Front Page - Stretching

Author

Stretching

M Swanson

2004-02-27, 3:29 pm

Hello, i have created a website where the design is based on a set of table/cell elements using Front Page. The problem is, that i am not the one who regularly adds information to the site, and when others do, they tend to add more than the table can hol
d and it stretches the entire page out of proportion. Is there anyway general way for me to fix this, so that perhaps table/cell blocks stay exactly as i want, even if they main text holding cell grows in size? Thanks M Swanson

chris leeds

2004-02-27, 8:29 pm

there are several ways.
if you give a url for your page you can get the answer best suited to you.
without a url you'd want to keep your tables at a set width in pixels.
right click it and select table properties.

you could also set up nested tables so the page will stretch as you describe
and still not get smeared.

HTH
"M Swanson" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello, i have created a website where the design is based on a set of
table/cell elements using Front Page. The problem is, that i am not the one
who regularly adds information to the site, and when others do, they tend to
add more than the table can hold and it stretches the entire page out of
proportion. Is there anyway general way for me to fix this, so that perhaps
table/cell blocks stay exactly as i want, even if they main text holding
cell grows in size? Thanks M Swanson

Thomas A. Rowe

2004-02-27, 9:28 pm

In HTML their is no absolute fixed width or height setting for tables/cells.

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"M Swanson" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello, i have created a website where the design is based on a set of
table/cell elements using Front Page. The problem is, that i am not the one
who regularly adds information to the site, and when others do, they tend to
add more than the table can hold and it stretches the entire page out of
proportion. Is there anyway general way for me to fix this, so that perhaps
table/cell blocks stay exactly as i want, even if they main text holding
cell grows in size? Thanks M Swanson

M Swanson

2004-02-27, 10:28 pm

Well my URL is http://www.teachersdiscoveringhistoryashistorians.com/ i just went through cleaning up all the site, so their may not be any problems at the moment, but at least you can see the sturcture. I have already set the fixed width and height, an
d the fixed width works perfectly, its the height that is the problem. The menu bar is composed of 3 cells, and they are what become dis-proportioned the worst. Thanks for your help, M Swanson

Bill Somogyi

2004-02-28, 1:28 am

I'm assuming you are talking about the left navigatoin area and counter
below it. The navigation area is 3 rows and the contact/credit/counter
content is a 4th row. These 4 rows span the content area and when the
content area expands in height naturally the 4 rows that it spans will also
increase in height. To alleviate this problem remove the navigation and
contact/credit/counter content for the time being.

1) Hi-light the 4 rows you just removed the content from and then right
click and merge them. You'll now have 1 cell.
2) Now right click again, select cell propeties and make sure vertical
alignment is set to Top.
3) Now just insert a 4 row / 1 column table into that cell and add your
content back into it.

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