HTML CODE FRAGMENT

Chanda

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Oct 10, 2004, 6:27:02 PM10/10/04

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I'm trying to put together my personal website using Publisher. I want to
add an html code fragment. I go to web preview, then go to source, but when
notepad opens I don't get "insert" on the menu. I'm positive that I am in
web mode. Please help out an amateur! Thanks - C

DavidF

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Oct 10, 2004, 7:02:21 PM10/10/04

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Chanda, You insert an HTML code fragment directly into your Pub file. From
Help in Pub 2000:

On the Insert menu, click HTML Code Fragment.

Click the place on your Web page where you want the HTML code fragment to
appear.
-Or-
Position the mouse pointer where you want a corner of the HTML code fragment
frame to appear, click, and then drag the mouse diagonally.
The HTML Code Fragment Properties dialog box appears.

In the HTML Code Fragment box, insert your HTML code fragment by typing or
pasting from another source over the entire placeholder text.

Click OK.
Your code fragment appears as code in the frame on your Web page, and the
result of your code fragment appears when you preview or publish your Web
page.

DavidF

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David Bartosik

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Oct 10, 2004, 8:47:03 PM10/10/04

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While David corrected you quite well I just wanted to point out to you that
web preview is literally just that - a preview. There is nothing functional
about it.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
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DavidF

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Oct 11, 2004, 10:34:02 AM10/11/04

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David, FWIW I suspect that Chanda was confused by the article within the
Office Online section:

Add an HTML code fragment to a Web page

The following is confusing:

"...Note: To view the HTML source code for a Publisher Web publication,
click Web Page Preview on the File menu, and then click Source on the View
menu.

On the Insert menu, click HTML Code Fragment.

Note: You must be in Web mode to view certain options specific to Web
publications. You can determine whether you're in Web mode by looking at the
title bar (title bar: A horizontal bar at the top of a window, dialog box,
or toolbar that shows the name of the document, program, or toolbar.) of
your open publication, which will display Web Publication if you're in Web
mode.

In the HTML Code Fragment box, insert your HTML code fragment by typing or
pasting from another source over the entire placeholder text.
Click OK. "

By having the first note preceding the directions of how to insert HTML code
fragments it seems to say that you do it directly from the Web page preview
into the HTML source code. Like I said, FWIW ;-)

DavidF

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David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]

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Oct 11, 2004, 2:24:16 PM10/11/04

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Thanx for pointing that out. I'm requesting a modification asap.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
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David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]

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Oct 27, 2004, 12:21:47 PM10/27/04

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FYI, this article has been modified.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP030661311033.aspx

DavidF

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Oct 27, 2004, 5:06:13 PM10/27/04

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Good job! Leaves me wondering if Chanda ever came back to the newsgroup.

DavidF

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Nov 23, 2004, 8:27:08 AM11/23/04

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I'm also attempting to insert an html fragment in tomy 2002 pub web page to
create a description and keyword meta tag. I am having trouble understanding
how to edit the existing source html code for the web page that I see when I
view source in preview mode. Is this accomplished in the web page design
mode? If so how do I do this? and how do I save the changes? I am trying to
insert the meta tags so that I can submit to search engines, but as you can
tell, I'm having no luck in doing so.
Thanks for any help you can offer.

DavidF

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Nov 23, 2004, 9:37:53 AM11/23/04

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If your goal is to insert keywords and such, this was done under Web
Properties in version 2000...not by inserting HTML fragments or modifying
the code. From this article by David Bartosik:

http://www.publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=42

which describes the changes made in 2002: "One of the first changes you will
discover in 2002 is that the Web Properties dialog is gone. A similar dialog
is now located under the Tools menu, Options, Web Option button.".

If you truly want to edit the HTML code remember that this would have to be
done each time you modify the page before you upload the changes. That can
be done various ways, but one way is just go to the folder where you
published the code, find the index.html file, open it in IE, view source,
modify the code, and save the changes. Once again I would read the article
by David first as even the way Publisher 2002 code is written and saved was
changed from 2000, and was changed again if you installed the updates, use
sub-folders, etc.

Let us know if this answers your questions.

DavidF

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David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]

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Nov 23, 2004, 12:30:34 PM11/23/04

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HTML code fragments are included in the html body. There is no way to
include them in the html head. All meta tags go into the html head. Thus you
cannot create your own meta tags. Publisher supports meta tags (desc,
keyword) thru the web options dialog (in 2002 under tools menu).
BUT...........
the meta tags dialog was broken in 2002.
It was patched in Service Pack 2.
You want to upgrade your Pub 2002 to SP3 level.
Visit our site for the link - http://www.publishermvps.com - to the SP3
download.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
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Nov 23, 2004, 12:53:13 PM11/23/04

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So what you are saying is that after upgrading to sp3 I should be able to
insert the meta tags into the head location where they belong and not
actually place a code fragment on the page so that search engines recognize
that they are even there?

David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]

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Nov 23, 2004, 3:03:52 PM11/23/04

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I'm saying after SP3 the values you input into the keyword and desc. dialog
box in web options will actually be coded into the html page.

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rastababy

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Sep 21, 2007, 11:36:01 AM9/21/07

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DavidF, Do you know how to code view in (HTML) publisher 2007? I'm also
trying to do a web site and trying to put paypal bottons in next to the
selling items. Know anything about that? Help would be much appreciated!
*curtsies

DavidF

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Sep 21, 2007, 9:13:39 PM9/21/07

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I am not sure what you mean by "code view in (HTML) publisher 2007". If you
want to see the code then preview the site and in IE go to View > source
code. However, Publisher is not a code editor if that is what you are
talking about. Reference: Using Publisher for web sites:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/articles/80566.aspx
Perhaps Publisher is not the most appropriate program for you to use.

As per paypal, I believe they provide your with code snippets, and you use
the insert html code fragment tools to insert the code into your Pub page.

DavidF

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