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This link goes on forever
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The end quotation on the <A HREF> tag has been omitted. Many browsers will fail to recognize the end of the anchor.
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I didn't want the whole page to be bold!
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Check to make sure the style tag (in this case <B>) has a proper terminating tag (which would be </B> in this case). If you accidentally type ? instead of /, or make any other form of error in the terminating tag, the style will go on instead of stopping where you intended it to stop.
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Why is everything on the wrong side?
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Check your alignment tags. If there is code telling the text to be on the right side of the page, that's where it's going to be.
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Why can't I get my graphics to show up?
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Three possible problems here: First, there's the possibility that you've missed an end quotation. Second, check where you're referencing the graphics from. If you've used some kind of webpage constructing program on your own computer prior to putting it on Aurora, the program may have referenced them absolutely from your hard drive (e.g., "file:///MyDrive/webstuff/images/somepic.gif") instead of referencing them relatively from where they are in relation to the html file that's trying to use them (e.g., "images/somepic.gif"). Check your code, and make sure that the <IMG> tag uses the right reference for SRC (image source). Third, you may have used a graphic format that the browser doesn't recognize. Only JPEGs and GIFs may be used with most web browsers.
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Why are my graphics and text all stairstepped or on top of each other?
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Because you didn't tell it to do proper line breaks! If you want to prevent this stairstep effect from happening, put <BR CLEAR="ALL"> between each of your graphic and text sections. If you're having trouble getting your graphics to line up specifically the way you want them, you may want to consider using a table, as this will give you a little more control. If your layout isn't anything terribly complicated (just left-justified, right-justified, or centered graphics), the use of <BR CLEAR="ALL"> in conjunction with ALIGN=RIGHT, ALIGN=LEFT, and ALIGN=MIDDLE inside the <IMG> tag should work sufficiently well.
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| Why is my table data | not in the table?
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You're missing a <TD> at the beginning of a cell or a </TD> tag at the end of the cell. |
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If you'd like a cell to span across more than one column of your table, make sure to use <TD COLSPAN=X>, where X is the total number of columns the cell will span. If you want a cell to span across more than one row of your table, use <TD ROWSPAN=Y>, where Y would be the total number of rows you want the cell to occupy. |
| Why are my frames all messed up? |
Check your frameset tags--does everything match up? Are your frame dimensions set correctly? If your content is loading in the wrong frame, try moving it to fall within a different set of <frame> tags. Netscape's web site offers a fairly lucid introduction to frames. |
| My imagemap is misbehaving! |
You may want to read our Using imagemap on the Aurora Server page. If that isn't helpful, we suggest you try the Imagemap Help Page, which provides copious amounts of help on setting up both server-side and client-side imagemaps. |
