Designing for resolutions?

[Bakedgoods]

So how do you guys actually design?

Do you design typically for a 1024x768 resolution, or go for dynamic fluid layouts?

My design knowledge is pretty limited and i'm looking at improving desgins by using photoshop etc but i'm guessing this pretty much eliminates having a fluid design, or at least complicates it?

 

[ringo747]

Id always aim for something at either a max of 800px wide (for laptop screenss etc) or a fluid layout - depends on what kind of thing you are designing though. Fluid layouts can be nice but for a small static site I find they can look very bare if you don't have much content and you are viewing on a massive screen!

 

[Bakedgoods]

I'm thinking more along the lines of bigger websites, not small simple designs

 

[Baplad]

1000px wide, using around 100/200px as background testing.

and as long as you need it to be.

You could have just asked me on msn liam!

 

[Ekim]

I would normally design my sites at 960px wide.

Couple of articles for your perusal.

http://www.cameronmoll.com/archives/001220.html
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/screen_resolution.html

 

[Bakedgoods]

Cheers

I've done with with the development side of it all but not really the design, so i've only bothered with fluid CSS layouts and no/minimal images.

Mark or Bubba whoever is on the account lol, i'm at work you pansy so I can't!

 

[Kemik]

I would normally design my sites at 960px wide.

 

[Tripnologist]

I usually go for 944px wide.

1024px - (30px + 50px)

30px = scrollbar
50px = 25px margin for each side.

 

[simisker]

For a complex site with lots of text blocks and possible layout permutations? It pretty much has to be an elastic 960[px-converted-to-em]-wide site, yeah. Well, unless you've got a very unusual/specific target browser demographic.

Useful resource: http://960.gs/