webpage design

[CEB]

I am using Publisher to design a website. I have a 17" screen, yet in the
"page setup" I had to size the webpage at 4.2" width and 2.6" height in order
for the scroll bars to disappear when I viewed the page in "web page
preview". After designing the homepage, I clicked on the "web page preview"
and found the background covering the entire screen as it should, with no
scroll bars, yet the ENTIRE page design for some reason appeared in only the
top left quadrant of the screen. The other three quadrants have only the
background. How do I get the page design to appear on the entire screen when
I use "web page preview"?

 

[DavidF]

Some questions:
Are you using Publisher 2003?
Are you using a Master Page for your background or anything else?
How did you create do your background, and what was the dimensions and file
type of the image you used?
Does your computer have a wide aspect screen...is it a laptop?
What are your screen settings? Right click your desktop > Properties >
Settings (what is the screen resolution) and then > Advanced (what is DPI
setting for your display)?
Are you talking about a horizontal scroll bar, or a vertical?
Have you uploaded a version of your site that we can see? What is the URL?

DavidF

 

[CEB]

David, I sure appreciate your help! I must be doing something wrong. It
should be easier than this. I’m using Publisher 2002. I have never used it,
but it has been on my computer since 2002. I have not uploaded a version of
my page/site, because my intent was to have the website designed to my
satisfaction before I started to pay for web hosting. So, the pages cannot
viewed on the internet yet. I used my desktop computer with a 17†monitor to
design the web page. I opened Publisher and then selected “web sites†as the
publication type. I opened the first of the Publication designs. I then
clicked on the “format†tab, clicked on “backgroundsâ€, and selected a solid
black background. Next, I removed the canned design format that was already
on the page. Then I went to “page setup†and sized the page at 4.2†wide and
2.6†tall. I had to make it that small before the vertical and horizontal
scroll bars would disappear on my 17†monitor when I viewed it in “web page
previewâ€. Next, I copied my own logo (a “.jpg†file) onto the page, then
added a title line with one of the “word art†styles, and added some other
lettering using the “text box†feature. (By the way, when I open any of the
pages that have the “canned†publication designs and view them in “web page
previewâ€, I have exactly the same problem. Whether I use my desktop computer
or my laptop computer, the design occupies the upper left quadrant of the
screen, yet the rest of the screen is covered by the background as it should
be. The only difference in the view on the two different screens is that on
the desktop the design covers a little bit bigger portion of the upper left
quadrant). I must not have something set correctly. The desktop computer
has a 17†monitor with a square screen. The laptop is a “desktop
replacement†type, with a 17†rectangular. The settings on the laptop screen
are 1440X900 pixels resolution and “large size (120 DPI)â€. The settings on
the desktop screen are 800X600 pixels resolution and “normal size (96 DPI)â€.
Any ideas as to what I am doing wrong?

Chuck B.

 

[Mike Koewler]

CEB,

You probably cannot, or if you do it may not look correct in other
browsers. Most WYSIWYG web design programs use a fixed screen width; 800
pixels wide is the most one should try to design in, 780 is better
(presuming you wish to avoid horizontal scroll bars).

When viewed, the majority of monitors will have white space (or a
background color) showing. However, if you design it for 1024 x 768,
anyone viewing it on a smaller monitor will have scroll bars.

There are programs that allow you allow you to code your pages so they
shrink or enlarge to fill a screen, regardless of its width, but they
involve a lot more knowledge and hand coding.

Mike

 

[DavidF]

I don't use Pub 2002, but among other things the page length is fixed, and
you will have scroll bars. Set your page at one of the default sizes...don't
use 4.2" unless you want a page that is only 4.2" wide. Redesign your page
using the standard or wide width. Read this page for more on Pub2002:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/pages/81262.aspx

Your page will always be left justified and will not fill your screen...that
is just the way that Publisher works. You can read here for more
info:Understanding background padding in a Publisher web (aka white space):
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/archive/2006/01/07/80563.aspx

And finally, produce your website from your desktop computer with the
800x600 monitor at 96dpi. The wide aspect screen on your laptop will mess up
the pages.

DavidF