web display on different computers

Publisher has a lot of limitations. It's not intended to "design a web site".
It's design intent is for a small business to be able to create their printed
materials of their business and then publish that same design to the web.
It's intended to give a small business "a presence" on the web with a simple
site of about 10 pages.

As for your local pc issues, I frankly have to clue. I changed my monitor to
various resolutions inlcuding 1024x768 and had no issue with your site. But I
don't have magic powers to know what browser you are using. Different
browsers will render pub pages differently.

FrontPage shouldn't give you any grief at all. If it is that may indicate
you have a larger issue that isn't even Publisher related.

--
David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com



"djaggs" wrote:

> Below you can follow the trend of my problem. My website looks good on the
> desktops at work but on my desktop at home its all screwed up(1024x768). None
> of the Nav bars are showing up, no graphics on the home page, none of the
> other pages are opening and the page has no end, it just goes on forever when
> you scroll down.
>
> The forms are still screwed up when viewed on my laptop but are ok on the
> other PCs at work.
>
> If anyone has any suggestions here Id appreciate them.
>
> THis is the site:
>
> http://www.secucredituniontt.com/
>
> Ive come to the conclusion that Publisher is not a good program for
> designing websites. Im redesigning the site using front page but even that
> prog is giving me no end of trouble. I think I may have to purchase a copy of
> Dreamweaver.
> --
>
> David J.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Hi, I've finally uploaded the site and everything looks ok on every other
> computer except my laptop. I guess this means that people with computers with
> displays like mine will not be able to view this website properly. I will
> have to put a note on the site saying so.
>
> Is there any way to fix this issue?? Updates ? Upgrades ?
>
> If I design a new website using Front Page, will I get the same problem?
> There is an option in Front Page to select CSS or de-select it, would
> de-selecting it make any difference?
>
> You can view my site here:
>
> http://www.secucredituniontt.com/
>
> Thanks.
>
> David J.
>
>
>
> --
> David Jaggernauth
>
>
> "David Bartosik" wrote:
>
> > I'd suspect that monitor resolution is giving you that result. Publisher 2003
> > (and 2002) use CSS2 absolute and relative positioning which hardcodes the
> > physical placement of the web page contents in pixels by their x and y
> > coordinates. I think some of these odd ball resolutions skew such placement.
> > You want to view the site in a monitor with a traditional resolution and see
> > what it does.
> > You should post the url of a site in question so it can be reviewed, but you
> > didn't, so I can't.
> > Versions 98 and 2000 used traditional html and so the results would be
> > totally different.
> > --
> > David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
> > http://www.publishermvps.com
> > http://www.davidbartosik.com
> >
> >
> >
> > "djaggs" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi ,
> > >
> > > I am using MS Office 2003 and used publisher to design website. Everything
> > > looks fine in normal view but when I preview as a web page, my forms get
> > > messed up and no matter what i try I cant seem to resolve it. It took me
> > > about a week or more to design this site and am loathe to have to do it all
> > > over again.
> > >
> > > My forms and labels are not locked, I am using an LCD display (Dell
> > > 6000laptop) with
> > > 1680x1050 display.
> > >
> > > Ive never had this problem with Publisher 98. Do I have to do over this
> > > entire website using 98???
> > >
> > > Ive tried following the advice on this message board on other posts but it
> > > doesnt seem to help. I originally started doing the site on another computer
> > > a desktop with more normal resoloution but when i switched to the laptop the
> > > version of Pub. changed (desktop had 2000).
> > >
> > > Please give me some advice,
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > > --
> > > David Jaggernauth
>
>
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