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xirokx

xirokx

xirokx

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Hi,

I am using dreamweaver 8 to create a new website...

What do I do to my website so that it will fit either a) 800 x 600 b) 1024 x 768 c) 1280 x 1024 preferably all three would be great...

Or do I just pick one of those resolutions and use it throughout my entire site?

A little confused pls help....

Thanks in advance...

Cheers!!
 
depends on your audience

if you want to build a public site then use 800x600 (20% people still use it)

or if you're building a clan site, who will be higher tech, then use 1024x768
 
xirokx said:
its a public site....

is there anyway i can build my site for all res's??


how do i do this in DM
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If you use the 800x600 as a guideline when creating your site, it will fit within other (larger) resolutions but will obviously take up less room on the screen. In comparison to if someone was running their display at 800x600.

Depending on how it's coded it should display fine on each resolution, but depending on the types of positioning used, and some other factors you may need some tweaking to get it to be displayed perfectly on every resolution.

;)
 
blade007 said:
depends on your audience

if you want to build a public site then use 800x600 (20% people still use it)

or if you're building a clan site, who will be higher tech, then use 1024x768
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All websites should really be designed at 800px width, regardless of the subject matter - for the sake of accessibility.

I haven't met a site yet that is too big for 800px, there is always enough room to accomodate any site design.

Liquid width designs can stretch to 1600px for example, but their minimum working resolution should be 800. Not 1024.
 
iCraig said:
I haven't met a site yet that is too big for 800px, there is always enough room to accomodate any site design.
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Try viewing Amazon in < 1024 :p

I find most sites are quite sparse, but as you get busier and into the 2/3 column arena it's sometimes better to go wider & fluid. I HATE those 10px wide blogs with 4,000 columns!

Edit: Also, if you're going fixed-width and aiming to support folk on 800x600 you should go for a maximum width of 780px so it'll definitely fit :)
 
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Recently I've found myself taking the view that horizontal scrolling at 800x600 is fine - so long as the user can view the main content without having to scroll backwards and forwards at the end of every line - with the justification that so many sites don't work in 1024x768 that the tiny proportion of users who are still on 800x600 will be so used to a horrible browsing experience that one more won't hurt.

I'm evil :(
 
so to recap what do you guys suggest i create it too?

a lot of contradictory advise their for a noob :)

pls advise

thanks in advance..
 
xirokx said:
so to recap what do you guys suggest i create it too?

a lot of contradictory advise their for a noob :)

pls advise

thanks in advance..
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Have a look into liquid layouts (a quick Google should suffice). If Internet Explorer 6 supported the min-width and max-width attributes, creating a liquid layout would be a walk in the park. At the moment I believe it involves quite a bit of fiddling.

Otherwise, create the site so that it is usable at 800x600 (Remember to factor in scrollbar sizes, borders around the window etc. - after all that and a bit of a gap on either side you're looking at about 750px wide) and users with larger resolutions (as most people are nowadays, surely?!) will just get quite a bit of white space :)
 
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