| FRONTPAGEŽ INSTRUCTIONS |
| Important! FrontPageŽ may be adding non-HTML code to your page! This generally occurs automatically when you click the Preview tab. |
| Because all WebHelps customization forms require HTML-4 compliant code, all non-HTML code must be removed from your code prior to submission. If you do not remove the non-HTML code, either the customization forms will not accept your code, or your code will not display properly. Generally, you will have the latter problem. You will be able to submit your code, but it will not look the same on the community or web tool page as it does when you preview it with FrontPageŽ. |
| After creating your customization code with FrontPageŽ in Normal view (see below), switch to HTML view (see below), remove any non-HTML code, and save (without clicking Preview). Then, while still in HTML view, copy/paste your HTML into the customization form. |
| If you have difficulty discerning between HTML and non-HTML code, try using an online HTML validator, like Validome or WC3. With either of these free services, you can browse/upload your customization code, and it will show you any code that is not HTML-4 compliant. |
| To use a validator, you must first save your code as an [.html] file on your computer. To do this, create your customization code in FrontPageŽ using a combination of Normal, HTML, and Preview, like you always do. When finished, click File/Save As, and save your code on your computer as HomepageCode.html (or similar name), in a location you can easily find using a standard Browse function. |
| Please Note: For the online validators to work, you must have the following document type declaration at the top of your code, before <HTML>: |
| <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> |
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A customization template for a discussion forum being worked on using FrontPageŽ in Normal view:
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The same discussion forum customization template in HTML view. You must copy your code from this tab view either (a) before you use the Preview tab, or (b) after you have removed all non-HTML code added by FrontpageŽ from using with the Preview tab:
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