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| Jlynn 2007-08-19, 10:15 pm |
| Just put up a new webpage using Publisher 2003. It views great on a 17" LCD
but when I look at it on a wide 17" it looks all wrong. How do I fix this so
everyone that looks at the webpage will be seeing the correct style?
Thank you in advance.
Jlynn
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| Mary Sauer 2007-08-20, 6:15 am |
| What is the URL?
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Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
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"Jlynn" <Jlynn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Just put up a new webpage using Publisher 2003. It views great on a 17" LCD
> but when I look at it on a wide 17" it looks all wrong. How do I fix this so
> everyone that looks at the webpage will be seeing the correct style?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Jlynn
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| DavidF 2007-08-20, 6:17 pm |
| While your issue may be associated with a layout conflict, I suspect that
what you are describing has to do with how the two monitors are set. If you
right click the desktop of the first monitor > Properties > Settings >
Advanced you will probably see the Display setting of 96 dpi. If you do the
same with the other monitor, then you will probably see 120 dpi. If you
change that to 96, then the webpage will probably look the same. This is a
becoming a common issue with the new wide aspect screens that are available
these days, that come preset at 120 dpi. Unfortunately, other than resetting
the display, there is no workaround.
If that is not the issue, please post back.
DavidF
"Jlynn" <Jlynn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FA6F29B7-0D35-4126-96CB-7769D42E4B3A@microsoft.com...
> Just put up a new webpage using Publisher 2003. It views great on a 17"
> LCD
> but when I look at it on a wide 17" it looks all wrong. How do I fix this
> so
> everyone that looks at the webpage will be seeing the correct style?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Jlynn
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| Mary Sauer 2007-08-20, 6:17 pm |
| Hello David,
I always like to look at Publisher web sites. I am surprised how well some folks
can make Publisher do special tricks. Gotta applaud them.
Mary
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Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com
"DavidF" <Nope@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:ujitL8x4HHA.4436@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> While your issue may be associated with a layout conflict, I suspect that what
> you are describing has to do with how the two monitors are set. If you right
> click the desktop of the first monitor > Properties > Settings > Advanced you
> will probably see the Display setting of 96 dpi. If you do the same with the
> other monitor, then you will probably see 120 dpi. If you change that to 96,
> then the webpage will probably look the same. This is a becoming a common
> issue with the new wide aspect screens that are available these days, that
> come preset at 120 dpi. Unfortunately, other than resetting the display, there
> is no workaround.
>
> If that is not the issue, please post back.
>
> DavidF
>
> "Jlynn" <Jlynn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FA6F29B7-0D35-4126-96CB-7769D42E4B3A@microsoft.com...
>
>
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| That is the probelm then. Thank you I thought maybe it was the way I did the
website. So really anyone that has a wide screen monitor will see my site
all wrong, but anyone else whom has a normal not wide screen LCD will see it
correct. That is so bad. Well I hope not to many people see it the wrong
way. Thank you again for your help.
"DavidF" wrote:
> While your issue may be associated with a layout conflict, I suspect that
> what you are describing has to do with how the two monitors are set. If you
> right click the desktop of the first monitor > Properties > Settings >
> Advanced you will probably see the Display setting of 96 dpi. If you do the
> same with the other monitor, then you will probably see 120 dpi. If you
> change that to 96, then the webpage will probably look the same. This is a
> becoming a common issue with the new wide aspect screens that are available
> these days, that come preset at 120 dpi. Unfortunately, other than resetting
> the display, there is no workaround.
>
> If that is not the issue, please post back.
>
> DavidF
>
> "Jlynn" <Jlynn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FA6F29B7-0D35-4126-96CB-7769D42E4B3A@microsoft.com...
>
>
>
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| DavidF 2007-08-20, 10:15 pm |
| Sorry I don't have a better answer for you, I looked at your home page with
a monitor set at 96 dpi, and it looked fine with one exception. But I will
get back to that.
I notice that you do not have that many pages, or that much text, so there
are a couple workarounds you could consider. The 120 and 96 dpi setting
primarily affects text. Given that you use very little text, you could
consider copying your text boxes, and then paste special back onto the page
as a picture, and substitute the picture for the text. This will not be as
affected by the different settings, if at all. The draw back of this
approach is that the web bots can not read the text after it has been
converted.
A second workaround you might consider is creating a second website on the
120 dpi machine, and uploading it to use for wide aspect monitors. I don't
know if it is worth the time or not, but if you are interested then consider
this Publisher built site with two languages:
http://www.somoscapazes.org/ If you click on the English link in the upper
left corner it will take you to the English version at
http://www.somoscapazes.org/english/index.htm , and click on Espanol to go
to the Spanish version.
This person built two websites, with two Publisher files, and uploaded the
second version to a subfolder they created on their host called 'english'.
You could do something similar and have a similar box telling people to look
at the other site if they are using a wide screen monitor...something like a
small text box that says "Using a wide screen monitor? click here"....or
something shorter. Or "Web site optimized for normal monitors, for wide
screen monitors, click here". Or some other text...
Then create a subfolder on your site called "wide". Create your second
website on the 120 dpi machine, and upload the html files and folders it
produces to that folder. The link to that site from your main site would
then be:
http://www.lancebissett.ca/wide/index.htm
As I said, there really isn't a good workaround for this issue, and I don't
know if it is worth it or not, but given the relatively few pages in your
site, it would not take much work.
As to the other issue I alluded to, your images are too large and take too
long to load. Reference: Compress graphics file sizes to create smaller
Publisher Web pages:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/p...1266301033.aspx
Very slow loading pages will be a bigger turnoff than the pages being a bit
skewed by the 96 vs. 120 issue. This one I would take the time to fix.
DavidF
"Jlynn" <Jlynn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3F6D6CC8-6CA5-47F9-A214-CC09D167A222@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
> That is the probelm then. Thank you I thought maybe it was the way I did
> the
> website. So really anyone that has a wide screen monitor will see my site
> all wrong, but anyone else whom has a normal not wide screen LCD will see
> it
> correct. That is so bad. Well I hope not to many people see it the
> wrong
> way. Thank you again for your help.
>
> "DavidF" wrote:
>
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| John G 2007-08-20, 10:15 pm |
| The site does not appear to work in Firefox.
Only - SINCE 1929 and LANCE BISSETT LIMITED appear on the screen.
Since the number of users of Firefox appears to be growing this may be
worth investigating.
--
John G.
"Jlynn" <Jlynn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> www.lancebissett.ca
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> "Mary Sauer" wrote:
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| DavidF 2007-08-20, 10:15 pm |
| Good catch John.
She should go to Tools > Options > Web tab and uncheck "Rely on VML..." and
"Allow PNG...". And then be sure to use "publish to the web" to produce her
web files, not do a "save as a web page" which is what you do with Pub 2000.
That should fix her FF problems...or most of them.
DavidF
"John G" <Greentest@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:46ca298a$0$27785$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
> The site does not appear to work in Firefox.
> Only - SINCE 1929 and LANCE BISSETT LIMITED appear on the screen.
>
> Since the number of users of Firefox appears to be growing this may be
> worth investigating.
> --
> John G.
>
> "Jlynn" <Jlynn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:95581DF1-12F9-4D92-AA41-B23A9BB7DB7B@microsoft.com...
>
>
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| Mike Koewler 2007-08-21, 3:16 am |
| David,
I don't know the exact coding but one could also use CSS to get around
the problem, that is if Pub allows one to append the html in the body
section. I think I sent you the code but I'm not sure. If I forget and
don't post it by Thursday, remind me. I'm in the midst of the hardest
paper of the year and probably will go into hibernation Wednesday afternoon!
Mike
DavidF wrote:
> Sorry I don't have a better answer for you, I looked at your home page with
> a monitor set at 96 dpi, and it looked fine with one exception. But I will
> get back to that.
>
> I notice that you do not have that many pages, or that much text, so there
> are a couple workarounds you could consider. The 120 and 96 dpi setting
> primarily affects text. Given that you use very little text, you could
> consider copying your text boxes, and then paste special back onto the page
> as a picture, and substitute the picture for the text. This will not be as
> affected by the different settings, if at all. The draw back of this
> approach is that the web bots can not read the text after it has been
> converted.
>
> A second workaround you might consider is creating a second website on the
> 120 dpi machine, and uploading it to use for wide aspect monitors. I don't
> know if it is worth the time or not, but if you are interested then consider
> this Publisher built site with two languages:
> http://www.somoscapazes.org/ If you click on the English link in the upper
> left corner it will take you to the English version at
> http://www.somoscapazes.org/english/index.htm , and click on Espanol to go
> to the Spanish version.
>
> This person built two websites, with two Publisher files, and uploaded the
> second version to a subfolder they created on their host called 'english'.
> You could do something similar and have a similar box telling people to look
> at the other site if they are using a wide screen monitor...something like a
> small text box that says "Using a wide screen monitor? click here"....or
> something shorter. Or "Web site optimized for normal monitors, for wide
> screen monitors, click here". Or some other text...
>
> Then create a subfolder on your site called "wide". Create your second
> website on the 120 dpi machine, and upload the html files and folders it
> produces to that folder. The link to that site from your main site would
> then be:
> http://www.lancebissett.ca/wide/index.htm
>
> As I said, there really isn't a good workaround for this issue, and I don't
> know if it is worth it or not, but given the relatively few pages in your
> site, it would not take much work.
>
> As to the other issue I alluded to, your images are too large and take too
> long to load. Reference: Compress graphics file sizes to create smaller
> Publisher Web pages:
> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/p...1266301033.aspx
> Very slow loading pages will be a bigger turnoff than the pages being a bit
> skewed by the 96 vs. 120 issue. This one I would take the time to fix.
>
> DavidF
>
>
> "Jlynn" <Jlynn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3F6D6CC8-6CA5-47F9-A214-CC09D167A222@microsoft.com...
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>
>
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| Thank you so much for your help David. It was great to have someone like
yourself helping out new people like me.
I have one other question to ask you. Some people with Mac's that are using
firefox as a view are not able to see my website. Is this normal? Is there
something I have done wrong to no let Mac user or people that use different
browsers are unable to see my website.
Thank you in advance.
"DavidF" wrote:
> Sorry I don't have a better answer for you, I looked at your home page with
> a monitor set at 96 dpi, and it looked fine with one exception. But I will
> get back to that.
>
> I notice that you do not have that many pages, or that much text, so there
> are a couple workarounds you could consider. The 120 and 96 dpi setting
> primarily affects text. Given that you use very little text, you could
> consider copying your text boxes, and then paste special back onto the page
> as a picture, and substitute the picture for the text. This will not be as
> affected by the different settings, if at all. The draw back of this
> approach is that the web bots can not read the text after it has been
> converted.
>
> A second workaround you might consider is creating a second website on the
> 120 dpi machine, and uploading it to use for wide aspect monitors. I don't
> know if it is worth the time or not, but if you are interested then consider
> this Publisher built site with two languages:
> http://www.somoscapazes.org/ If you click on the English link in the upper
> left corner it will take you to the English version at
> http://www.somoscapazes.org/english/index.htm , and click on Espanol to go
> to the Spanish version.
>
> This person built two websites, with two Publisher files, and uploaded the
> second version to a subfolder they created on their host called 'english'.
> You could do something similar and have a similar box telling people to look
> at the other site if they are using a wide screen monitor...something like a
> small text box that says "Using a wide screen monitor? click here"....or
> something shorter. Or "Web site optimized for normal monitors, for wide
> screen monitors, click here". Or some other text...
>
> Then create a subfolder on your site called "wide". Create your second
> website on the 120 dpi machine, and upload the html files and folders it
> produces to that folder. The link to that site from your main site would
> then be:
> http://www.lancebissett.ca/wide/index.htm
>
> As I said, there really isn't a good workaround for this issue, and I don't
> know if it is worth it or not, but given the relatively few pages in your
> site, it would not take much work.
>
> As to the other issue I alluded to, your images are too large and take too
> long to load. Reference: Compress graphics file sizes to create smaller
> Publisher Web pages:
> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/p...1266301033.aspx
> Very slow loading pages will be a bigger turnoff than the pages being a bit
> skewed by the 96 vs. 120 issue. This one I would take the time to fix.
>
> DavidF
>
>
> "Jlynn" <Jlynn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3F6D6CC8-6CA5-47F9-A214-CC09D167A222@microsoft.com...
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>
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| DavidF 2007-08-21, 6:16 pm |
| Thanks for the feedback...tis appreciated.
You probably did not read my reply to John when he commented about your site
not viewing well in FF. Publisher generates html code that is optimized for
IE. However, you can get most sites to work in FF.
Go to Tools > Options > Web tab and uncheck "Rely on VML..." and "Allow
PNG...". And then be sure to use "publish to the web" to produce your web
files, not do a "save as a web page". That should fix most FF problems....
DavidF
"Jlynn" <Jlynn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7E9F042C-75EA-47F2-9E47-A40991A49938@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
> Thank you so much for your help David. It was great to have someone like
> yourself helping out new people like me.
>
> I have one other question to ask you. Some people with Mac's that are
> using
> firefox as a view are not able to see my website. Is this normal? Is
> there
> something I have done wrong to no let Mac user or people that use
> different
> browsers are unable to see my website.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> "DavidF" wrote:
>
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| Jlynn 2007-08-21, 10:16 pm |
| OH... you are no my new best friend. Thank you again for all the help. I m
so new to this.
"DavidF" wrote:
> Thanks for the feedback...tis appreciated.
>
> You probably did not read my reply to John when he commented about your site
> not viewing well in FF. Publisher generates html code that is optimized for
> IE. However, you can get most sites to work in FF.
>
> Go to Tools > Options > Web tab and uncheck "Rely on VML..." and "Allow
> PNG...". And then be sure to use "publish to the web" to produce your web
> files, not do a "save as a web page". That should fix most FF problems....
>
> DavidF
>
> "Jlynn" <Jlynn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7E9F042C-75EA-47F2-9E47-A40991A49938@microsoft.com...
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