-----Original Message-----
I need to know how to set my website to display the right
size to all users. I can't seem to figure out how to
make it correctly adjust size based on the views
settings. The sites I build look great on my PC but when
viewed elsewhere can be too large and it requires user to
scroll to see it.. help.
You can't. Web visitors are going to have different width
browser windows, and there's nothing you can do about it.
However, here are some coping strategies.
1. Choose the width you think most of your visitors
will use, and then design your page to that width.
This will usually involve an HTML table that
surrounds the entire page content, and sized to
the width you think most of your visitors will use.
2. Same as above, but center the HTML table and specify
a background color or picture. This lessens the
appearance of a big empty space.
3. Design your page so it stretches to fit the browser
windows. This involves once again an HTML table that
surrounds all other page content, but the width of
the table will be 100%. You would specify column
widths in percentages as well.
Regardless of the strategy you choose, you should text
your page at the various widths, and make sure that (1) it
looks its best at the window size you think most of you
visitors will use, and (2) that you can stand its
appearance and wider and narrower window sizes.
Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
*----------------------------------------------------
|\---------------------------------------------------
|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
||---------------------------------------------------
|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
|| (All from Microsoft Press)
|/---------------------------------------------------
*----------------------------------------------------
