FP98: Netscape Does Not Display Page, System Resources Diminish

• Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you use Netscape Navigator version 4 or later to view a FrontPage Web page, you may experience the following symptoms:

• Your page appears blank.
  
  -and-



• Processor usage increases to 100 percent.
  
  -and-



• Virtual memory usage increases to 100 percent.
  
  -and-



• Netscape Navigator stops responding (hangs).
  
  -and-



• An error appears indicating that your system is running low on resources (Windows NT only).
  
  -or-



• System performance begins to degrade.

CAUSE

Netscape Navigatior 4.0 and later do not support an apostrophe in a hyperlink that contains an inline style.

This behavior occurs when the following conditions are true:

• You are viewing the page from Netscape Navigator version 4.0 or later.
  
  -and-



• The hyperlink reference (HREF attribute of the anchor tag) contains an apostrophe.
  
  -and-



• The anchor (<A>) tag contains a STYLE attribute (inline style).

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, use one of the following methods:

• Use an external or embedded cascading style sheet, rather than an inline style sheet.
  
  For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q180827 FP98: How to Create Cascading Style Sheets in FrontPage 98




• Remove the apostrophe from the hyperlink reference.

MORE INFORMATION

The third-party products discussed here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

For information about how to contact Netscape Communications Corporation, query in the Knowledge Base for one of the following articles:

Q65416 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K

Q60781 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, L-P

Q60782 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, Q-Z

Keywords          : fpnav 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: July 27, 1999