Re: making a whole site that i did 640x480 friendly..... its 800x600 now.....

by "Wendy L. Miller" <wendy.miller(at)usa.net>

 Date:  Sat, 13 Feb 1999 10:34:16 -0500
 To:  <hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
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-----Original Message-----
From: Cindy Stanley <stanleysupport(at)prodigy.net>

>From: Dave Doeppel <dave(at)davesdesign.com>
>>I try and do everything in tables and set them to 595 pixels wide and
>if
>>graphics are to be included make sure they do not total more than 595
>as well.
>
>And, if you have a viewer that is viewing at 1024x768, by using *fixed*
>widths, you end up looking at a page, with about 1/2 of the right side
>of the page totally blank, leaving an unbalanced view effect.
>
That's why it's good to either add a decorative border to the right or to
add links or other information that is repeated elsewhere on the site on the
left.  You want your pages to look good everywhere.  I still find that the
fixed width tables force the design to be the same over various browsers far
more accurately than "stretchy" tables.

Wendy Miller
http://www.iredell.net

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