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>> I developed a website for our organization,
www.marlboroughcdc.org
<http://www.marlbor
oughcdc.org/> . It is hosted by Godaddy. I put it
together in MS Publisher and publish to the web. It is
pretty basic. I am getting feedback that really only folks
using IE can fully see the site. And that browsers like
Firefox ask for a password etc.>>
I believe I can put your site down on my long list of
victims of
Publisher or FrontPage.
>> Do I have to actually go out and buy an application
and learn something like Dreamweaver or is there a way to
keep using MS Publisher and do something different so
Firefox browsers can view the website in its>
entirety.>>
No, you can go with free and open source software. One
application that's gotten lots of good feedback is Nvu
(pronounced N-view, for a "new view" -- http://www.nvu.com/inde
x.html). It's originally for Linspire GNU/Linux and
there's now a Windows version available. There's also Amaya,
the W3C's testbed editor/browser for new HTML and CSS
features -- http://www.w3.org/Amaya/
. There are dozens, maybe hundreds of others, but then you
might have the urge to explore most of them, and I can't be
responsible for the subsequent loss of productivity ;) So
try those two out first, then let us know how they work out.
I may be able to look for other Web authoring software
applications that better fit your needs.
As an aside, my browser (Konqueror) is handling your site
just fine -- so far. I did get the password request on the
About link but I just ignored it and the site's still
loading. Not that that's excusing Publisher, I still believe
you should toss it, and a whole lot of Microsoft
applications, in the hottest volcano you can find.
--
Daniel O. Escasa
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contributor, Free Software Magazine (http://www.freeso
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personal blog at http://descasa.i.ph
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