Website displayed at different resolutions doesn't look right.
I use 800x600 on my monitor and designed my site (still working on it)using that view.
When I go on at a higher res it doesn't fill the the screen.
Is there a way to have it look correct no matter what the res? Or should I design it at the highest res and then have viewer with lower res use the scroll bar?
Or I'm sure there are other ways.
Designed the website about 3 years ago with no prior experience, using a "Frontpage" book and just getting back into again.
Website displayed at different resolutions doesn't look righ
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You need the DIV ALIGN="CENTER" tag. Just add < and > before and after the tag. Use >/DIV< at the end of the page.
Don't use %age width. That bites hard.
Lines longer than about 80 characters are VERY hard to read.
Keep your main content table(s) at 600 pixels wide or under to permit easy reading of the site.
People at high resolution rarely maximise a browser window unless it's to view VERY large images. Most restrict the width to about 800-1000 pixels because web pages fit nicely within it.
I'm at 2560x1024 screen res, and the only time I maximise across two screens is to view NASA images - or web pages designed by idiots...
Don't use %age width. That bites hard.
Lines longer than about 80 characters are VERY hard to read.
Keep your main content table(s) at 600 pixels wide or under to permit easy reading of the site.
People at high resolution rarely maximise a browser window unless it's to view VERY large images. Most restrict the width to about 800-1000 pixels because web pages fit nicely within it.
I'm at 2560x1024 screen res, and the only time I maximise across two screens is to view NASA images - or web pages designed by idiots...
Your difficulty reading sites with % widths would explain your difficulties with the DBB. 
But, seriously, the reasons you stated are exactly why I *would* recommend %'s. As you said, most people (myself included) browse in a window size that is most comfortable to them to begin with, so dynamic width can't hurt, only help. And if they don't browse in a window size that's not comfortable, then they have nobody to blaim but themselves, and, additionally, they will have trouble reading 90% of the sites on the internet. Plus, dynamic widths can usually scale down (unless there's large images or something) so that anyone at lower resolutions or viewing the site on some sort of non-PC device that I can't really imagine but that I'm sure exists can view the site with ease too.
But, seriously, the reasons you stated are exactly why I *would* recommend %'s. As you said, most people (myself included) browse in a window size that is most comfortable to them to begin with, so dynamic width can't hurt, only help. And if they don't browse in a window size that's not comfortable, then they have nobody to blaim but themselves, and, additionally, they will have trouble reading 90% of the sites on the internet. Plus, dynamic widths can usually scale down (unless there's large images or something) so that anyone at lower resolutions or viewing the site on some sort of non-PC device that I can't really imagine but that I'm sure exists can view the site with ease too.
Yes, look for the table tag. It will look like:thewolfe wrote:Jeff250,
My problem is that I created the webpage using FrontPage 3 years ago and I can't figure out from looking at the html for it what is what. I see three or four widths and heights.
Can't tell which one if any is for the whole table.
Any suggestions as to what I should be looking for?
<table width="300" height="400" somethingelse="bla">
:tons of lines:
</table>
If afterwards the table cells don't appear as you intended, you can adjust them too. They are the <td bla="bla">:stuff:</td> tags, and you can probably figure out which td is for which cell by the order they appear (left to right, top to bottom) and the content inside of them.
The problem with using percentages, in my opinion, is that you don't get adequate control over what everyone will see. Some people will see a very stretched out page, and others will see very dense paragraphs. If you use a fixed width, you can be reasonably assured that everyone will see the web page in a fairly similar way.
