rnbgp2006 said:
I am new to using Frontpage 2002 and I am having problems with my page
having
a large horizontal scroll bar when viewed on computer screens with low
resolutions. I have noticed with other web pages that they view the same
no
matter what the resolution. How do I format my site so that it views the
same
no matter what the resolution?
First, notice that those sites don't look the *same* no matter what the
resolution (or more correctly, browser window size). They just are designed
so that they look *good* at different sizes. There's no reasonable way to
make a page look exactly the same at all sizes, and it isn't necessary; the
page just needs to look well.
This needs to be planned from the beginning, before the pages are built.
There are two common methods:
(1) Build the page so that all content is contained within a table or div
with a defined width. I often use about 770 pixels. The reasoning for that
width is too complicated to explain here, but see the article below.
(2) Build the page so that it can expand or contract, with the content
moving and re-settling itself in different ways, to fill up 100% of the
screen width.
Here's an article on it:
"How can I make my pages look good on all monitors?
(Or, when is a web designer like an ostrich?)"
http://www.thepattysite.com/window_sizes1.cfm
Cheers,
