Re: Screen sizing

Erin:

The size of the monitor is not the problem. It is the RESOLUTION
used by that monitor, regardless of size.

Solutions:

1. Keep everything down to approx. 500 pixels in width. (Remember
the browser will take up part of the monitor width.) This will
then show OK in 640x480 but unless centered, will look out of
line on higher resolutions.

or

2. Use tables that are percentages of the width. Example: Color
the background, then use a centered 95% table with it's
background white. The result will look like a piece of paper on a
desk. (Some of us have great imaginations??)

3. Use a combination of 1 and 2.

P.S. Use a light colored background for the page itself, should
you decide to bother over browsers so obsolete they do not render
table background colors. I think I would be safe in saying that
"most" no longer worry about this very much. Look at all the
white type over dark backgrounds. ??

Best wishes
Ted Temer
Temercraft Designs Redding, CA
temer(at)c-zone.net
http://www.temercraft.com
http://www.newsredding.com/

>Hi all,
>How do you make sure that your pages fit on the smaller
monitors?  I =
>have a large monitor so often have pages that smaller screens
have to =
>scroll to view.
>
>TIA,
>Erin

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