Web site view is different depending on monitor it is viewed on

[Wish List Services]

FP 2003. Very new to this and have realized now that we published that it
looks fine on a large/wide screen monitor, but is pretty screwed up on 2
normal laptops we've tested. Screwed up = many images and objects not in the
right place.

The monitors it works on are set at 1280x1024. Those it doesn't view right
on are set at 1024x768. Is this just a fact of life (an aspect ration
problem?) that many people will see the site messed up or is there a setting
w/in FP we're missing. Site is www.wishlistservices.com.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Wish List Services]

Also, the site was created on the machine at 1280. We just switched the
monitor to 1024 on that machine and it worked fine, but when we made changes
to fix it for 1024 it screwed up the 1280 view of course. Is the vast
majority of the world still in 1024? It would seem completely ridiculous
that this is only viewed properly at one resolution. Thanks.

 

[SingaporeWebDesign]

Hello,

To have your website fit in "any resolution", you will need to convert every
page to a table and use % values in table widths or use CSS. This means that
you will need to redo the whole layout.

An example of % values can be seen at our website below (you will need to
"enter" it first). Using % values in table widths tells the browser to
"stretch* the table to fit the whole available space.

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

Most of the world is still at 800.

Have you viewed your pages in FireFox yet? Looks pretty crappy...don't use
Autoshapes, WordArt or pretty much anything on FP's Draw toolbar. Those
features rely on VML and absolute positioning and render poorly (if at all)
on browsers other than IE


message | Also, the site was created on the machine at 1280. We just switched the
| monitor to 1024 on that machine and it worked fine, but when we made
changes
| to fix it for 1024 it screwed up the 1280 view of course. Is the vast
| majority of the world still in 1024? It would seem completely ridiculous
| that this is only viewed properly at one resolution. Thanks.
|
| "Wish List Services" wrote:
|
| > FP 2003. Very new to this and have realized now that we published that
it
| > looks fine on a large/wide screen monitor, but is pretty screwed up on 2
| > normal laptops we've tested. Screwed up = many images and objects not
in the
| > right place.
| >
| > The monitors it works on are set at 1280x1024. Those it doesn't view
right
| > on are set at 1024x768. Is this just a fact of life (an aspect ration
| > problem?) that many people will see the site messed up or is there a
setting
| > w/in FP we're missing. Site is www.wishlistservices.com.
| >
| > Thanks in advance!

 

[P@tty Ayers]

Most of the world is still at 800.

Not sure that's still true, Rob. Definitely not true for the U.S.


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[P@tty Ayers]

Hello,

To have your website fit in "any resolution", you will need to convert
every page to a table and use % values in table widths or use CSS. This
means that you will need to redo the whole layout.

Or, convert to a fixed-width layout, which will also make the site fit in
any (common) resolution.

 

[Tom Willett]

According to www.echecho.com, 28% are at 800 x 600, 54% at 1024 x 768.
These days, most out of the box retail pcs are set at 1024 x 768 by default.
(laptops may be higher)

Default used to be 800 x 600.
Prior to that, 640 x 480.
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| | > Most of the world is still at 800.
|
| Not sure that's still true, Rob. Definitely not true for the U.S.
|
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[Thomas A. Rowe]

However there are no stats on the actual size browser window that user's use.

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[P@tty Ayers]

However there are no stats on the actual size browser window that user's
use.

Yup; we have to keep in mind that many people don't maximize the browser
window, and many people do. Still useful to know statistics on resolution,
since their browser window will be either that size, or a bit smaller.

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[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

So can design for 1024 now? finally? fluid layouts are too much work I;ve
been thinking of redesigning for fixed.


|
| | > Most of the world is still at 800.
|
| Not sure that's still true, Rob. Definitely not true for the U.S.
|
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[Bob Lehmann]

since their browser window will be either that size, or a bit smaller

Or substantially smaller. My resolution is 1600x1200. I usually have a
browser at roughly 800x600, or 25% of me screen.

Bob Lehmann

 

[P@tty Ayers]

Or substantially smaller. My resolution is 1600x1200. I usually have a
browser at roughly 800x600, or 25% of me screen.

Really? I have a 1920 x 1200 screen and I never maximize my window either,
but it's probably at more like 1024 x 768, since most web sites seem to do
well at that size these days, and I have plenty of room. You must do a fair
bit of horizontal scrolling! But a good point, there are all kinds of
browser window sizes out there.


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[Ronx]

I use 800x600 browser on 2560x1024 screen, and rarely have to scroll -
the main exception is microsoft.com which demands 950px width.

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[P@tty Ayers]

The browser window must look like a tiny dot on that big screen. To
each his own!

 

[Ronx]

It's just slightly less than a quarter of the screen - which leaves
space for newsreader and EW or FrontPage as well.
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[P@tty Ayers]

There seem to be as many different ways of sizing a browser window as there
are users. I do think that over the next year or so, you'll find many
more sites which need a larger viewport than 800px to avoid horiz.
scrolling; it's most definitely the trend..