Using Pub Webs with Different Display settings

[dawnvk]

When you create a website with Publisher, how can you make it so it looks
good no matter what the end-user has their display setting at. For example,
if you make the page narrow, so it looks good on a 800 x 600 then for someone
who's set at 1024 by 768 pixels, it looks like it's only using 1/2 the screen
and there's more scrolling needed. And if you do it for the 1024 x 768
setting, someone who's at 800 x 600 has to scroll side to side to read it.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
Dawn

 

[David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]]

FAQ page - http://www.publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=30

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com

 

[dawnvk]

If you're refering to the FAQ about display setting, I understand why - what
I don't know is if there's a way to make it adjust depending upon display
settings so that no matter which a user has, they won't have to scroll so
much. Is there a happy medium? If I go to MSN.com and change my settings, the
page is full either way, why doesn't my web page make adjustments for either
setting? Is it a shortcoming of Publisher or is there some way to tell it to
do that?
Thank you.

FAQ page - http://www.publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=30

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com

When you create a website with Publisher, how can you make it so it looks
good no matter what the end-user has their display setting at. For
example,
if you make the page narrow, so it looks good on a 800 x 600 then for
someone
who's set at 1024 by 768 pixels, it looks like it's only using 1/2 the
screen
and there's more scrolling needed. And if you do it for the 1024 x 768
setting, someone who's at 800 x 600 has to scroll side to side to read it.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
Dawn

 

[David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]]

This is a very common inquiry, which is why I put it in the FAQ.

In addition to your using the FAQ you should also review this forum, for
example you would find several threads on this same inquiry.

In fact you'd find a thread I wrote back on January 14th where I spent a
little time on this topic since it comes up so much. For your convenience I
am copying the full text of that previous thread following....

--------- reprinted from "on white space padding on the right" posted
1/14/05 ----------------------------

A common complaint among customers
(http://www.publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=30) is the white space they
see padded on the right of their site in the browser. This is a knowledge
issue not a Publisher issue.
It is normal site design behavior. For example refer to http://www.oprah.com
and http://www.cnn.com and http://www.realsimple.com
While there are techniques (not supported in Publisher) to code that normal
behavior 'out', the more common technique is to "fool the eye" so to speak,
should the designer not like the white padding. For example refer to
http://www.msn.com - in this example you can see the background has simply
been changed from white to blue. The padding is still there, it's just a
different perception.
This technique can be employed in Publisher. For example this site done in
version 2002 SP3 - http://www.dogwoodindustries.com/
Here the background was set to color and a textbox drawn on the page and set
to white to serve as the "content holder". I encourage all customers to surf
the web reviewing professional commercial sites and to pay close attention
to the design of the sites.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

 

[David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]]

an update to this- I have just recalled that (since the time I wrote the
1/14 post), MSN.com went to a centered content block versus a left aligned
content block, though they still retain the colored background.
Content block centering is not supported in Publisher.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com

 

[analog]

And lord knows that would be a hard one to implement...

an update to this- I have just recalled that (since the time I wrote the
1/14 post), MSN.com went to a centered content block versus a left aligned
content block, though they still retain the colored background.
Content block centering is not supported in Publisher.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com

This is a very common inquiry, which is why I put it in the FAQ.

In addition to your using the FAQ you should also review this forum, for
example you would find several threads on this same inquiry.

In fact you'd find a thread I wrote back on January 14th where I spent a
little time on this topic since it comes up so much. For your convenience
I am copying the full text of that previous thread following....

--------- reprinted from "on white space padding on the right" posted
1/14/05 ----------------------------

A common complaint among customers
(http://www.publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=30) is the white space
they
see padded on the right of their site in the browser. This is a knowledge
issue not a Publisher issue.
It is normal site design behavior. For example refer to
http://www.oprah.com
and http://www.cnn.com and http://www.realsimple.com
While there are techniques (not supported in Publisher) to code that
normal
behavior 'out', the more common technique is to "fool the eye" so to
speak,
should the designer not like the white padding. For example refer to
http://www.msn.com - in this example you can see the background has simply
been changed from white to blue. The padding is still there, it's just a
different perception.
This technique can be employed in Publisher. For example this site done in
version 2002 SP3 - http://www.dogwoodindustries.com/
Here the background was set to color and a textbox drawn on the page and
set
to white to serve as the "content holder". I encourage all customers to
surf
the web reviewing professional commercial sites and to pay close attention
to the design of the sites.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com