One thing I noticed right of the bat was the weird spacing in your source code?

Code:
< h t m l >
< h e a d >
< t i t l e > m e n u p a g e < / t i t l e >
< m e t a h t t p - e q u i v = " P a g e - E n t e r " c o n t e n t = " b l e n d t
A resonable deduction:

Fire Fox is reading between the spaces expecting code and because of the space it's adding the question mark symbol between almost every letter.

Take a close look at the page.

Lose the letter spacing in your code.

Try using SmartFTP Do a google search... It's free!

Your code:

< h t m l > 
 
 
 
 
 
 < h e a d > 
 
 
 
 < t i t l e > m e n u   p a g e < / t i t l e > 
 
 
 
 < m e t a   h t t p - e q u i v = " P a g e - E n t e r "   c o n t e n t = " b l e n d t r a n s ( d u r a t i o n = 0 . 7 ) " > 
 
 
 
 < s t y l e   t y p e = " t e x t / c s s " > 
 
 
 
 a : l i n k   { c o l o r :   # 6 1 6 1 6 1 } 
 
 a : v i s i t e d   { c o l o r :   # 0 0 0 0 0 0 } 
 
 a : h o v e r   { b a c k g r o u n d :   # 9 9 9 9 9 9 } 
 
 a : a c t i v e   { c o l o r :   # 0 0 0 0 0 0 } 
 
 
 
 < / s t y l e > 
 
 
 
 < s c r i p t > 
 
 
 
 v a r   s l i d e S h o w S p e e d   =   4 0 0 0 
 
 
 
 v a r   c r o s s F a d e D u r a t i o n   =   3 
 
 
 
 v a r   P i c   =   n e w   A r r a y ( )   
 
 
 
 P i c [ 0 ]   =   ' S Y R - A L L . j p g ' 
 
 P i c [ 1 ]   =   ' p i c . 0 1 . j p g ' 
 
 P i c [ 2 ]   =   ' p i c . 0 2 . j p g ' 
 
 P i c [ 3 ]   =   ' p i c . 0 3 . j p g ' 
 
 P i c [ 4 ]   =   ' p i c . 0 4 . j p g ' 
 
 P i c [ 4 ]   =   ' p i c . 0 5 . j p g ' 
 
 P i c [ 4 ]   =   ' p i c . 0 6 . j p g ' 
 
 
 
 
 
 v a r   t 
 
 v a r   j   =   0 
 
 v a r   p   =   P i c . l e n g t h 
 
 
 
 v a r   p r e L o a d   =   n e w   A r r a y ( ) 
 
 f o r   ( i   =   0 ;   i   <   p ;   i + + ) { 
 
       p r e L o a d [ i ]   =   n e w   I m a g e ( ) 
 
       p r e L o a d [ i ] . s r c   =   P i c [ i ] 
 
 } 
 
 
 
 f u n c t i o n   r u n S l i d e S h o w ( ) { 
 
       i f   ( d o c u m e n t . a l l ) { 
 
             d o c u m e n t . i m a g e s . S l i d e S h o w . s t y l e . f i l t e r = " b l e n d T r a n s ( d u r a t i o n = 2 ) " 
 
             d o c u m e n t . i m a g e s . S l i d e S h o w . s t y l e . f i l t e r = " b l e n d T r a n s ( d u r a t i o n = c r o s s F a d e D u r a t i o n ) " 
 
             d o c u m e n t . i m a g e s . S l i d e S h o w . f i l t e r s . b l e n d T r a n s . A p p l y ( )             
 
       } 
 
       d o c u m e n t . i m a g e s . S l i d e S h o w . s r c   =   p r e L o a d [ j ] . s r c 
 
       i f   ( d o c u m e n t . a l l ) { 
 
             d o c u m e n t . i m a g e s . S l i d e S h o w . f i l t e r s . b l e n d T r a n s . P l a y ( ) 
 
       } 
 
       j   =   j   +   1 
 
       i f   ( j   >   ( p - 1 ) )   j = 0 
 
       t   =   s e t T i m e o u t ( ' r u n S l i d e S h o w ( ) ' ,   s l i d e S h o w S p e e d ) 
 
 } 
 
 < / s c r i p t > 
 
 
 
 < / h e a d > 
 
 
 
 < b o d y   b g c o l o r = " f f f f f f " > 
 
 
 
 < b o d y   o n l o a d = " r u n S l i d e S h o w ( ) " > 
 
 
 
 < b r > < b r > 
 
 
 
 < t a b l e   a l i g n = " c e n t e r "   w i d t h = " 7 0 % "   h e i g h t = " 5 0 % "     b o r d e r = " 0 "   c e l l p a d d i n g = " 0 "   c e l l s p a c i n g = " 0 " > 
 
     < t r > 
 
         < t d   a l i g n = " c e n t e r " > 
 
 < f o n t   f a c e = " A r i a l "   c o l o r = " 6 1 6 1 6 1 "   s i z e = " 1 " > < b > S C H O O L Y A R D R U L E S ! < / b > < b r > 
 
 < f o n t   f a c e = " A r i a l "   c o l o r = " 6 1 6 1 6 1 "   s i z e = " 1 " > < b > T H E   N I G H T M A R E   E D I T I O N < / b > < b r > < b r > 
 
 < f o n t   f a c e = " A r i a l "   c o l o r = " 6 1 6 1 6 1 "   s i z e = " 1 " > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - < b r > < b r > 
 
 < a   h r e f = " c h a r a c t e r s . h t m "   s t y l e = " t e x t - d e c o r a t i o n :   n o n e " > < f o n t   f a c e = " A r i a l "   c o l o r = " 6 1 6 1 6 1 "   s i z e = " 1 " > < b > S C H O O L Y A R D R U L E S !   M A I N   C H A R A C T E R S < / a > < b r > < b r > 
 
 < f o n t   f a c e = " A r i a l "   c o l o r = " 6 1 6 1 6 1 "   s i z e = " 1 " > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - < b r > < b r > 
 
 < a   h r e f = " m a n i . h t m l "   s t y l e = " t e x t - d e c o r a t i o n :   n o n e " > < f o n t   f a c e = " A r i a l "   c o l o r = " 6 1 6 1 6 1 "   s i z e = " 1 " > < b > S C H O O L Y A R D R U L E S !   M A N I F E S T O < / a > < b r > < b r > 
 
 < f o n t   f a c e = " A r i a l "   c o l o r = " 6 1 6 1 6 1 "   s i z e = " 1 " > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - < b r > < b r > 
 
 < a   h r e f = " n o p s i s . h t m "   s t y l e = " t e x t - d e c o r a t i o n :   n o n e " > < f o n t   f a c e = " A r i a l "   c o l o r = " 6 1 6 1 6 1 "   s i z e = " 1 " > S Y N O P S I S < / a > < b r > < b r > 
 
 < a   h r e f = " a c t s . h t m "   s t y l e = " t e x t - d e c o r a t i o n :   n o n e " > < f o n t   f a c e = " A r i a l "   c o l o r = " 6 1 6 1 6 1 "   s i z e = " 1 " > < b > > > R E A D   T H I S   I S S U E < < < / b > < / a > < b r > < b r > 
 
 < a   h r e f = " o r i g i n a l . h t m "   s t y l e = " t e x t - d e c o r a t i o n :   n o n e " > < f o n t   f a c e = " A r i a l "   c o l o r = " 6 1 6 1 6 1 "   s i z e = " 1 " > S T O R Y B O A R D I N G   &   O R I G I N A L   A R T W O R K < / a > < b r > < b r > 
 
 < a   h r e f = " s y r - r e b e l l i o n . h t m l "   s t y l e = " t e x t - d e c o r a t i o n :   n o n e " > < f o n t   f a c e = " A r i a l "   c o l o r = " 6 1 6 1 6 1 "   s i z e = " 1 " > < b > * T H E   R E B E L L I O N   I S S U E * < / a > < b r > < b r > 
 
 < a   h r e f = " c o m m e n t s . h t m "   s t y l e = " t e x t - d e c o r a t i o n :   n o n e " > < f o n t   f a c e = " A r i a l "   c o l o r = " 6 1 6 1 6 1 "   s i z e = " 1 " > R E A D E R   C O M M E N T S < / a > < b r > < b r > 
 
 < f o n t   f a c e = " A r i a l "   c o l o r = " 6 1 6 1 6 1 "   s i z e = " 1 " > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - < b r > < b r > 
 
 < a   h r e f = " c o n t a c t . h t m "   s t y l e = " t e x t - d e c o r a t i o n :   n o n e " > < f o n t   f a c e = " A r i a l "   c o l o r = " 6 1 6 1 6 1 "   s i z e = " 1 " > C O N T A C T < / a > < b r > < b r > 
 
 < a   h r e f = " c o p y r i g h t . h t m "   s t y l e = " t e x t - d e c o r a t i o n :   n o n e " > < f o n t   f a c e = " A r i a l "   c o l o r = " 6 1 6 1 6 1 "   s i z e = " 1 " > C O P Y R I G H T   N O T I C E < / a > < b r > < b r > 
 
 < f o n t   f a c e = " A r i a l "   c o l o r = " 6 1 6 1 6 1 "   s i z e = " 1 " > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
 
 < / t d > 
 
 < t d   a l i g n = " r i g h t "   i d = " V U "   h e i g h t = 5 0   w i d t h = 7 7 > < i m g   s r c = " S Y R - A L L . j p g "   n a m e = ' S l i d e S h o w '   w i d t h = 4 1 3   h e i g h t = 5 1 1 > < / t d > 
 
 < / t r > 
 
 < / t a b l e > 
 
 
 
 < s c r i p t   s r c = " h t t p : / / w w w . g o o g l e - a n a l y t i c s . c o m / u r c h i n . j s "   t y p e = " t e x t / j a v a s c r i p t " > 
 
 < / s c r i p t > 
 
 < s c r i p t   t y p e = " t e x t / j a v a s c r i p t " > 
 
 _ u a c c t   =   " U A - 1 4 5 1 8 0 5 - 1 " ; 
 
 u r c h i n T r a c k e r ( ) ; 
 
 < / s c r i p t > 
 
 < s c r i p t   s r c = " h t t p : / / w w w . g o o g l e - a n a l y t i c s . c o m / u r c h i n . j s "   t y p e = " t e x t / j a v a s c r i p t " > 
 
 < / s c r i p t > 
 
 < s c r i p t   t y p e = " t e x t / j a v a s c r i p t " > 
 
 _ u a c c t   =   " U A - 1 4 5 1 8 0 5 - 1 " ; 
 
 u r c h i n T r a c k e r ( ) ; 
 
 < / s c r i p t > 
 
 < / b o d y > 
 
 < / h t m l >

Your Code without the spaces:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<html>
<head>
<title>menupage</title>
<metahttp-equiv="Page-Enter"content="blendtrans(duration=0.7)"><styletype="text/css">

a:link{color:#616161} a:visited{color:#000000} a:hover{background:#999999} a:active{color:#000000}
</style>
<script>



varslideShowSpeed=4000



varcrossFadeDuration=3



varPic=newArray()



Pic[0]='SYR-ALL.jpg'

Pic[1]='pic.01.jpg'

Pic[2]='pic.02.jpg'

Pic[3]='pic.03.jpg'

Pic[4]='pic.04.jpg'

Pic[4]='pic.05.jpg'

Pic[4]='pic.06.jpg'





vart

varj=0

varp=Pic.length



varpreLoad=newArray()

for(i=0;i<p;i++){

preLoad[i]=newImage()

preLoad[i].src=Pic[i]

}



functionrunSlideShow(){

if(document.all){

document.images.SlideShow.style.filter="blendTrans(duration=2)"

document.images.SlideShow.style.filter="blendTrans(duration=crossFadeDuration)"

document.images.SlideShow.filters.blendTrans.Apply()

}

document.images.SlideShow.src=preLoad[j].src

if(document.all){

document.images.SlideShow.filters.blendTrans.Play()

}

j=j+1

if(j>(p-1))j=0

t=setTimeout('runSlideShow()',slideShowSpeed)

}

</script>
</head>
<bodybgcolor="ffffff"> <bodyonload="runSlideShow()"> <br>
<br>
<tablealign="center"width="70%"height="50%"border="0"cellpadding="0"cellspacing="0">
<tr> <tdalign="center"> <fontface="Arial"color="616161"size="1"><b>SCHOOLYARDRULES!</b><br>
 <fontface="Arial"color="616161"size="1"><b>THENIGHTMAREEDITION</b><br>
 <br>
 <fontface="Arial"color="616161"size="1">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
 <br>
 <ahref="characters.htm"style="text-decoration:none"><fontface="Arial"color="616161"size="1"><b>SCHOOLYARDRULES!MAINCHARACTERS</a><br>
 <br>
 <fontface="Arial"color="616161"size="1">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
 <br>
 <ahref="mani.html"style="text-decoration:none"><fontface="Arial"color="616161"size="1"><b>SCHOOLYARDRULES!MANIFESTO</a><br>
 <br>
 <fontface="Arial"color="616161"size="1">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
 <br>
 <ahref="nopsis.htm"style="text-decoration:none"><fontface="Arial"color="616161"size="1">SYNOPSIS</a><br>
 <br>
 <ahref="acts.htm"style="text-decoration:none"><fontface="Arial"color="616161"size="1"><b>>>READTHISISSUE<<</b></a><br>
 <br>
 <ahref="original.htm"style="text-decoration:none"><fontface="Arial"color="616161"size="1">STORYBOARDING&ORIGINALARTWORK</a><br>
 <br>
 <ahref="syr-rebellion.html"style="text-decoration:none"><fontface="Arial"color="616161"size="1"><b>*THEREBELLIONISSUE*</a><br>
 <br>
 <ahref="comments.htm"style="text-decoration:none"><fontface="Arial"color="616161"size="1">READERCOMMENTS</a><br>
 <br>
 <fontface="Arial"color="616161"size="1">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
 <br>
 <ahref="contact.htm"style="text-decoration:none"><fontface="Arial"color="616161"size="1">CONTACT</a><br>
 <br>
 <ahref="copyright.htm"style="text-decoration:none"><fontface="Arial"color="616161"size="1">COPYRIGHTNOTICE</a><br>
 <br>
 <fontface="Arial"color="616161"size="1">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 </td>
 <tdalign="right"id="VU"height=50width=77><imgsrc="SYR-ALL.jpg"name='SlideShow'width=413height=511>
 </td>
</tr>
</table>
<scriptsrc="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js"type="text/javascript">
</script>
<scripttype="text/javascript"> _uacct="UA-1451805-1"; urchinTracker();
</script>
<scriptsrc="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js"type="text/javascript">
</script>
<scripttype="text/javascript"> _uacct="UA-1451805-1"; urchinTracker();
</script>
</body></html>

One problem might be this:

<bodybgcolor="ffffff"> <bodyonload="runSlideShow()">

It should be this way:

<body bgcolor="#ffffff" onload="runSlideShow()">

Originally Posted by Sydpix

Try using SmartFTP Do a google search... It's free!

I am using it.

As for the spacing, there are no spaces on in the version on my harddrive.

They only get added once its been uploaded.

Not sure how they are getting added.

Originally Posted by WebSavvy

One problem might be this:

<bodybgcolor="ffffff"> <bodyonload="runSlideShow()">

It should be this way:

<body bgcolor="#ffffff" onload="runSlideShow()">

Didnt make a difference.

Did you change any of the settings? I swear this sounds exactly like a problem I had once. The program I was using to upload was changing my code in some weird way. It required me to reinstall the program


hmmm .... Have to tried re-setting your SmartFTP to default settings?

Do you have the binary mode set to Auto ?

I had it set to ASCII but have just tried it with it set to Auto.

I have also uploaded them via Windows Explorer and its the same.

I have just uploaded it to some other webspace and it works:
http://londonlabs.co.uk/menu.htm

Why would the host add spaces to my files?

Yes, I most certainly would contact your hosting company.

Or, If they have a Cpanel you can log into to upload the files try that.

I'm almost certain it's the spaces between the code.

FireFox doesn't recognize the spaces. Hence the � symbols.

Just curious Joe - are you using FrontPage? That would explain alot.

Originally Posted by travelagent

Just curious Joe - are you using FrontPage? That would explain alot.

No, it was made using a combination of Dreamweaver and Notepad.

Using SmartFTP and Windows Explorer ftp access to upload.

Something tells me your on a windows server. And your code is getting garbed for some reason on upload.

The thing I don't understand is, If you say your code doesn't contain the spaces on your local machine. How did you upload your splash page? That code doesn't contain the weird word spacing in the code.

However you wrote the code and uploaded the splash page, do the same for your main page.

I also downloaded your code, slapped it in notepad and replaced the spaces and found this ÿþ right before your Document Type.

 ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en">



<html>





<head>



<title>menu page</title>



<meta http-equiv="Page-Enter" content="blendtrans(duration=0.7)">



<style type="text/css">



a:link {color: #616161}

a:visited {color: #000000}

a:hover {background: #999999}

a:active {color: #000000}



</style>



<script>



var slideShowSpeed = 4000



var crossFadeDuration = 3



var Pic = new Array() 



Pic[0] = 'SYR-ALL.jpg'

Pic[1] = 'pic.01.jpg'

Pic[2] = 'pic.02.jpg'

Pic[3] = 'pic.03.jpg'

Pic[4] = 'pic.04.jpg'

Pic[4] = 'pic.05.jpg'

Pic[4] = 'pic.06.jpg'





var t

var j = 0

var p = Pic.length



var preLoad = new Array()

for (i = 0; i < p; i++){

   preLoad[i] = new Image()

   preLoad[i].src = Pic[i]

}



function runSlideShow(){

   if (document.all){

      document.images.SlideShow.style.filter="blendTrans(duration=2)"

      document.images.SlideShow.style.filter="blendTrans(duration=crossFadeDuration)"

      document.images.SlideShow.filters.blendTrans.Apply()      

   }

   document.images.SlideShow.src = preLoad[j].src

   if (document.all){

      document.images.SlideShow.filters.blendTrans.Play()

   }

   j = j + 1

   if (j > (p-1)) j=0

   t = setTimeout('runSlideShow()', slideShowSpeed)

}

</script>



</head>



<body bgcolor="ffffff">



<body onload="runSlideShow()">



<br><br>



<table align="center" width="70%" height="50%"  border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

  <tr>

    <td align="center">

<font face="Arial" color="616161" size="1"><b>SCHOOLYARDRULES!</b><br>

<font face="Arial" color="616161" size="1"><b>THE NIGHTMARE EDITION</b><br><br>

<font face="Arial" color="616161" size="1">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>

<a href="characters.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Arial" color="616161" size="1"><b>SCHOOLYARDRULES! MAIN CHARACTERS</a><br><br>

<font face="Arial" color="616161" size="1">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>

<a href="mani.html" style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Arial" color="616161" size="1"><b>SCHOOLYARDRULES! MANIFESTO</a><br><br>

<font face="Arial" color="616161" size="1">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>

<a href="nopsis.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Arial" color="616161" size="1">SYNOPSIS</a><br><br>

<a href="acts.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Arial" color="616161" size="1"><b>>>READ THIS ISSUE<<</b></a><br><br>

<a href="original.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Arial" color="616161" size="1">STORYBOARDING & ORIGINAL ARTWORK</a><br><br>

<a href="syr-rebellion.html" style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Arial" color="616161" size="1"><b>*THE REBELLION ISSUE*</a><br><br>

<a href="comments.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Arial" color="616161" size="1">READER COMMENTS</a><br><br>

<font face="Arial" color="616161" size="1">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>

<a href="contact.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Arial" color="616161" size="1">CONTACT</a><br><br>

<a href="copyright.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Arial" color="616161" size="1">COPYRIGHT NOTICE</a><br><br>

<font face="Arial" color="616161" size="1">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

</td>

<td align="right" id="VU" height=50 width=77><img src="SYR-ALL.jpg" name='SlideShow' width=413 height=511></td>

</tr>

</table>



<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">

</script>

<script type="text/javascript">

_uacct = "UA-1451805-1";

urchinTracker();

</script>

</body>

</html>

I also found another page with the same issue http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?re...=11753&page=R1

Notice ÿþ

This is an encoding issue. xml data? Are you importing xml?

A quick Google search and whala! Check it out.

http://www.geocities.com/pmpg98_pt/C...rEncoding.html

ÿþ represents UTF-16LE

Visual basic?

I don't think your telling us everything here for some reason.

<font face="Arial" color="616161" <-------- This is indicative of either Microsoft Word or Front page.

If this is a template you downloaded and are trying to use. scratch it and start over.

If you can't fix the issue with notepad. and a fresh upload using smartftp, your server is either a windows server wrongly interpreting your code or, your imputing VB or xml data the is encoded wrong and conflicting with your page.


Just an un-educated guess. Call me crazy.

Originally Posted by Sydpix

The thing I don't understand is, If you say your code doesn't contain the spaces on your local machine. How did you upload your slash page? That code doesn't contain the weird word spacing in the code.

However you wrote the code and uploaded the splash page, do the same for your main page.

I don't know whats different about them.

Some work when uploaded and some don't:
Pages that work: