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fixed page size even with different monitor resolutions
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| Hawkins54321@gmail.com 2007-07-24, 10:18 pm |
| Hello,
I understand that you can set up a web page to stay the same size if
there are different viewer screen resolutions, or expand.
I would like to set up a website so it stays the same size. If they
do something to the 800x600 or 1200x1024 resolution it will merely add
a dark border around the outside, but the web page itself will not
change.
Could someone tell me what this term is called? (Maybe something like
fixed-page size). I'm going to be trying out Dreamweaver and
Expression Web, and I want to know what the vocabulary is on this so I
can attempt this feature and type the correct words into the help
menus.
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| Chris F.A. Johnson 2007-07-25, 3:20 am |
| On 2007-07-25, Hawkins54321@XXXXXXXXXX wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I understand that you can set up a web page to stay the same size if
> there are different viewer screen resolutions, or expand.
>
> I would like to set up a website so it stays the same size. If they
> do something to the 800x600 or 1200x1024 resolution it will merely add
> a dark border around the outside, but the web page itself will not
> change.
>
> Could someone tell me what this term is called? (Maybe something like
> fixed-page size). I'm going to be trying out Dreamweaver and
> Expression Web, and I want to know what the vocabulary is on this so I
> can attempt this feature and type the correct words into the help
> menus.
It's usually called a fixed-width page, and is responsible for a
large percentage of the complaints you will see in these
newsgroups.
If you fix the width, there is a very good chance that the page
will break when a viewer uses a larger font size than you had
allowed for. It will mean annoying, horizontal scrolling in a
narrow window.
--
Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
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Author:
Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)
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| Andy Dingley 2007-07-25, 6:22 pm |
| On 25 Jul, 02:38, Hawkins54...@XXXXXXXXXX wrote:
> I understand that you can set up a web page to stay the same size if
> there are different viewer screen resolutions, or expand.
> Could someone tell me what this term is called?
"Pictures of dead websites"
It's a bad idea, don't do it. The window size that I choose to look
at your website with is _my_ choice, as a visitor, not your choice to
force upon me. Don't be rude to your visitors.
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| genericaudioperson 2007-07-26, 3:17 am |
| what does "a page will break" mean?
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| Dion Moult 2007-07-26, 10:17 pm |
| such as when text breaks the "image" border of a table. sorry, can't
really describe it. ever been to a forum where some user posts an
ultra large image? the "table" breaks away from the header or
something like that, or breaking the page.
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