formatting in a text box

[SJSchlesselmann]

I'm developing a web site and am trying to change the formatting (color,
bolding, italicizing) for a hyperlink in a text box. The formatting changes
appear on the design screen (as well as in the code) but not on the preview
screen. What am I doing wrong? I do have a link to a CSS page and changed
the color for the a:link tag but it does not work. I've also tried changing
the page formatting links color and that doesn't work either. Before
throwing my computer out the window, do you have any ideas?

 

[Kathleen Anderson [MVP - FrontPage]]

Have you tried Preview in Browser?

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[p c]

What is a text box? Is it a feature if new FP version?

Check your HTML code and your style sheet code? Are they correct? Is
there an override of style directives? Is your formatting depending on
script?

Some tips for troubleshooting pages.
1. View the page in a regular browser (not the same as FP preview).
2. View the page in HTML code mode? Is the coding correct.
3. Disable/comment out stylesheets, save and reload the page in the browser.
4. Comment out/disable script code, save and reload the page in the browse.
5. Use an HTML validator.

....PC

 

[SJSchlesselmann]

Thanks for your suggestion. Front Page 2003 is the first web page authoring
tool I've used so I don't know if the text box was included in earlier
versions of Front Page. It's on the drawing tool bar. Also, after I posted
my question, I discovered that if I put the formatting code after the <a
href=""> part of the anchor, the formatting worked fine. By the way, where
can I find an HTML validator? Is there one built into Front Page?

 

[Ronx]

Unless your web is personal, or for an intranet where the browsers can
be controlled, Text boxes and all other objects on the drawing toolbar
should be avoided.
These objects use VML graphics, which can only be seen in IE5.5 and
later running on Windows. Other browsers will display at best a low
quality .gif image representing the object. Also, unless you know how
to use Absolute Positioning correctly, the rest of the page may appear
to move around those objects when/if the browser is resized, or a
different browser is used.

 

[SJSchlesselmann]

Thanks Ronx. I've got a book on creating web sites and discovered this
morning that I hadn't read the chapter on the navigation bars. I plan to do
so before continuing the nav bar development. Thanks for the warning.