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mark4man
08-28-2003, 07:08 PM
People,

I created my original web site with a screen res of 800 X 600, so as to fill my old 17" monitor.

I created my new site right around the same time I purchased a new PC; & the new pages were designed at 1024 X 768 so as to fill my new 19" monitor.

My intent was to design a larger page that looked good on a larger monitor.

Now I need to have the larger pages scaled down to look good on smaller monitors (so that the users of smaller monitors do not have to scroll side to side, in order to view the page.)

My question is: How would resizing work in that context? Are there straightforward code commands available to reduce everything on the page by the appropriate ratio (including text), or would a total redesign necessary? Is it accomplished through html or css?

How about tutorials?

Thanks in advance,

mark4man
PeOfEo
08-28-2003, 10:32 PM
You need to make your site fluid. This can be accomplished through regular html using tables and %'s as your widths, but I would reccomend doing your whole layout in css. Go to www.bluerobot.com they have a few common layouts done in css that resize for all resolutions, they also have two methods for centering a box,
mark4man
08-30-2003, 11:55 AM
Thanks.

What's the deal with sites that do not display; & the status bar reads: javascript; do not detect?

Such is the case with BlueRobot.

I really wanted to get in there to see what you were talking about.

Thanks again,

mark4man
PeOfEo
08-30-2003, 09:01 PM
What version of IE are you using? If not IE what is your browser.
mark4man
08-30-2003, 09:54 PM
IE 6.0

mark4man
PeOfEo
08-31-2003, 12:42 AM
weird sounds like you are having an IE problem, I dont get those errors on that site witht he same version. If I were you I would just get mozilla though. It is better then ie, by far. http://www.mozilla.org It is a lot like ns7 because mozilla and ns have some sort of alliance. Anyways it handles css and java like a dream, something I cannot say for ie.
mark4man
08-31-2003, 10:05 AM
For some reason, today I went right in to Blue Robot. Great site . . . thanks for the tip.

I think what I need to do is grab a book on CSS; & learn from the ground up (as I agree that CSS is the way to go.)

Thanks for everything,

mark4man
PeOfEo
08-31-2003, 06:24 PM
I am learning css (getting better but still have a lot of learning to do) from www.w3schools.org looking at www.bluerobot.com temps and looking at the designs of www.csszengarden.com temps