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Navigation Bar
I am having problem with the navigation bar on the bottom of my web page.
The links seem to be properly set up and work while working inside publisher. Once I preview as a web page or publish, the links no longer work. Any thoughts? Thank you! |
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Navigation Bar
You did not specify what version of Publisher you are using or which
browser, but it sounds like you are previewing the site in FireFox. The bottom navbar is converted to an image in both Pub 2003 and 2007 webs for the version of the web pages that are rendered by FireFox. The html coding engine produces a different version for IE. The fix for this issue was to select the bottom navbars Arrange ungroup. Now however there is a bigger issue with how Publisher 2003 and 2007 web pages render in IE8, and the fix for that issue will address your bottom navbar issue at the same time: The only compatibility issues with Publisher 2003 and 2007 and IE8 RTW reported thus far are problems associated with 'grouping'. Any design elements that are 'grouped' together, which includes the Publisher wizard built navbars, do not render when you view the web page in IE8 . The fix in general is to ungroup the elements. There is both a manual fix to these issues and a Service Patch that has been issued to fix it. Reference: Navigation bars and other content is missing from Publisher HTML output in Internet Explorer 8: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969705 A manual method of fixing this grouping issue: Prior to uploading your pages find all text boxes and other design elements that are grouped together and ungroup. You can Save those changes to your publication. Then make a copy of your publication by doing a 'File Save As' and in this copy go to each page Edit Select All Arrange Ungroup. This will ungroup the Publisher built navbar(s) and disconnect it from the wizard, and the navbars will render correctly in IE8. 'Publish to the Web' from this copy of your publication. When you want to make further changes in your web, go back to the original Publisher file, make the corrections there, save your changes, and again make a copy, ungroup the navbars and produce new web files for uploading. The advantage of this workflow is that you will not have to rebuild the navbar if you choose to add a page to the navbar. If you do not need to add a page, you can leave the navbar ungrouped and skip the step of saving a copy each time you modify the file. This is also fixed with the Office 2007 SP2: Reference: Description of 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2) and of Microsoft Office Language Pack 2007 SP2: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953195 The usual caveat also applies. While I would never recommend to anyone that they not install any security or service patch, when you install service patches there can be unintended consequences. You might fix one thing only to break something else. While I have not had any problems on my test partition there have been other people who have posted about problems opening Pub 2007 files after installing the Office 2007 SP2. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953195 also lists some of the known issues along with some of the things this patch fixes in Office 2007 applications. If it were me, I would probably ungroup the navbars manually rather than install the SP2 for the short term, and wait until MSFT debugs the Office 2007 SP2, rather than risk not being able to open pre-existing Publisher files. I have not installed SP2 on my production machines, but to each their own. -------------- If you have a follow up question or other questions about Publisher webs, then please post in the web group and we will try to help you the news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...sher.webdesign or http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...&lang=en&cr=US DavidF "Mat23sook" wrote in message ... I am having problem with the navigation bar on the bottom of my web page. The links seem to be properly set up and work while working inside publisher. Once I preview as a web page or publish, the links no longer work. Any thoughts? Thank you! |
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