About cascading style sheet compatibility
Microsoft FrontPage enables you to design your web site for compatibility with an array of different browsers and technologies, among which are cascading style sheet (CSS) features.
If you design a web site for compatibility with a Web browser that doesn't support CSS, the commands that use CSS will be unavailable on menus (that is, they will appear dimmed) when authoring web pages. This is to prevent you from accidentally using features that won't be compatible with the Web browsers used by your desired audience.
Style features enabled by CSS
FrontPage uses CSS to implement the following style features:
- Font command (Format menu): Some font effects on the Font tab, and expanding or condensed spacing on the Character Spacing tab
- Paragraph command (Format menu): Indentation and Spacing options
- Borders and Shading command (Format menu): All border and shading options
- Position command (Format menu): All positioning options
Browsers that support CSS
Browser |
CSS 1.0 |
CSS 2.0 |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and later |
yes |
yes |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and later |
yes |
yes |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 and later |
yes |
no |
Netscape Navigator 5.0 and later |
yes |
yes |
Netscape Navigator 4.0 and later |
yes |
yes |
Netscape Navigator 3.0 and later |
no |
no |
Both Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and Netscape Navigator 5.0 and later |
yes |
yes |
Both Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator 4.0 and later |
yes |
yes |
Both Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator 3.0 and later |
no |
no |
Microsoft WebTV |
no |
no |
Notes
- If you disable or choose a browser compatibility option that disables CSS 1.0 (formatting), the following commands will be unavailable, in addition to any commands listed under CSS 2.0 (positioning), below:
- Borders and Shading (Format menu)
- Style (Format menu)
- Style Sheet Links (Format menu)
- Modify Style dialog box
- Highlight Color button (Formatting toolbar)
- Apply using CSS check box (Format menu, Theme command)
- If you disable or choose a browser compatibility option that disables CSS 2.0 (positioning), the following commands will be unavailable:
- Position Box (Insert menu)
- Position (Format menu)
- Bring Forward button (Pictures toolbar)
- Send Backward button (Pictures toolbar)
- Format Border (Format menu, Style command, New Style dialog box)
- All commands on the Positioning toolbar
- Important Versions of CSS may be automatically disabled or unavailable with some browser compatibility options. If you override the default and enable CSS, your pages might not be displayed properly.