My website and screen resolution

[NEWBIE]

Currently, my screen resolution is set to 800 x 600 pixels. I have noticed
that most websites tend to keep their format even when I change the
resolution to another setting. However, my own looks distorted when I change
the resolution and I want to know how to fix this problem. It's important to
me because I'm not sure that every individual's screen resolution is set to
800 x 600 and I would like my website to look presentable no matter what
resolution their computer is set at.

Any suggestions?

S.

 

[Murray]

Let's talk, can we? Resolution does nothing magic. It just limits the
maximum practical width you can make your browser viewport (the area in
which the page is rendered). Beyond that, changing resolutions has nothing
to do with how your page looks. If you go to the largest resolution you
have you can see how your page will look in every smaller resolution by just
progressively narrowing your browser's viewport width.

Now - read this and come back if you have more questions -

http://www.thepattysite.com/window_sizes1.cfm

 

[E. T. Culling]

Use Shift-F3 in Outlook Express to find many previous posts on this subject.
ETC

 

[NEWBIE]

Thanks again Murray... once again you are very helpful.

S.

 

[Murray]

You're welcome! Good luck....

 

[NEWBIE]

P.S. Murray... I have taken the time to play around with my website at each
of the different screen resolutions only to discover that it looks fine
except for one thing. Our logo, which was created in MS Publisher, does not
remain in the same location depending on which resolution I have chosen. Any
suggestions?

S.

P.S.S. Do you have a website that I can take a look at?

 

[Murray]

P.S. Murray... I have taken the time to play around with my website at

each
of the different screen resolutions

<sigh> You don't need to do that. Go to the largest resolution and just
begin to systematically narrow the browser's viewport. You will see how
your page behaves in any browser setting on any smaller screen on any
smaller resolution.

Our logo, which was created in MS Publisher, does not
remain in the same location depending on which resolution I have chosen.

Resolution is not the culprit here. Browser viewport dimensions are. You
must have some flexible HTML elements that are flexing as the viewport
dimensions change, causing things to move around. I don't want to have to
tell you this again! 8)

Any suggestions?

Certainly. Post a link to your page.

P.S.S. Do you have a website that I can take a look at?

http://www.great-web-sights.com

 

[NEWBIE]

www.compensateconsultants.com

Murray, it is under construction at the moment. I haven't published the
finished product yet, as my boss, coincidentally also my husband, hasn't had
the time to go over it.

Anyhow, the final product won't be anything like the sites you created
(which are great), but we are a small company and figured we'd save the money
on the webpage design as I had some basic training in Frontpage a few years
back.

I thank you for taking the time to give me suggestions and information.

S.

 

[Murray]

You have made your table completely flexible. As the page width expands, so
does that blue cell to the left of the image. That's what is making the
leftmost image appear to wander. You could fix that by giving that left
cell a fixed pixel width, or by making them have no width value while the
cells next to them are 100%.

Also, you do NOT want to use WordArt on the web. Please rid your page of
that....