How to use Milonic with Front Page 2003

Poster: amazingdesignsandideas
Dated: Tuesday October 10 2006 - 5:31:12 BST

I've been trying to put my Verticle Plain Text menu on Front page. I may be reading the install wrong. This is what i'm doing.

1. I open a web site page in Front Page
2. Then I copy this script:

<script type="text/javascript" src="milonic_src.js"></script>
<noscript><a href="http://www.milonic.com/">JavaScript Menus and DHTML Menus Powered by Milonic</a></noscript>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
if(ns4)_d.write("<script language=JavaScript src=mmenuns4.js><\/script>");
else _d.write("<script language=JavaScript src=mmenudom.js><\/script>");
-->
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="menu_data.js"></script>

into the Body of my page index htm

3. Then I copy the files into my web server directory as is in the folder

mmenudom.js, mmenuns4.js, milonic_src.js and menu_data.js , & any gif image files

I also then copy from my web site folder thats in Front page , the HTML , private, images, _vti_pvt, _vti_cnf, & desk top files to my web site server directory.

4. Then I open Front Page 2003 & then my index.htm home page, but when I try to open preview a error message comes up 'ns4' undefined for the line in the script above that reads .... -->

but when I add the.....

mmenudom.js, mmenuns4.js, milonic_src.js and menu_data.js , & any gif image files

to my web site folder in front page 2003. I open the index.htm Home page, & I can view it in preview, but not in design . I can also go on the internet & it comes up on my website.

Please help me , I have searched everything under the sun & I've been working with it for 4 weeks, I'm very new to website designing, but I would just like to get up & running on the internet, I have all my main menu's & sub menus done in front page, but I cant link them because , I cant get my main menu to show up in design on index.htm home page, to link them all together...

Thank-you,
Sincerely,
Lisa

http://www.amazingdesignandideas.com

Poster: kevin3442
Dated: Tuesday October 10 2006 - 20:32:51 BST

Hi Lisa,

I'd better get in here before John launches into a Microsoft/Frontpage tirade!

I'm not sure I understand the issue completely. But I can make a couple of comments that may at least explain some of what you're observing... in fact, it may be my own mini-tirade.

(1) I sometimes use FrontPage 2003. In my own experience, FrontPage's preview function isn't very good. In fact, it completely sucks. It even puts a little message at the top of the preview window, "To view all elements in this page correctly, save or publish the page, and view it in a Web Browser." In other words, that's Microsoft's disclaimer that the preview function completely sucks. I stopped using it years ago.

(2) The design view and split view will not show the menus. These views are for editing only. The menus require javascript be processed, which only happens in a browser window.

So, the upshot is this: once you've progressed in your page design to the point where you're using dhtml object, active content, etc. you might as well abandon the preview. Your best bet is to do what the Microsoft disclaimer recommends: load the page into a browser to see how it looks.

Are you developing your pages locally (on your hard disk)? If so, are you running a local web server? Or are you developing your pages on a staging or development web server, then publishing to the real or production server?

Cheers,

Kevin

Poster: John
Dated: Wednesday October 11 2006 - 15:02:31 BST


Were I not glowing in the dark so much I would be more than happy to do just that.

<soapbox>
Lisa, you are aware that M$ is no longer updating FP, yes? Time for a real program.
</soapbox>

Poster: kevin3442
Dated: Wednesday October 11 2006 - 15:46:19 BST



Now John... let's not scare anyone. MS will not be offering future versions of FP, but will continue to update as needed and will support FP through June, 2008. This is because FP will be replaced with two new products: Sharepoint Designer 2007, mainly for dynamic intranets and IT departments, and Expression Web Designer for professional web development (I think it actually look pretty decent so far).

Cheers,

Kevin

real program

Poster: Dennis48755
Dated: Friday October 13 2006 - 3:42:55 BST

What are some alternatives to FrontPage?