Frontpage noob help (simple!)

[Kol]

Hi guys,

My mate has created a fairly simple webpage in frontpage, but is having one problem. When he previews it, if he resizes the window, it messes the entire page up and moves the text around so it fits with the resized window. How do we stop this happening?

We basically want it to stay fixed, because certain parts are images, it makes the page look horribly messy.

Also, because it is a page for DJs at parties/weddings, he wants to be able to upload say a list of all the songs he has and then have a form where the user can type in the artist/song and it will search through his list and bring up matchin entires. Is there an easy way of doing this?

 

[Conrad11]

hi there,

First of all for the page messing up when resized, this is because the widths have been set to percentages. If you set these to fixed widths in pixels (px) then the page wont mess up when resized.

As for the uploading part, its more advanced, i would recommend a database and then just querying the database, in whatever language you see fit. There is however an automatic function in front page which creates this is ASP (Active Server Pages) for you. Just be warned, im often wrong on whats the best options in situations, so its best to get a second opinion from someone who knows their stuff (ie Beansprout, robmiller......and the list is endless really)

Thanks...

 

[Kol]

hi there,

First of all for the page messing up when resized, this is because the widths have been set to percentages. If you set these to fixed widths in pixels (px) then the page wont mess up when resized.

As for the uploading part, its more advanced, i would recommend a database and then just querying the database, in whatever language you see fit. There is however an automatic function in front page which creates this is ASP (Active Server Pages) for you. Just be warned, im often wrong on whats the best options in situations, so its best to get a second opinion from someone who knows their stuff (ie Beansprout, robmiller......and the list is endless really)

Thanks...

I suggested creating a database in access (been a long time since I used it) but wasn't entirely sure.

Regarding the fixed width, how do I do that? Is it pretty simple? I've not got frontpage here so would be best if I know before I go round tomorrow.

thanks for your help mate, most grateful!!

 

[Conrad11]

Well, it depends on the element (thing your resizing).

Normally in front page you right click to bring up properties, and then from there you can choose whether it is percentage or pixels and then the size.

But I don't use front page anymore so i may be wrong.

Yes, for the automated wizard in front page it simply connects to a database, so yes you can create the database itself in Access first.

Thanks....

 

[Kol]

Cheers Conrad, you have been most helpful. I will see if it is possible to just fix the whole page at a set size.