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Potential JavaScript Problems

JavaScript is turned off:

If you're using Netscape 3.0(or later) or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 (or later) and you got to this page, you might have your JavaScript turned off.

To check in Netscape 3.0... Click on Options/Network Preferences../Languages. You should see two check boxes. make sure the JavaScript box is checked.

To check in Netscape 4.0... Click on Edit/Preferences.. A preferences window should pop up. Highlight Advanced. You'll see a bunch of checkboxes. Make sure that the Enable JavaScript one is checked.

To check in Explorer 3.0... Click on View/Options../Security. Make sure that the Run ActiveX scripts checkbox is checked.

Your browser doesn't support JavaScript:

First of all, what the heck is JavaScript? JavaScript (or JS) is extra coding that can be inserted into a web page. This extra coding supplements the standard web page language and allows a web author to all kinds of of neat things. The only problem though is that if you're using a browser that doesn't understand JS, things start acting kind of funny. The problem is compounded by the fact that different "JS enabled" browsers may have different levels of support. What works in one JS enabled browser may generate error messages in another.

Now, I've written the Table of Contents(TOC) page to take non-JavaScript browsers into consideration (under most circumstances as far as I know). That leaves older browsers or those with somewhat limited JS support (if you're using Netscape 2.0, you fall under this category. Although I haven't tested the TOC with this older Netscape, I do suspect that there might be problems. If I am correct you will have to point your browser to index2.htm to get your Table of Contents. This alternative page has absolutely no JS in it. Sort of decaffinated.

Other headaches:

HTML (which is the "web page language") started off rather bland. Over the years (or months sometimes) the language grew. This tutorial takes advantage of both old and new techniques. Things such as making text bold or italic is pretty much universally supported. Newer techniques would include font support and frames. The point I'm getting at is that with an older browser, you'll be able to do (actually view) basic web authoring... that's it. Some of the areas within these tutorials will be beyond the scope of your browser's capabilities. So, if you want to get the full benefit of everything here, get yourself a shiny new browser!