CSS - fixed width?

Helium_Junkie · 1 Feb 2007 at 09:38

Evenin chaps. Quick question - when making a web site with css, does the whole "width=xx.px" thing mean that whatever you make, your whole site will have a fixed width? So someone with a 1600 widescreen would only get half a page out of a site made to be usable with a 800/600 resolution?

If that is not the case, how do you define relative widths? Is css a preferred method of making websites for multiple resolutions? Is there a better way?

JonD · 1 Feb 2007 at 09:43

If your site is defined in pixels, it is stuck at that width no matter what resolution you on on.

You have to you percentages instead of pixel values to make it appear the same on other resolutions.

If your designing for a 1024 wide resolution and your column is say 200px wide. Then the width should be around 20%.

This will make the column 320pixels wide on a 1600 wide resolution. If you use pixel values, the width will still be 200.

JD

Helium_Junkie · 1 Feb 2007 at 10:16

the code for using percent in CSS i assume is just "%" instead of "px"? I'll try that when I can, thanks for the help

Ecl · 1 Feb 2007 at 11:26

Helium_Junkie said:
the code for using percent in CSS i assume is just "%" instead of "px"? I'll try that when I can, thanks for the help

Yea, "20%;".