Strang "view" question

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Win 98SE, FP2k(Office2K), IE6.

Creating a new site with 6 pages, not published yet.
When I open IE6 to see what the pages look like, the pages are not centered
UNTIL I hit "refresh". The pages line up on the left of IE with a small
blank space all the way down the right side. Table #1, which encloses other
tables and entire contents is set to 100%, as is all other tables.

Suggestion please, I've never seen this before so not sure if it's just on
my systems browser or not.

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J

JDR

Without seeing the page it's hard to determine the issue, but in general if
your seeing spacing outside tables that are set at 100 %, it may be due to
your page margins. What are your margin settings?

JDR
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I'm assuming your talking about page margins in IE6?
File/page setup:
Left .25" Right .46"
Top .4" Bottom .7"

I'm also assuming this is minimums set by HP 722C printer? OR can I change
this permanently? I've never messed with margin setting in IE6.

When I click refresh, it appears that instead of centering the page it
expands to fill entire page.
IOW- the left margin doesn't move, only the right side of the page.

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J

JDR

The page margin setting are in your code within a web page. If you view your
html in the opening body tag you should see your margin settings.

To have the margins set at 0 (Tables will be full left, right, and top),
they shoud appear like this:

<body topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" rightmargin="0" bottommargin="0"
marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">

If you want to have white space on your left, right, and top areas of the
page, you would adjust the code to fit your needs.

JDR
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L/P

Here's the beginning code for the "main" table:

<body topmargin="0" MARGINWIDTH="0" MARGINHEIGHT="0" leftmargin="0"><div
align="left">
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
bordercolor="#000000" background="images/mayorbk.gif"><tr>
<td width="100%">

The question is still, why, when viewing from IE, the web page has a space
down the right side UNTIL I click refresh? (It appears that the page is ~95%
width of full screen until refresh, then 100%)

What I have done is set up a 1x1 table to enclose other tables(information).
May not be the "best" way of creating a web page but it's easier for me to
handle. As you can tell, I'm not be most informed designer nor do I do this
full time. :)
There has been a suggestion that I force the size of the main table. Instead
of letting it's width float at 100%, force it to ~750. Would help control
text floating/layout.

Suggestions please and thanks,

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L

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Here's something interesting I've found.
IF I leave the page properties margins unchecked, I don't have the "fill"
problem. Only when I check both top and left margins, even when they contain
0,
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J

JDR

Your margins are correct, but without seeing the page, I can't tell you why
your getting space down the right side. It could be IE is caching the file,
or there may be something within the code.

If you do not want your text and page layout to adjust with different
resolutions, they setting your main table to 750 (as you mentioned) would be
the best option. The nested tables you mention could be left at the 100%, as
they will be contained within the main table.

If you are still having problems with the tables/layout post the url to the
page when it is online, which will make it much easier to see your problem.

JDR
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L/P

Thanks for all you help.
Hopefully the "simple" site will be uploaded first of next week.

L.
 
L

L/P

Concerning the ~750(set) width?
Noticed that text, etc. really get messed up when viewed from different
screen sizes, either IE not maximized, 15" monitors, laptop screens, etc.
Would it be "better" to limit size of #1 table?
Seems a lot of web sites I view code on set main table or width to a set
number.

I have 6 pages complete and not sure if this will mess up all the "inside"
tables? They are currently set @ 100%...

L.
 

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