Dreamweaver - Fixed page size

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Fixed page size

RickMorrison

2005-09-14, 11:17 pm

I am using the Dreamweaver CSS template and want to make the page size (left
and right margins) fixed so that if someone does not open up their browser
window wide enough, instead of the page being squished, the user has to scroll
left and right to see the entire contents of the page if they don't have their
browser window wide enough. Pretty basic. Can someone point me in the right
direction?

.: Nadia :. *TMM*

2005-09-15, 7:20 am

Unless you are very comfortable with css, html, and javascript I'd recommend
you not start with this template....

Murray has an article on the Halo template that may be of some use:
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/dr...cting_halo.html

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"RickMorrison" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I am using the Dreamweaver CSS template and want to make the page size
>(left
> and right margins) fixed so that if someone does not open up their browser
> window wide enough, instead of the page being squished, the user has to
> scroll
> left and right to see the entire contents of the page if they don't have
> their
> browser window wide enough. Pretty basic. Can someone point me in the
> right
> direction?
>

Randy Edmunds

2005-09-15, 7:21 pm

Create a <div> immediately inside your <body> that looks like this:

<body>
<div id="main">



</div>
</body>

Then define the #main css selector to have a width:

#main {
width: 600px; /* or whatever */
}

You don't need to worry about the height because the content will flow
down to the necessary height.

HTH,
Randy

> I am using the Dreamweaver CSS template and want to make the page size (left
> and right margins) fixed so that if someone does not open up their browser
> window wide enough, instead of the page being squished, the user has to scroll
> left and right to see the entire contents of the page if they don't have their
> browser window wide enough.