Re: Meta Tags

by "Ted Temer" <temer(at)c-zone.net>
Date:	Thu, 31 Aug 2000 12:45:09 -0700
To:	"HWGBASICS" <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
References:	canopy computer koll
	todo: View Thread, Original
Lauri:

You said:

" ....[snip]
>I had a couple of sites with the
> meta tag like yours(back then I still used Frontpage to create my pages).
[snip]... "

I don't think this can be "blamed" on FrontPage. In fact, the "Normal Page"
choice from FrontPage 98 renders the following code:

<html>

<head>
<title>New Page</title>
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 3.0">
</head>

<body>
</body>
</html>

In order to insert something like:
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">

You have to either type it in the HTML view by hand, or go to:
File> Page Properties and click on the Custom tab. Then insert the
http-equiv in the upper field. (Also, under the General tab you can change
the title from New Page to whatever you wish.)

I know that many tend to automatically assume that WYSIWYG editors ALWAYS
put some mysterious errant garbage into pages but in most cases, it just
isn't so.
UNLESS of course--someone asks FP or any other editor to do something that
should not be done. We must remember that whether we are sawing by hand or
using a power skill saw, we still have to cut on the line.

Meaning no disrespect as Fuzzy would say ... [stupid grin]

Best wishes
Ted Temer
Temercraft Designs Redding, CA
temer(at)c-zone.net
www.temercraft.com/
www.newsredding.com/


> Susan,
>
> > <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
>
> Do you want that your site is accessible with as many browsers/platforms
as
> possible? If this is the case then never use the charser "windows-1252"
nor any
> other charset containing the word 'windows'. I had a couple of sites with
the
> meta tag like yours(back then I still used Frontpage to create my pages).
> Everything was fine when viewing with IE and Netscape on Windows.
> Then one day I had the chance to view the site on RedHat Linux 6.02. All
of my
> "highly informative" text looked like the following:
> ??? ????? ????????? ????? ?? ????? ???? ??????? ????? ??? ???? ????????
????
> ????? ??? ???? ?? ???
>
> I tested it on other similar systems and on each system all letters were
turned
> into question marks. Everything looked OK with Windows but not Linux. I
figured
> that visitors wouldn't like to see several thousands of question marks so
I
> haven't used the charset "windows-1252" on my web pages again.
> Instead I use ISO standard charsets. You should too. You don't have
anything to
> lose and you may have a lot to gain(the Linux market share is growing
pretty
> fast)!
>
>
> Just for your information.
>
> Yours sincerely,
> Lauri V�in
>
>
>
>
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