Mac platform, Netscape, & front page

[dolphindance]

I use Front Page 2002 to build my web site and I'm told Mac users can not open my site and my links are not hot in Netscape. I know I can probably change my settings in FP to build for both IE and Netscape but I am afraid that might tear up my whole site. The Mac issue I know nothing. I rely on my site for my business - Please help! Much appreciated! My site: www.dolphindancephotography.com

[pyro]

FrontPage is about the worst WYSIWYG editor out there. It basically ensures your site will only be compatable with IE. I would learn to hard code your pages using HTML 4.01 or XHTML or at least use something like Dreamweaver or GoLive...

[Jupac]

You should not use MS Front Page to build ur website and about mac i dont use it so i cant help u there

[Sux0rZh@jc0rz]

pyro just said that lakers.....you didn't have to say it to;)

[pyro]

Same post time... (9:34 and 9:35 [GMT - 5:00, anyway... ;)] )

[Sux0rZh@jc0rz]

oops

[Jupac]

yea lol

[dolphindance]

hmmm... I appreciate the replies and advice to not use FP. In the future I will switch to a different software. However, it's too late for that since I've already spent many many hours in FP. I don't have the time nor funds to rebuild and switch right now. Probably a somewhat silly question but does anyone know any html codes that I could insert in my already existing site to help my web site better support Netscape and/or Mac? thanks a bunch!

[brendandonhue]

Not unless you know your HTML...

[dolphindance]

I can view my html in FP, no problem. What exactly do I need to know. thanks!

[spufi]

To help make your site browser/OS friendly, I would first of all validate your site. This means adding a Doctype, and then going to W3C's validator. (both in my sig)

I don't really know about all of the code that you have that's commented out, but I for one would trash it and do the site without it. I only really see you having one page, so doing a rework should be fairly easy and straight forward. Your layout is pretty basic. Heck, if I had time today I could probably kick out a reworked version in a fairly short amount of time.

Another things to notice is that your site is a little wide for 800X600 resolution.

[brendandonhue]

Doesn't sound like you know how to write HTML, if you want to validate your page and make it work on all browsers, you probably need to learn at *something* about writing web pages by hand so you can correct the errors.

For starters, put a doctype in your page
http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/doctype.html

[dolphindance]

"I only really see you having one page"

I actually have lots of pages in my site with many photo galleries, etc. I am a small business owner and, unfortunately, have to do everything myself while working another job... enough of my sob story. I truely don't have time right now to rebuild my web site just using html - that's why I relied on my graphics talent and purchased FP so I can quickly make changes to photos, etc. (I'm a photographer) and upload changes.

I see what you mean by doctype - I had no idea. As you implied, my site is pretty basic so it's little bits of knowledge like that that I think will my site load better.

I'm confused on which type of doctype I should use though - strict, transitional, or frameset?

Thanks so much for all the comments! I really appreciate your time spent - expecially since I'm so html knowledge-lacking! Cheers!

[spufi]

By one page, I mean that after I went to the site there are no links to send me to more pages within your site. To other sites that have some of your stuff? Yes. I see a link to your index page, which I thought should be your home page, but when I clicked on it, it gave me a page not found response.

Loose Doctype is more forgiving in what you code where Strict is obviously has more rules. Frameset should only be used when you are using frames. I personally use Strict because I use CSS whenever I can so that helps eliminate a bunch of the errors one might get trying to validate a page as Strict that already validates as Loose. Not that you can't have a Loose page that validates as both.

[dolphindance]

ok, i can't win! now all of a sudden my page links are missing. i haven't made any major changes, i don't understand why all these little gliches happen. i'm losing money as we speak!

probably a silly questions but do i have to include a doctype on every single page? do you think this will help my site load correctly in netscape and macs? thanks again!

[dolphindance]

well, i tried both strict and loose doctypes and this is how it comes out: www.dolphindancephotography.com/home2.htm (http://www.dolphindancephotography.com/home2.htm)

i also still don't know why my page links are not uploading. they did in the beginning. please help!

[spufi]

Let's simplify this, do you have a IM tool like IM, AIM, YIM, ICQ, etc.? I pretty much have them all, so I'm sure I have it if you do. :p

[Hurstool]

I'm wondering if it would be possible to open a Frontpage document in Adobe GoLive in the WYSIWYG editor portion, open a new blank page, drag all the old page elements over to the new blank page, and do a save as. Would GoLive rewrite the code as GoLive code? Heckuva lot easier than recoding the whole site, and would probrobly have a better chance of working in Netscape and on Macs.

Anyone?

[dolphindance]

wow, that does sound easier. thanks for the suggestion (although i don't know anything about golive...) anyone, anyone, anyone?!

[Hurstool]

BTT