Creating the HTML files to browse

Next, you create the HTML files to browse, the file to go to if the browser is Internet Explorer, and the file to go to if the browser is Netscape Navigator.

To create the HTML files to browse:

  1. Create a new file with the following content:
    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><title>Internet Explorer Only</title></head><body>This is the page to go to if you are using Internet Explorer.</body></html>
  2. Save the file as iecontent.htm in a site on your computer.
  3. Create another new file with the following content:
    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><title>Netscape Navigator content</title></head><body>This is the page to go to if you are using Netscape Navigator.</body></html>
  4. Save the file as netscapecontent.htm in the same directory as the iecontent.htm file.
  5. Restart Adobe Dreamweaver.
  6. Create a new HTML file with the following content:
    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><title>Which browser</title></head><body></body></html>
  7. Save the file as whichbrowser.htm in the same directory as the iecontent.htm file.
  8. Click the Plus (+) button on the Behaviors panel and select the Check Browser Band behavior.
  9. Click the Browse button next to the Go to the URL if the browser is Netscape Navigator text box, and select the netscapecontent.htm file.
  10. Click the Browse button next to the Go to the URL if the browser is Internet Explorer text box, and select the iecontent.htm file.
  11. Click OK.

    Adobe Dreamweaver adds the specified JavaScript to the whichbrowser.htm file, so that the file appears as follows:

    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><title>Which browser</title><script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript"><!--function checkBrowserBrand(netscapeURL,explorerURL) { if (navigator.appName == "Netscape") { if (netscapeURL) location.href = netscapeURL; }else if (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") { if (explorerURL) location.href = explorerURL; }}//--></script></head><body onLoad="checkBrowserBrand('netscaptecontent.htm','iecontent.htm')"></body></html>