Some frames around images etc not working in Firefox 5

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Some frames around images etc not working in Firefox 5

Just looked at one of my websites, www.madmoggies.org.uk and discovered the frames I've put round some of the images on the welcome page, and around the iframe that my original handwritten HTML site is displayed within, initially load but are then replaced with a very thick black border, which rather messes up the design. Other frames seem to be working OK, it's just the ones like wooden picture frames that disappear after loading.

Anyone else finding similar?

It's still working fine in Safari and in the latest version of Opera, so I assume it's just a problem with the Firefox upgrade.

Posted on Jun 26, 2011 4:55 AM

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Answer 1

Roddy

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Jun 26, 2011 9:14 AM in response to Sybil Ann Chick

It looks like the latest V 5 of Firefox is getting worse instead of better at handling drop shadows!

Adding effects like frames, drop shadow and reflections before loading the image into iWeb will overcome this problem and give you a faster loading web page...

http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Website-Photos/Stroke-Shadow-Reflection.html

http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Website-Photos/Preview.html

http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Website-Photos/Effects-Picturesque-Webify.html

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Answer 2

Jun 26, 2011 10:16 AM in response to Roddy

I thought it might be something to do with drop shadows on the welcome page but with the i-framed page that contains the pages from my original site I'm pretty sure there isn't a drop shadow on the frame which goes to black.

TBH with the demise of iDisk and the need to find some other webspace to move this website and my other pages to by next June, I'm thinking of trying something other than iWeb for the pages I've used that for. My original hand-coded pages load so much faster than any iWeb generated ones!

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Old Toad

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Jun 26, 2011 10:50 AM in response to Sybil Ann Chick

This tutorial describers how to get around that with Firefox or any other browser. #7 - Converting Photos w/Frames, Drop Shadows and/or Reflections into a Single Image File. Works like a charm.

OT

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Answer 4

Jun 26, 2011 1:05 PM in response to Old Toad

Thanks. I'll have a go at that sometime. Can't see how it would work with the i-framed page though as the frame surrounds the old site. I might just have to go with a plain frames of some sort on that.

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Answer 5

Old Toad

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Jun 26, 2011 1:36 PM in response to Sybil Ann Chick

It won't work on iFrame snippets but will on photos/objects that frames or drop shadows have been added to. Also reduces the number of files needed to load for the page to display.

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