Ian McLeish

My first web pages, made with FP2002 look great when viewed with Internet
Explorer.
The pages are designed as a table set at 80% of page width, which leaves a
plain white gap at either side in IE.
In Netscape and Mozilla (version 7.1) the text doesn't "wrap", and a scroll
bar appears at the bottom of the browser- I need to scroll left and right to
see all the text!

This only seemed to start a couple of days ago, but I don't know if I did
anything to cause it!?

Any suggestions would be greatfully received.

Ian McLeish

David Berry

Is there a URL where we could go and see what's happening? Are you using
any in-line styles on the site?

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Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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"Ian McLeish" <Ian.McLeish@Virgin.net> wrote in message
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> My first web pages, made with FP2002 look great when viewed with Internet
> Explorer.
> The pages are designed as a table set at 80% of page width, which leaves a
> plain white gap at either side in IE.
> In Netscape and Mozilla (version 7.1) the text doesn't "wrap", and a
scroll
> bar appears at the bottom of the browser- I need to scroll left and right
to
> see all the text!
>
> This only seemed to start a couple of days ago, but I don't know if I did
> anything to cause it!?
>
> Any suggestions would be greatfully received.
>
> Ian McLeish
>
>

jon spivey

Hi Ian,
there's no need to use a table to centre a page - add some CSS
<style type="text/css">
body{
margin: 0 10%;
}
</style>

This will centre the page with a 10% margin eother side - the same as
putting content in an 80% centred table. If this still doesn't work as
expected in Moz can you post a URL to the offending page?


--
Jon
Microsoft MVP - FP

"Ian McLeish" <Ian.McLeish@Virgin.net> wrote in message
news:_EDpb.4028$bD.16326@news.indigo.ie...
> My first web pages, made with FP2002 look great when viewed with Internet
> Explorer.
> The pages are designed as a table set at 80% of page width, which leaves a
> plain white gap at either side in IE.
> In Netscape and Mozilla (version 7.1) the text doesn't "wrap", and a
scroll
> bar appears at the bottom of the browser- I need to scroll left and right
to
> see all the text!
>
> This only seemed to start a couple of days ago, but I don't know if I did
> anything to cause it!?
>
> Any suggestions would be greatfully received.
>
> Ian McLeish
>
>

Ian McLeish

The URL for the site is www.broadbandforbailieborough.org , please don't be
too critical!
I read jon spiveys post also, but unfortunately, he talks code, and I can
click and drag, but that is about all. Willing to learn, but.... I already
have a theme on the site, and I know nothing about css.
Cheers,

Ian
"David Berry" <dberry@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Is there a URL where we could go and see what's happening? Are you using
> any in-line styles on the site?
>
> --
> David Berry - MCP
> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
> FrontPage Support: http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/
> -----------------------------------
> To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
> http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
> -----------------------------------
> "Ian McLeish" <Ian.McLeish@Virgin.net> wrote in message
> news:_EDpb.4028$bD.16326@news.indigo.ie...
> > My first web pages, made with FP2002 look great when viewed with
Internet
> > Explorer.
> > The pages are designed as a table set at 80% of page width, which leaves
a
> > plain white gap at either side in IE.
> > In Netscape and Mozilla (version 7.1) the text doesn't "wrap", and a
> scroll
> > bar appears at the bottom of the browser- I need to scroll left and
right
> to
> > see all the text!
> >
> > This only seemed to start a couple of days ago, but I don't know if I
did
> > anything to cause it!?
> >
> > Any suggestions would be greatfully received.
> >
> > Ian McLeish
> >
> >
>
>

Ian McLeish

Jon, thanks for your input.
The website is www.broadbandforbailieborough.org , the reason I used a table
was I wanted to have the navigation links on the left hand side of all
pages. It looks great in IE, but useless in Netscape. I had a thought- could
it be that the background gif I chose- one of the FrontPage themes, is too
long (or wide), and netscape is therefore not displaying properly?
When I resize the browser window in IE, the text just changes position, but
remains in the correct place on the page. Netscape just increases the scroll
bar length!
Just a thought...
I read your post, but it went right over my head! I don't think I am stupid,
but this is all new to me- my first attempt at a web page. Any simple
suggestions would be gratefully received.

Ian
"jon spivey" <jon@roksteady.net> wrote in message
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> Hi Ian,
> there's no need to use a table to centre a page - add some CSS
> <style type="text/css">
> body{
> margin: 0 10%;
> }
> </style>
>
> This will centre the page with a 10% margin eother side - the same as
> putting content in an 80% centred table. If this still doesn't work as
> expected in Moz can you post a URL to the offending page?
>
>
> --
> Jon
> Microsoft MVP - FP
>
> "Ian McLeish" <Ian.McLeish@Virgin.net> wrote in message
> news:_EDpb.4028$bD.16326@news.indigo.ie...
> > My first web pages, made with FP2002 look great when viewed with
Internet
> > Explorer.
> > The pages are designed as a table set at 80% of page width, which leaves
a
> > plain white gap at either side in IE.
> > In Netscape and Mozilla (version 7.1) the text doesn't "wrap", and a
> scroll
> > bar appears at the bottom of the browser- I need to scroll left and
right
> to
> > see all the text!
> >
> > This only seemed to start a couple of days ago, but I don't know if I
did
> > anything to cause it!?
> >
> > Any suggestions would be greatfully received.
> >
> > Ian McLeish
> >
> >
>
>