sizing pics as a percent

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johnny

This works for the windows of our site but not for the content of the windows. i.e.. we can put the pictures in a table so that the window (the cell) they are in increases or decreases with the resolution, the picture still remains the same size

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I am using several pictures in my web site. In trying to set the picture size to be a "percent" of the screen there seems to be no way to maintain the aspect ratio. What looks good on my screen can be horribly distorted on some one else's computer. Is there any way to maintain the aspect ratio when choosing to size pictures in percent



If you can submit this question it would really improve the look of the site. (If there is any way to do it)
 
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Guest

Why would you want to do any of this? I don't get the
purpose/functionality/advantage of sizing a picture as a
percent of the screen.

The nature of raster images is that they are one size and
one resolution. Using a web browser to resize/resample is
going to produce bad results...period. I find the
automatic sizing in IE6 to be nothing other than annoying.

Try thumbnails. You might want to go into fancy-dancy
javascript sniffer stuff to direct users to a page based
on their browser/screen size and make different versions
of the same image.

-----Original Message-----
This works for the windows of our site but not for the
content of the windows. i.e.. we can put the pictures in
a table so that the window (the cell) they are in
increases or decreases with the resolution, the picture
still remains the same size.
Here's a question to ask:

I am using several pictures in my web site. In trying to
set the picture size to be a "percent" of the screen there
seems to be no way to maintain the aspect ratio. What
looks good on my screen can be horribly distorted on some
one else's computer. Is there any way to maintain the
aspect ratio when choosing to size pictures in percent?
If you can submit this question it would really improve
the look of the site. (If there is any way to do it)
 
T

Thomas A. Rowe

Try setting the width only.

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johnny said:
This works for the windows of our site but not for the content of the windows. i.e.. we can put
the pictures in a table so that the window (the cell) they are in increases or decreases with the
resolution, the picture still remains the same size.
Here's a question to ask:

I am using several pictures in my web site. In trying to set the picture size to be a "percent"
of the screen there seems to be no way to maintain the aspect ratio. What looks good on my screen
can be horribly distorted on some one else's computer. Is there any way to maintain the aspect
ratio when choosing to size pictures in percent?
If you can submit this question it would really improve the look of the site. (If there is any way
to do it)
 
K

kleo

do you have an image editing program? size the picture
there to what you want it to be and show as, save/import
to your FPweb and no more worries........
[email protected]
-----Original Message-----
This works for the windows of our site but not for the
content of the windows. i.e.. we can put the pictures in
a table so that the window (the cell) they are in
increases or decreases with the resolution, the picture
still remains the same size.
Here's a question to ask:

I am using several pictures in my web site. In trying to
set the picture size to be a "percent" of the screen there
seems to be no way to maintain the aspect ratio. What
looks good on my screen can be horribly distorted on some
one else's computer. Is there any way to maintain the
aspect ratio when choosing to size pictures in percent?
If you can submit this question it would really improve
the look of the site. (If there is any way to do it)
 
S

Steve Easton

View source for this page. Maybe it will help.
http://www.95isalive.com/test/


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johnny said:
This works for the windows of our site but not for the content of the windows.
i.e.. we can put the pictures in a table so that the window (the cell) they are
in increases or decreases with the resolution, the picture still remains the
same size.
Here's a question to ask:

I am using several pictures in my web site. In trying to set the picture size
to be a "percent" of the screen there seems to be no way to maintain the aspect
ratio. What looks good on my screen can be horribly distorted on some one
else's computer. Is there any way to maintain the aspect ratio when choosing to
size pictures in percent?
If you can submit this question it would really improve the look of the site.
(If there is any way to do it)
 
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E. T. Culling

Your images must be totally prepared before you IMPORT them into your site.
This will help:
http://www.eleanorstravels.com/usingphotos.htm
Eleanor

johnny said:
This works for the windows of our site but not for the content of the
windows. i.e.. we can put the pictures in a table so that the window (the
cell) they are in increases or decreases with the resolution, the picture
still remains the same size.
Here's a question to ask:

I am using several pictures in my web site. In trying to set the picture
size to be a "percent" of the screen there seems to be no way to maintain
the aspect ratio. What looks good on my screen can be horribly distorted on
some one else's computer. Is there any way to maintain the aspect ratio
when choosing to size pictures in percent?
If you can submit this question it would really improve the look of the
site. (If there is any way to do it)
 
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