Solution: In general, you should publish pages with actions with regular tables or CSS and layers as the HTML output method. Many actions, such as those triggered by mouse events, do not display properly in Netscape Navigator 4.x when the page is published with nested tables as its HTML output method.

2. Problem: I have objects with actions inside a region on a page. The page, including the region, is published with regular tables as the HTML output method. The actions do not work when I view the page in a browser.

Solution: In general, if you have objects with actions inside a region, change the region's HTML output method to CSS and layers and republish the site. If both the object and the region that contains it have actions, change the HTML output method for the entire page to CSS and layers and republish the site.

3. Problem: I assigned an action to an object that is embedded inside a text box or a region. When I view the published page, the object disappears or appears in the wrong place. If the object does appear, the action assigned to the object does not work. The page is published with nested tables as the HTML output method.

Solution: If the browser doesn´t display some objects or if it displays them in the wrong place, publish the page with CSS and layers as the HTML output method. If you don't want to use CSS and layers as your HTML output method, move the object with the action outside the text box or region, change the page´s HTML output method to regular tables, and republish the site.

4. Problem: I assigned an action to an object that is triggered by a mouse click, a mouse over, or a mouse out. When I view the published page, the action does not work. The page is published with nested tables as the HTML output method.

Solution: Change the HTML output method to regular tables or CSS and layers and republish the site.

5. Problem: When I view my published page, I see all the content on the page stacked vertically against the left margin of the browser.

Solution:: This problem can occur in two different situations when a page is published with CSS and layers as its HTML output method. Either you viewed the page using an older (3.x) browser, or you viewed a form using a 4.x browser. If the problem occurred because you used an older browser, either view the page with a 4.x browser or change the HTML output method to regular or nested tables and republish the site. If the problem occurred because the page contains a form, change the HTML output method to regular or nested tables and republish the site. You must publish forms with regular or nested tables as the HTML output method even if you plan to view them with a 4.x browser.

6. Problem: I have a page with a form. Within the form, I also have an object with an action. None of the form elements are visible when I view the page in the browser.

Solution: If an object with an action appears inside a form before the form elements, the form elements do not appear on the published page. You can fix this by moving the object with the action so that it appears below the form elements in your form container, or by placing just the form elements in a layout region form and placing the object with the action above the layout region form. The problem occurs when the object with the action appears within <FORM> tags before the form elements. If the object with the action is after the form elements, the problem does not occur. If the object with the action is before the form elements, but is not within <FORM> tags, the problem does not occur.

7. Problem: I assigned Play, Pause, and Stop actions to objects on my page. When clicked, the objects are supposed to control a sound. When I view the page in a browser and click the objects, nothing happens.

Solution: In Netscape Navigator 4.x, the Play, Pause, and Stop actions do not work unless the sound icon is an inline icon and the HTML output method is CSS and layers. When you place the sound, choose the inline icon in the Display section of the Sound Properties palette, change the page's HTML output method to CSS and layers, and republish the site. The actions do not work in Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x, 4.x, or Netscape Navigator 3.x. Site visitors with those browser versions must click the controls in the inline icon itself to control the sound.

8. Problem: I have links to anchors in my site, but they don't work. The links take my site visitor to the correct page, but not to the anchor location.

Solution: If you have a link to an anchor, and the anchor is on a page that is published with CSS and layers as its HTML output method, the link displays the page, but does not scroll to the anchor. To fix this, change the HTML output method for the page with the anchor to nested or regular tables and republish the site.

9. Problem: I have a Set Src or Use Image action attached to an object which causes a different image to appear based on a mouse event (mouse click, mouse over, mouse out, mouse up, or mouse down). The page is published with nested tables as the HTML output method.

Solution: Use regular tables or CSS and layers as the HTML output method and republish the site.

10. Problem: Some images do not display in older Netscape browsers.

Solution: Make sure the images are not in PNG format. NetObjects Fusion 3.0 lets you place PNG images on the page, but 3.x and earlier browsers do not support PNG images. If you want the images to display correctly in all browsers, open them in an image editing application and save them as GIF or JPG format.

11. Problem: I made a table and embedded it inside a region. The table does not display properly displays as an empty one celled table. The HTML output method for the region is CSS and layers.

Solution: This occurs if you embed a table in a region whose HTML output method is set to CSS and layers, and the region´s container is set to nested tables. To ensure that the table displays properly, change the HTML output method for the region's container to regular tables or CSS and layers. The region's container can be the page layout or another region.

12. Problem: I put a RealAudio sound on my page. When I view the page in a browser, I get a message that says the plug-in is not loaded. But I know I have the RealAudio plug-in loaded, and it works for other RealAudio sounds.

Solution: You might have selected the in-line option in the Display section of the Sound Properties palette. Netscape Navigator does not handle the sound properly if the inline icon is displayed. Select another icon or picture in the Display section of the Sound Properties palette.

13. Problem: I embedded an object inside some text and set its alignment to Middle in the Align tab of the Picture Properties palette. When I view the page in the browser, the object is aligned to the bottom of the text instead of the middle.

Solution: If the embedded object is shorter than the text, the Middle option does not work correctly in Netscape Navigator 3.x or 4.x. If it is important that your site visitors see the object aligned correctly, tell them to use another browser.

14. Problem: I applied a background image to a region, but the background image does not display in the browser.

Solution: Background images do not display in Netscape Navigator 4.x for regions if the HTML output method is nested or regular tables. Change the HTML output method for the region to CSS and layers. For the page itself, you can leave the HTML output method set to nested or regular tables.

15. Problem: I have multiple regions inside of one another on a page. Sometimes regions do not display in the browser, and sometimes Netscape Navigator crashes or hangs.

Solution: When you publish a page with nested or regular tables as the HTML output method, Netscape Navigator 4.x has problems handling multiple regions on top of one another. Redesign your page so it does not contain regions within regions, change the page´s HTML output method to CSS and layers, or instruct your site visitors to use another browser.

16. Problem: I made a region and assigned a Display HTML action to it. The Display HTML does not work correctly.

Solution: In Netscape Navigator 4.x, the Display HTML action, assigned to a region, does not work if the region's container is published with regular or nested tables as its HTML output method. Make sure the region´s container, which can be either the page or another region, has CSS and layers as its HTML output method. If you don't want to change the HTML output method of the entire page, make another region of the same size, set its HTML output method to CSS and layers, and embed the first region inside the second region.

You might encounter another problem with the way the Display HTML action and regions work together. If the Display HTML action´s target is a region, and the region has a background color or image, the region shrinks to the size of the displayed HTML when the action is performed. To avoid this, use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view the page.

17. Problem: I added actions that include custom JavaScript expressions to my page and I see JavaScript errors when I view the page in the browser.

Solution: If you use the JavaScript Expression dialog box to specify the parameters of an action, the code you enter must be valid JavaScript. If you want to type in your own JavaScript to complete an action, consult a JavaScript reference guide for correct syntax and acceptable values.

Also, if you create custom messages that you send to other objects on a page, use only alphanumeric characters in the message name because the name is used in a JavaScript expression when the HTML is generated for the page.

18. Problem: I added the Picture Rollover component to a page. Some of my site visitors get Javascript errors when they mouse over the picture.

Solution: Site visitors who view the Picture Rollover component with Netscape Navigator 3.x get JavaScript errors as they mouse over the picture. Tell your visitors to use a different browser version to avoid this problem.

19. Problem: When I preview pages that contain actions in Netscape Navigator 4.x, most of the actions do not work, but if I publish the page to a remote Web server and view the page, the actions work correctly.

Solution: Avoid using Netscape Navigator 4.05 to preview sites with actions. A security feature in that version prevents actions from working correctly when you preview or publish locally.

20. Problem: Transition and movement actions seem jerky and slow when I view them with my Macintosh browser. Sometimes when I click to start an action, the action does not start.

Solution: You might experience delays for actions to begin when you view your pages on a Macintosh. Actions are also slower to execute, making them seem shaky. Make sure you wait until the loading activity in the browser's status bar is completed before trying to invoke actions that require user input, such as a mouse click. Also, if you click and hold down, the browser might incorrectly identify the click as an attempt to see the context menu.

21. Problem: My drag and collision detection actions work only sporadically in Macintosh browsers.

Solution: The Macintosh operating system´s drag-and-drop functionality sometimes interferes with drag and collision detection actions in the browser. The operating system tries to interpret a drag in the context of the operating system´s built-in drag and drop functionality.