FP98: Style Formatting Definitions Show as Text in FP Editor

ID: Q194346

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

Formatting definitions that are enclosed within a <style>...</style> element appear as text in the FrontPage Editor.

NOTE: Web browsers that do not support the <style>...</style> element also interpret the formatting definitions as text.

CAUSE

FrontPage Editor interprets the instructions within the <style>...</style> element as text.

RESOLUTION

To ensure that the formatting definitions are not displayed as text when you view your page in the FrontPage Editor or a Web browser that does not support the <style>...</style> element, place the formatting definitions inside a comment () tag. For example, to hide the font formatting in this code:

   <style>
   H1{font:18pt "Arial"; font-weight:bold; text-aligh:center}
   </style>

change your code so that it looks like this:

   <style>
   <!--
   H1{font:18pt "Arial"; font-weight:bold; text-aligh:center}
   -->
   </style>

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The comment () element does not prevent the formatting instructions from being used by a Web browser that supports the <style>...</style> element. When you place formatting definitions inside a comment () element within a <style>...</style> element, you ensure that this information is not interpreted as text by a Web browser that does not support the <style>...</style> element.

Problems produced by editing the HTML which FrontPage generates will not be resolved by Microsoft Technical Support. This HTML code sample is provided as a convenience for authors seeking to extend FrontPage capabilities. For more information on writing HTML, see

   http://www.microsoft.com/workshop/c-frame.htm#/workshop/author/default.asp

Additional query words: front page

Keywords          : fpedit fphtml 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: July 1, 1999