browser/display compatability

I have worked many hours on my website and am very
frustrated. Any input would be greatly appreciated. When
working on my webpage I would continuously switch to
browser preview to make sure that everything looked good.
Upon publishing my website It looked perfectly fine on my
laptop. When I looked at it from the other computers in
my office (display settings of 800x600) the pages seemed
oversized and things were not
aligned as they appeared on my computer. I am hoping
there is a simple fix.

John

anonymous
Wed Feb 04 14:48:29 CST 2004

Hello,

> [... Website layout changes on another display
> settings ...]

Every browser fits the layout of the page into its own=20
window. If the screen resolution is lower or higher than=20
on your computer, the layout is adapted.

If you want to create a more or less static layout, I=20
recommand to fit it to a screen resolution of 800x600=20
pixels. Lower resolutions are so rare today that you don't=20
have to account for them. If you set the whole page=20
centered, it fits into the page on 800x600 resolutions and=20
leaves white (or colored if you used background colors or=20
pictures) spaces left and right.
Look at http://web.de
It's a German search engine working this way. Our=20
computers in the school library used 800x600, at home i'm=20
working with 1024x768 - and on both displays the page look=20
the same.

K=F6ck Matthias

John
Wed Feb 04 14:50:02 CST 2004

URL http://www.summitmountainhomes.com
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:a0eb01c3eb5e$08d1db90$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> I have worked many hours on my website and am very
> frustrated. Any input would be greatly appreciated. When
> working on my webpage I would continuously switch to
> browser preview to make sure that everything looked good.
> Upon publishing my website It looked perfectly fine on my
> laptop. When I looked at it from the other computers in
> my office (display settings of 800x600) the pages seemed
> oversized and things were not
> aligned as they appeared on my computer. I am hoping
> there is a simple fix.
>
> John

Mike
Wed Feb 04 15:20:06 CST 2004

Set up a structure on the webpage using tables based on percentages (not
pixels). Insert your text, images etc into the cells. The table and cells
will always be sized as a percentage of the screen

Mike


<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:a0eb01c3eb5e$08d1db90$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> I have worked many hours on my website and am very
> frustrated. Any input would be greatly appreciated. When
> working on my webpage I would continuously switch to
> browser preview to make sure that everything looked good.
> Upon publishing my website It looked perfectly fine on my
> laptop. When I looked at it from the other computers in
> my office (display settings of 800x600) the pages seemed
> oversized and things were not
> aligned as they appeared on my computer. I am hoping
> there is a simple fix.
>
> John