About Dawn Douglas Expertise I can answer most questions about Microsoft Publisher.
Experience I have been using Microsoft Publisher for 11 years. I started with Adobe InDesign and Pagemaker. I like Microsoft Publisher for it's ease of use.
Education/Credentials I am self taught in Microsoft Publisher. I learned by doing.
Question I have built a website with ms publisher, published to server, and it works fine in Explorer, but not in Firefox or google chrome.
Answer Hi Tom,
Yes, I understand your problem. Microsoft Publisher is a nice and easy way to create websites that are based on WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get). However, when you design a site in Publisher it adds a ton of code that doesn't always "play nice" with non-IE browsers. There are a couple of options I could suggest, but none are easy fixes and may not get you exactly what you want.
(1) Simplify your design. Stick as closely to the template as you possibly can. The more you add to the template the more problems you will create in crossplatform compliance. Remember Firefox works on what's called Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to render pages, and IE works on Strict HTML with the ability to read if one is attached correctly. If you are not creating a style sheet for you design chances are Firefox will interpret Strict HTML in whacky was.
(2) Use another HTML editor to design your website that offers you more control in testing your site in various browsers. If this is a work site or a professional site, Microsoft Publisher isn't the best web design choice. If you're content with an Microsoft office based product, Frontpage would be a bit better. If you have access to Frontpage use that instead.
(3) If you know a little about HTML. Use a validator like the one at http://validator.w3.org/
It will point out every error in your design. As you research and fix the errors you will probably fix your rendering problem. Use the Strict HMTL 4.0 validation.
