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Mic&Min
12-16-2006, 12:58 PM
I am trying to make my site so that content appears the same to people regardless of their resolution settings.
Is there an HTML command that will show the screen all the way across regardless of anyones resolution setting with no scrollbars?
Thank you
Charles
12-16-2006, 01:19 PM
The whole purpose of HTML is present information differently on different platforms and hardware. It's supposed to look different -- and sometimes have no visual presentation at all. Some of us find this the most, or perhaps only, rewarding and exciting part of web design.
Control freaks should use PDF.
Mic&Min
12-16-2006, 01:32 PM
WHO is trying to be a control freak? Perhaps you didn't understand the question?
I simply want to have the screen show fully regardless of what my resolution setting is or someone else uses.
IE: if you check these 2 sites on 800x600 and also check it at 1024x768 you will see that the 1st site. http://home.comcast.net/~l-whiting/attbi/HOME.html is completely showing on the monitor
When you check the following site the site does not fill in the screen
www.mousetyme.com is only show as 800x600
I know there has to be a command. As I don't care what resolution a person has the website will show in the entire screen.
Thank you
Charles
12-16-2006, 02:20 PM
Perhaps you didn't understand the question?I understand perfectly. You want to control something that cannont, and should not, be controlled. Design your page so that it works well no matter what size the window is. That or use PDF.
NogDog
12-16-2006, 03:05 PM
The basic answer to your question is to learn how to use CSS for controlling visual display. HTML is for marking up the structure and meaning of your document; CSS is for controlling how that content is displayed.
Browse/search the CSS forum a couple up from this HTML forum. Also, you might want to poke around the www.alistapart.com site, in particular these articles:
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/elastic/
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/holygrail/
PS: You might also want to look at the BlueRobot.com "Layout Reservoir" (http://www.bluerobot.com/web/layouts/) for some basic templates.
Mic&Min
12-16-2006, 03:34 PM
Thank you NogDog, I didn't realise I was in the wrong forum. This information is quite helpful.
Thank yu