ideal image size

[Tom]

What is the ideal graphics size for fast loading, but yet still a nice size
to see. What monitor resolution should a website be made to fit?
Thanks Tom

 

[P@tty Ayers]

What is the ideal graphics size for fast loading, but yet still a nice
size
to see.

For what? The question makes no sense without knowing whether the graphic is
a button, a photograph (for what purpose?), a background image, what?

What monitor resolution should a website be made to fit?

Here's a fairly complete answer:
http://www.thepattysite.com/window_sizes1.cfm

From your two questions, I fear that you're planning to design web pages
which are made completely out of one giant graphic - so the first thing to
know is that that isn't a good way to design pages.

But if you have to do it that way, I'd suggest a width no bigger than 770
pixels.

 

[Tom C]

Sorry, they will be digital pictures of fishing trips, family and friends. I
will reduce the size of some and make thumbnails....as far as the resolution
I was wondering what is the most common screen resolution, so I can create
the site and most people wouldnt have to scroll to see the entire site.
Sorry for the confusion and thanks for the help...

 

[Steve Easton]

800 by 600.

Use the free IrfanView to resize resample the images.
www.irfanview.com

Save the images at 75% quality as jpg files and you can get a 1 mb bitmap from the camera
down to a
20 to 30 kb jpg to use on your site.

--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer

 

[P@tty Ayers]

Sorry, they will be digital pictures of fishing trips, family and friends.
I will reduce the size of some and make thumbnails....

I'd suggest trying about 150px wide for the thumbnails, and about 500px wide
for the full-size photos.

...as far as the resolution I was wondering what is the most common screen
resolution, so I can create the site and most people wouldnt have to
scroll to see the entire site.

Both 800 x 600 and 1024 x 768 are very common now. For a fixed-width site, I
would recommend keeping it about 770px wide to avoid people having to scroll
horizontally. It's okay to have to scroll vertically.

 

[Tom C]

Thank you....Have a great week...tcoop

I'd suggest trying about 150px wide for the thumbnails, and about 500px
wide for the full-size photos.


Both 800 x 600 and 1024 x 768 are very common now. For a fixed-width site,
I would recommend keeping it about 770px wide to avoid people having to
scroll horizontally. It's okay to have to scroll vertically.