Page size when previewed

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exasperated ellie

Please help!
Although my page looks fine in design mode when I preview it in a browser it
'spreads all over the screen' when I want it to stay the same size. I'm sure
there must be a simple explanation but despite hours trawling the net and
reading Frontpage books I'm no nearer the answer.

Thanks so much
 
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Mark Fitzpatrick

You need to use a table and place your content inside it. A 1 cell table is
fine and will get the job done. Then you can set the width of the table to
be a specific size in pixels, such as 760 (which is good for users with an
800 pixel wide display since it will give them room and allow for a
scrollbar). You can't really control the width of the page itself, only
certain items taht you can place inside the page such as a table.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
 
N

Nina

I am having the same problem. I tried the table solution, and nothing
changed. Any thoughts on what might be wrong?
 
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Nina

Mark Fitzpatrick said:
You need to use a table and place your content inside it. A 1 cell table is
fine and will get the job done. Then you can set the width of the table to
be a specific size in pixels, such as 760 (which is good for users with an
800 pixel wide display since it will give them room and allow for a
scrollbar). You can't really control the width of the page itself, only
certain items taht you can place inside the page such as a table.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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Nina

I just noticed that I'm only having the problem when previewing using
Firefox. Any suggestions for dealing with this?
 
N

Nina

file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Nina/My%20Documents/My%20Webs/Debra/DebraGoebelPhotography/index.htm
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

You have to provide a link to the file that is published to a web server on the internet.

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Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

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Nina

I thought that was probably the case! I am designing this site for a friend
who hasn't figured out what/where her server will be.
 
P

P@tty Ayers

Nina said:
I thought that was probably the case! I am designing this site for a
friend
who hasn't figured out what/where her server will be.
Click to expand...

You probably have content on the page that can't be "contained" in a table
with a fixed width, such as absolutely positioned layers. If you post the
entire HTML code here, someone may be able to help.
 
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Nina

Here's the code. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
<title>Debra Goebel Photography</title>
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0">
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">
<meta name="Microsoft Theme" content="debra2- 1100, default">
<meta name="Microsoft Border" content="tlb, default">
</head>
<body style="float: left; text-align: center" >
<p> </p>
</body></html>
 
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