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langley
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problems with Frontpage

Post by langley »

I wonder if anyone can help me please? I am updating my website and when I preview in Frontpage everything is fine but once it's uploaded my main heading is appearing way to the right of everything else and I don't understand why! I have used wordart in Word to create this heading. I also want to direct people to my French pages and again the hyperlink works when I preview in Frontpage but not once it's uploaded and again I don't understand why. Presumably I've forgotten to do something very simple! Many thanks in advance for any advice.
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Sue Dyer
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Post by Sue Dyer »

Hi Langley
I use FrontPage a lot. For the headings I tend to make my own "theme" and put my own header in as a "page banner". (Photo from College Valley) http://www.lilycottagebelford.co.uk/

You do have to fiddle about with the modify theme controls, browse to get which picture/graphic you want. You are tied to the text on offer for formatting though unless you create the text/pic as a graphic and use that. (If that makes sense!) Using a page banner tends to centre this for you. You can then choose to centre the text, right/left align.

Sorry to be negative (you can throw pot shots at my web anytime!!) but I'm not sure your WordArt title works..... :cry: It is also fuzzy like it has maybe been resized beyond it's capacity.

If this doesn't make sense give me a shout and I'll give more details.

Your union flag link doesn't work on mine and the welcome's are not aligned under the flags. Are you working in tables? I know I'll get the techie experts chipping in with CSS, FP hate mail etc :) but if you are using FP then that is the way I do it.

Edit - just realised this was your first post - Welcome! I hope my (hopefully) constructive criticism doesn't put you off. My opinion only!
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Post by Normandy Cow »

Hello Langley, welcome to the forum!

I too am a Frontpage user (my entire website was constructed in Frontpage), I know that some people deride it but it works for me :D

Anyway, I've had a look at the source HTML of your website, and for some reason the line which includes your graphic reads:
<span style="position: absolute; left: 35; top: 36; z-index: -1"><img border="0" src="images/nav_to1.gif" width="515" height="159"></span>
I'm not too sure how/why you have this "span style" around your image, this is not something that I use. But maybe the bit about "position absolute left 35" may have something to do with it?

I can't look at it more closely at the moment as I'm supposed to be doing supper!

Let us know if my clue helps you out...
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Post by langley »

Many thanks to you both. I appreciate it's a little fuzzy which is not good but I couldn't do a curved heading in 'banner' - maybe again I missed something simple here! Any way as a temporary solution removing that html re position seems to have done the trick!
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