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(Message started by: mark antony on Oct 19^th, 2005, 5:21am)

Title: Hypublish tables problem
Post by mark antony on Oct 19^th, 2005, 5:21am

I have made a CD catalogue using CDFRONTEND which i have distributed and i am very happy with it.
I have now downloaded the trial version of HYPERPUBLISH intending to publish my catalogue on the web.

I open my catalogue in hyperpublish (catalogue made with CDFRONTEND) and all seems fine and exactly as i have made it, But when i try to publish it in my browser preview the tables are all over the place.
Am i missing something??

Thanks in advance for your usual helpful responses.

My catalogue has been set up using tables.

Title: Re: Hypublish tables problem
Post by PJ Mead on Oct 20^th, 2005, 6:48am

On the web the way the tables are rendered is not perfectly identical for all browsers.
This for all tables.
Usually an image contained without a column do force the column width - this may cause problems.

Also, some browsers do not respect a "fixed width" column when other column are specified in %. This is a browser error but happens. A workaround is to insert a transparent image (e.g. you want a 200 pixel column, you insert a 200 x 4 pixel transparent image).

Another thing: when percent size are used, a correct browser must normalize to 100%, e.g. if you have 3 columns, 40% 60% 40% it must normalize i.e. render them as (about) 30 40 30 (same ratio, sum 100). Some browsers don't. So this may be another thing you should correct.

I think these are the common problems, with a bit of patience you will solve............ :-)