resizing my web site for differing resollutions

H

hotwilzz

I created www.corvetteindy.com and many of my club
members use various resolution sizes. I created the site
on my system which is set to 1280*1024, but when others
load the page they have to scoll up and down and sideways
to see the page. How can I change this to fit the
different systems.
 
C

Crash Gordon

there's a ton of postings on this topic on the ng...do a search..

basically most people design for 800x600 either by fixed table widths (leaving extra space either on right with a left justified table, or equal space on either side with a center justified table)

or you can get out your calculator and design a page with collapsing table widths...for instance 3 columns, left column fixed at 150, middle column % set, right column fixed at 150. (or whatever you want for outter columns). by carefully figuring out your design elements ie; top center banner, left column top, right column top images you can keep your design cohesive yet allow only the center column to collapse gracefully.

caveat emptor... once you figure it all out...do NOT drag you table borders for the collapsing center...or it wont collapse.

scroll down a few messages, in the last day or so, Thomas Rowe (i think) posted an example for JCO (I think that's who it was to)

Have funn.....

hth.

Robo
| I created www.corvetteindy.com and many of my club
| members use various resolution sizes. I created the site
| on my system which is set to 1280*1024, but when others
| load the page they have to scoll up and down and sideways
| to see the page. How can I change this to fit the
| different systems.
 
C

Crash Gordon

actually you are already kinda doing it, but you are using frames.
you can read more about frames in previous messages (again in the last few days)
seems there are more disavantages to using frames these days, then any advantage.




| I created www.corvetteindy.com and many of my club
| members use various resolution sizes. I created the site
| on my system which is set to 1280*1024, but when others
| load the page they have to scoll up and down and sideways
| to see the page. How can I change this to fit the
| different systems.
 
F

FrontpageUser

After designing web pages, I change the resolution of my monitor to check
how the web page looks. Like Crash, I use 800x600 resolution, but I make
sure it looks good at a variety of others.

there's a ton of postings on this topic on the ng...do a search..

basically most people design for 800x600 either by fixed table widths
(leaving extra space either on right with a left justified table, or equal
space on either side with a center justified table)

or you can get out your calculator and design a page with collapsing table
widths...for instance 3 columns, left column fixed at 150, middle column %
set, right column fixed at 150. (or whatever you want for outter columns).
by carefully figuring out your design elements ie; top center banner, left
column top, right column top images you can keep your design cohesive yet
allow only the center column to collapse gracefully.

caveat emptor... once you figure it all out...do NOT drag you table borders
for the collapsing center...or it wont collapse.

scroll down a few messages, in the last day or so, Thomas Rowe (i think)
posted an example for JCO (I think that's who it was to)

Have funn.....

hth.

Robo
| I created www.corvetteindy.com and many of my club
| members use various resolution sizes. I created the site
| on my system which is set to 1280*1024, but when others
| load the page they have to scoll up and down and sideways
| to see the page. How can I change this to fit the
| different systems.
 
C

Crash Gordon

Basically your site measures about 861 px, if you knock out it down to 750 you'll be ok. You can do that easily just in the center Corvette Indy area alone...or make your images smaller. Dunno about the frames though, but they should work the way you have them...I think

r.


| I created www.corvetteindy.com and many of my club
| members use various resolution sizes. I created the site
| on my system which is set to 1280*1024, but when others
| load the page they have to scoll up and down and sideways
| to see the page. How can I change this to fit the
| different systems.
 
J

Janet

I have the same problem, as I use a wide screen laptop.

What I see on my screen, sits totally differently when
viewed in another screen format, the graphics and tables
move.

There must be a way to establish firm page borders so all
within the page remain in the same page.

I have searched the help section, NO reference to this at
all.
 
T

Thomas A. Rowe

Use tables either set to 100% or a fixed width of 750 pixels to structure
your page layout and avoid using absolute positioning.

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