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From: Murray on 27 Jul 2008 11:04
Good luck, Norm. Notwithstanding the neophyte appellation, you have got a
nice looking page there....

--
Murray
MVP Expression Web


"Norm75" <Norm75(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4182C237-88EA-4B56-9F30-C8A607446746(a)microsoft.com...
> Thanks, Murray for your guidance. I'm a real neophite with coding but will
> have a go and see how I make out.
>
> Thanks again. Norm.
>
> "Murray" wrote:
>
>> Your page contains a large dollop of invalid code - the validator finds
>> 156
>> errors.
>>
>> http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww3.telus.net%2Fwpguc%2F
>>
>> This snippet illustrates what Rob was trying to point out, I believe -
>>
>> </head>
>>
>> <!-- THREE STEPS TO INSTALL JS SLIDESHOW SCRIPT II:
>>
>>
>>
>> 1. Copy the coding into the HEAD of your HTML document
>>
>> 2. Add the onLoad event handler into the BODY tag
>>
>> 3. Put the last coding into the BODY of your HTML document -->
>>
>>
>>
>> <!-- STEP ONE: Paste this code into the HEAD of your HTML document -->
>>
>>
>>
>> <HEAD>
>>
>> Note that the </head> tag is followed by a second <head>, and that's
>> incorrect. Later on you have this -
>>
>> <body>
>> <BODY onLoad="runSlideShow()">
>>
>> again, incorrect.
>>
>> Fix those errors (yes, all 156 of them) before worrying about page
>> funtionality.
>>
>> Many of those errors are caused by a mismatch between the XHTML strict
>> doctype on the page (you would be better off replacing it with an
>> HTML4.01
>> Transitional one -
>>
>> by changing this -
>>
>> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
>> "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
>> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en">
>>
>> to this -
>>
>> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
>> "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
>> <html>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Murray
>> MVP Expression Web
>>
>>
>> "Norm75" <Norm75(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3A897D0D-9DBF-43C8-BD06-ACC14AC6DD5A(a)microsoft.com...
>> > Thanks Rob. Actually I have the head and body tags on the page. With my
>> > deleting the tables on each of the page, could that action interfere
>> > with
>> > the
>> > page layout when using FF?
>> >
>> > Norm.
>> >
>> > "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
>> >
>> >> look at the head and body tags on that page you should have one set of
>> >> each
>> >> and they should be opened and closed properly
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> >> Rob Giordano
>> >> Microsoft MVP Expression
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Norm75" <Norm75(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:314B676C-95E2-419D-B0DA-4D975CF952E4(a)microsoft.com...
>> >> > I have a small website - www.wpguc.com - our church website. The
>> >> > other
>> >> > day, I
>> >> > changed pictures on the "slideshow" part of the couples' club page
>> >> > and
>> >> > the
>> >> > wedding page. When I did that, I also deleted a number of pictures
>> >> > that
>> >> > I
>> >> > had
>> >> > placed earlier in a table format (not a slideshow). To my knowledge,
>> >> > that
>> >> > is
>> >> > all I did.
>> >> >
>> >> > I learned from one of my viewers, that using firefox browser, the
>> >> > two
>> >> > named
>> >> > pages ceased to function - the images were scrambled and not
>> >> > viewable.
>> >> > Before
>> >> > the change, she reported that the couples club page was fine. She
>> >> > hadn't
>> >> > visited the wedding page.
>> >> >
>> >> > I installed firefox in my computer and she was certainly correct. I
>> >> > have
>> >> > checked the HTML code against a backup copy (not FTP to the site)
>> >> > done
>> >> > with
>> >> > the slideshow and tables containing the static pictures, and I can't
>> >> > see
>> >> > any
>> >> > difference at all.
>> >> >
>> >> > If someone could give me a hand to clarify why this is happening
>> >> > with
>> >> > firefox, it would be most appreciated. Works fine with IE.
>> >> >
>> >> > Many thanks. Norm.
>> >>
>> >>
>>

From: Norm75 on 27 Jul 2008 18:08
Thanks Murray and Rob for all your guidance and support. I'll certainly check
out the link, Rob, to help me tidy up the HTML. Any help from this neophyte
is sure helpful. We're trying to get the site up to support the church.
Hopefully it will work.

Regards, Norm.

"Murray" wrote:

> Good luck, Norm. Notwithstanding the neophyte appellation, you have got a
> nice looking page there....
>
> --
> Murray
> MVP Expression Web
>
>
> "Norm75" <Norm75(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4182C237-88EA-4B56-9F30-C8A607446746(a)microsoft.com...
> > Thanks, Murray for your guidance. I'm a real neophite with coding but will
> > have a go and see how I make out.
> >
> > Thanks again. Norm.
> >
> > "Murray" wrote:
> >
> >> Your page contains a large dollop of invalid code - the validator finds
> >> 156
> >> errors.
> >>
> >> http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww3.telus.net%2Fwpguc%2F
> >>
> >> This snippet illustrates what Rob was trying to point out, I believe -
> >>
> >> </head>
> >>
> >> <!-- THREE STEPS TO INSTALL JS SLIDESHOW SCRIPT II:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 1. Copy the coding into the HEAD of your HTML document
> >>
> >> 2. Add the onLoad event handler into the BODY tag
> >>
> >> 3. Put the last coding into the BODY of your HTML document -->
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> <!-- STEP ONE: Paste this code into the HEAD of your HTML document -->
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> <HEAD>
> >>
> >> Note that the </head> tag is followed by a second <head>, and that's
> >> incorrect. Later on you have this -
> >>
> >> <body>
> >> <BODY onLoad="runSlideShow()">
> >>
> >> again, incorrect.
> >>
> >> Fix those errors (yes, all 156 of them) before worrying about page
> >> funtionality.
> >>
> >> Many of those errors are caused by a mismatch between the XHTML strict
> >> doctype on the page (you would be better off replacing it with an
> >> HTML4.01
> >> Transitional one -
> >>
> >> by changing this -
> >>
> >> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
> >> "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
> >> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en">
> >>
> >> to this -
> >>
> >> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
> >> "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
> >> <html>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Murray
> >> MVP Expression Web
> >>
> >>
> >> "Norm75" <Norm75(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:3A897D0D-9DBF-43C8-BD06-ACC14AC6DD5A(a)microsoft.com...
> >> > Thanks Rob. Actually I have the head and body tags on the page. With my
> >> > deleting the tables on each of the page, could that action interfere
> >> > with
> >> > the
> >> > page layout when using FF?
> >> >
> >> > Norm.
> >> >
> >> > "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> look at the head and body tags on that page you should have one set of
> >> >> each
> >> >> and they should be opened and closed properly
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> >> Rob Giordano
> >> >> Microsoft MVP Expression
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "Norm75" <Norm75(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:314B676C-95E2-419D-B0DA-4D975CF952E4(a)microsoft.com...
> >> >> > I have a small website - www.wpguc.com - our church website. The
> >> >> > other
> >> >> > day, I
> >> >> > changed pictures on the "slideshow" part of the couples' club page
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > wedding page. When I did that, I also deleted a number of pictures
> >> >> > that
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > had
> >> >> > placed earlier in a table format (not a slideshow). To my knowledge,
> >> >> > that
> >> >> > is
> >> >> > all I did.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I learned from one of my viewers, that using firefox browser, the
> >> >> > two
> >> >> > named
> >> >> > pages ceased to function - the images were scrambled and not
> >> >> > viewable.
> >> >> > Before
> >> >> > the change, she reported that the couples club page was fine. She
> >> >> > hadn't
> >> >> > visited the wedding page.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I installed firefox in my computer and she was certainly correct. I
> >> >> > have
> >> >> > checked the HTML code against a backup copy (not FTP to the site)
> >> >> > done
> >> >> > with
> >> >> > the slideshow and tables containing the static pictures, and I can't
> >> >> > see
> >> >> > any
> >> >> > difference at all.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > If someone could give me a hand to clarify why this is happening
> >> >> > with
> >> >> > firefox, it would be most appreciated. Works fine with IE.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Many thanks. Norm.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
>
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