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How wide can a website page be?

henryd

2006-02-28, 6:19 pm

Hi

Just a quick one here - what is the recommended wdith of a website page?

I am working on the concept of pixels here.....thanks -

Is there a standard?

Thanks for any replies - H

twocans

2006-02-28, 6:19 pm

760px or under seems to be a kinda standard width for most sites I have
checked.

regards

"henryd" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> Just a quick one here - what is the recommended wdith of a website page?
>
> I am working on the concept of pixels here.....thanks -
>
> Is there a standard?
>
> Thanks for any replies - H

kieran_briggs

2006-02-28, 6:19 pm

800 width is pretty much the standard at the moment, but when you are designing
and creating your site, make the width more ike 770px to account for scroll
bars on the left. But be aware that a lot of users don't have their browser
maximised anyway so you may get scrolling whether you want it or not.

Murray *ACE*

2006-02-28, 6:19 pm

Here's the definitive word. You don't want it to be so wide that people say
"oh, that's too wide". You also don't want it to be so narrow that people
say "why's it so narrow". I'd think that something between those two
extremes would be just about perfect. Maybe a little more, or maybe a
little less for good measure.

The point here is that there is no number anyone can give you, in the
absence of some information about WHO is going to be looking at your pages.
If it's the general public, you would select one width, and if it's a
specific demographic, you might want to select another width. Read this
link, make a choice, and go away happy....

http://www.thepattysite.com/window_sizes1.cfm

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"henryd" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> Just a quick one here - what is the recommended wdith of a website page?
>
> I am working on the concept of pixels here.....thanks -
>
> Is there a standard?
>
> Thanks for any replies - H

henryd

2006-02-28, 6:19 pm

sounds like 770 is the best option - still it seems to small when loaded up on a browser.....i guess many users have smaller monitor sizes or older borwsers maybe....

thanks for replies - H

Murray *ACE*

2006-02-28, 6:20 pm

Or, like me, prefer a smaller browser viewport so that you can see other
things on your desktop (1280x1024 screen with a viewport ~750px wide).

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"henryd" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> sounds like 770 is the best option - still it seems to small when loaded
> up on a browser.....i guess many users have smaller monitor sizes or older
> borwsers maybe....
>
> thanks for replies - H

darrel

2006-02-28, 6:20 pm

> Is there a standard?

No.

-Darrel

kieran_briggs

2006-02-28, 6:20 pm

Thats what i meant, just not as good at putting it into words..

Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
Here's the definitive word. You don't want it to be so wide that people say
"oh, that's too wide". You also don't want it to be so narrow that people
say "why's it so narrow". I'd think that something between those two
extremes would be just about perfect. Maybe a little more, or maybe a
little less for good measure.

The point here is that there is no number anyone can give you, in the
absence of some information about WHO is going to be looking at your pages.
If it's the general public, you would select one width, and if it's a
specific demographic, you might want to select another width. Read this
link, make a choice, and go away happy....

http://www.thepattysite.com/window_sizes1.cfm

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"henryd" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> Just a quick one here - what is the recommended wdith of a website page?
>
> I am working on the concept of pixels here.....thanks -
>
> Is there a standard?
>
> Thanks for any replies - H

Bonnie

2006-02-28, 6:20 pm

henryd wrote:
> sounds like 770 is the best option - still it seems to small when loaded up on a browser.....i guess many users have smaller monitor sizes or older borwsers maybe....
>
> thanks for replies - H

A trick some people use is to define a background color that will fill
up the monitor space on either side of the web page that is coplementary
to the background or another prominent color of the web page. That
way SOMETHING will expand to fill the viewport if it is quite wide, but
your lines of text won't stretch to become unreadable, which would be
the danger if you are using the 100% table width solution, for instance.

If you want to get into more esoterica on this, look for min- and
max-width css specs and do a Dogpile or Google search for Jello mold.

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henryd

2006-02-28, 6:20 pm

thanks for replies again - all very useful especially the article, the only
other thing I was going to ask is what about making the page align to the left
-is that a better idea than to centre it - ??

the reason i say that is i assume that it is better to have a little more
space on the right hand side to 'absorb' any surplus space, (if that makes
sense) -

basically what i am saying is: is it better to align to the left or to centre
it - ? thanks, H (p.s. i know it is really a personal choice but what would be
considered more standard....)

darrel

2006-02-28, 6:21 pm

> thanks for replies again - all very useful especially the article, the
> only
> other thing I was going to ask is what about making the page align to the
> left
> -is that a better idea than to centre it - ??

I think that's entirely up to you. Doesn't really change the functionality
at all.

> (p.s. i know it is really a personal choice but what would be
> considered more standard....)

There is no standard.

-Darrel

twocans

2006-02-28, 6:21 pm

its all down to personal choice. for me ... I prefer to have it centered as
it draws the user eye to the center of the page. away from any distraction
to the left or right of there pc.

perhaps if you gave a link to your page then let others judge wheather you
shold have it on the left or center would help.

"henryd" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> thanks for replies again - all very useful especially the article, the
> only
> other thing I was going to ask is what about making the page align to the
> left
> -is that a better idea than to centre it - ??
>
> the reason i say that is i assume that it is better to have a little more
> space on the right hand side to 'absorb' any surplus space, (if that makes
> sense) -
>
> basically what i am saying is: is it better to align to the left or to
> centre
> it - ? thanks, H (p.s. i know it is really a personal choice but what
> would be
> considered more standard....)
>

Bob

2006-02-28, 6:22 pm

I want the 30" monitor at 2560x1600...
You could have 6 - 800x600 browser windows open at the same time and view
all without overlap..
OR Full screen @ 2560x1600.. What a waste if you do that.
(If my eyes get much worse I'll need it set to 752x480)

bob
"Murray *ACE*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
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| Or, like me, prefer a smaller browser viewport so that you can see other
| things on your desktop (1280x1024 screen with a viewport ~750px wide).
|
| --
| Murray --- ICQ 71997575
| Adobe Community Expert
| (If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
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| http://www.projectseven.com/go - DW FAQs, Tutorials & Resources
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| ==================
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|
| "henryd" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
| news:du1oeo$lip$1@forums.macromedia.com...
| > sounds like 770 is the best option - still it seems to small when loaded
| > up on a browser.....i guess many users have smaller monitor sizes or
older
| > borwsers maybe....
| >
| > thanks for replies - H
|
|

Bob

2006-02-28, 6:22 pm

I like it centered.. It divides the "empty space on both sides giving the
illusion that it is wider than it is.

bob
"henryd" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:du20hv$45d$1@forums.macromedia.com...
| thanks for replies again - all very useful especially the article, the
only
| other thing I was going to ask is what about making the page align to the
left
| -is that a better idea than to centre it - ??
|
| the reason i say that is i assume that it is better to have a little more
| space on the right hand side to 'absorb' any surplus space, (if that makes
| sense) -
|
| basically what i am saying is: is it better to align to the left or to
centre
| it - ? thanks, H (p.s. i know it is really a personal choice but what
would be
| considered more standard....)
|