Fitting the Page to Various Resolutions

Is there a feature or technique in Frontpage 2003 that will always allow the
page that I have designed to expand or contract to meet various resolutions
and appear pretty much the same to all viewers as it does to me in my design?
So that if I design a page that fits completely within my screen at my design
resolution, it will appear roughly the same to all visitors (without having
to scroll to view all the content) regardless of the viewer's screen size or
resolution. Thank you for your help.

One way ( the simplest ) is to create a main table for the page and set it at 100% width, and then
place all of the content in the table.

However you will need to check it at different resolutions a the content will rearrange as the table
expands and contracts at different settings.

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Microsoft MVP FrontPage
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"George in Boston" <George in Boston@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2170E3A3-E1FF-41C9-A2C7-67336A182817@microsoft.com...
> Is there a feature or technique in Frontpage 2003 that will always allow the
> page that I have designed to expand or contract to meet various resolutions
> and appear pretty much the same to all viewers as it does to me in my design?
> So that if I design a page that fits completely within my screen at my design
> resolution, it will appear roughly the same to all visitors (without having
> to scroll to view all the content) regardless of the viewer's screen size or
> resolution. Thank you for your help.

Simple answer: No.

You can design for a fixed width layout, or a liquid layout. The fixed
width (say all content within a 760px wide table) will display the same for
all browser widths from 800px upwards, but wider browsers will display blank
space in one or both (left/right) margins.

The liquid layout (all content in a 100% wide table) will expand and
contract with the browser width, but the layout in the table will change as
text wraps in different places, and images and other objects will move
around.

Finally, all users can change the font size to suit their screen resolution
and eyesight. This will also change the layout for individual users.

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Ron Symonds (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.


"George in Boston" <George in Boston@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:2170E3A3-E1FF-41C9-A2C7-67336A182817@microsoft.com...
> Is there a feature or technique in Frontpage 2003 that will always allow
> the
> page that I have designed to expand or contract to meet various
> resolutions
> and appear pretty much the same to all viewers as it does to me in my
> design?
> So that if I design a page that fits completely within my screen at my
> design
> resolution, it will appear roughly the same to all visitors (without
> having
> to scroll to view all the content) regardless of the viewer's screen size
> or
> resolution. Thank you for your help.

Ronx - Thank you for your help. I need to design with a fixed with layout so
that the content in the cells doesn't change in size, test wrap, etc. I'll
try working with a 760px wide table at an 800 x 600 resolution. My fear is
that for those visitors with a higher screen resolution my site will appear
microscopic. I'm not sure how to avoid this type of result.

If you have any thoughts about this it would be greatlly appreicated..

George


"Ronx" wrote:

> Simple answer: No.
>
> You can design for a fixed width layout, or a liquid layout. The fixed
> width (say all content within a 760px wide table) will display the same for
> all browser widths from 800px upwards, but wider browsers will display blank
> space in one or both (left/right) margins.
>
> The liquid layout (all content in a 100% wide table) will expand and
> contract with the browser width, but the layout in the table will change as
> text wraps in different places, and images and other objects will move
> around.
>
> Finally, all users can change the font size to suit their screen resolution
> and eyesight. This will also change the layout for individual users.
>
> --
> Ron Symonds (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
>
>
> "George in Boston" <George in Boston@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:2170E3A3-E1FF-41C9-A2C7-67336A182817@microsoft.com...
> > Is there a feature or technique in Frontpage 2003 that will always allow
> > the
> > page that I have designed to expand or contract to meet various
> > resolutions
> > and appear pretty much the same to all viewers as it does to me in my
> > design?
> > So that if I design a page that fits completely within my screen at my
> > design
> > resolution, it will appear roughly the same to all visitors (without
> > having
> > to scroll to view all the content) regardless of the viewer's screen size
> > or
> > resolution. Thank you for your help.
>
>
>

Steve - Thank you for your help. My problem in experimenting with 100% width
was that the size of the cells changed with the content as some cells became
squeezed. I added spacers to stabilize the right side of my table to try to
control that problem.

I'll try to design this as Ronx suggested in his advice. I'll design it with
a fixed 760px width layout at an 800 x 600 resolution so that the content in
the cells won't change in size, text wrap, etc. Since my site is content
intensive (articles on a number of topics), I want to try to avoid the
content on my site appearing very small to those with a higher resolution. If
you have any thoughts about this it would be greatlly appreciated.

George


"Steve Easton" wrote:

> One way ( the simplest ) is to create a main table for the page and set it at 100% width, and then
> place all of the content in the table.
>
> However you will need to check it at different resolutions a the content will rearrange as the table
> expands and contracts at different settings.
>
> --
> Steve Easton
> Microsoft MVP FrontPage
> 95isalive
> This site is best viewed............
> ........................with a computer
>
> "George in Boston" <George in Boston@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2170E3A3-E1FF-41C9-A2C7-67336A182817@microsoft.com...
> > Is there a feature or technique in Frontpage 2003 that will always allow the
> > page that I have designed to expand or contract to meet various resolutions
> > and appear pretty much the same to all viewers as it does to me in my design?
> > So that if I design a page that fits completely within my screen at my design
> > resolution, it will appear roughly the same to all visitors (without having
> > to scroll to view all the content) regardless of the viewer's screen size or
> > resolution. Thank you for your help.
>
>
>

Nothing you can do about it, the user can increase the font size in their browser as long as you
haven't tried locking the font size with CSS.

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"George in Boston" <George in Boston@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B1611082-201E-433B-88E9-5F5F25B7F5D8@microsoft.com...
> Ronx - Thank you for your help. I need to design with a fixed with layout so
> that the content in the cells doesn't change in size, test wrap, etc. I'll
> try working with a 760px wide table at an 800 x 600 resolution. My fear is
> that for those visitors with a higher screen resolution my site will appear
> microscopic. I'm not sure how to avoid this type of result.
>
> If you have any thoughts about this it would be greatlly appreicated..
>
> George
>
>
> "Ronx" wrote:
>
>> Simple answer: No.
>>
>> You can design for a fixed width layout, or a liquid layout. The fixed
>> width (say all content within a 760px wide table) will display the same for
>> all browser widths from 800px upwards, but wider browsers will display blank
>> space in one or both (left/right) margins.
>>
>> The liquid layout (all content in a 100% wide table) will expand and
>> contract with the browser width, but the layout in the table will change as
>> text wraps in different places, and images and other objects will move
>> around.
>>
>> Finally, all users can change the font size to suit their screen resolution
>> and eyesight. This will also change the layout for individual users.
>>
>> --
>> Ron Symonds (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
>> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
>>
>>
>> "George in Boston" <George in Boston@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:2170E3A3-E1FF-41C9-A2C7-67336A182817@microsoft.com...
>> > Is there a feature or technique in Frontpage 2003 that will always allow
>> > the
>> > page that I have designed to expand or contract to meet various
>> > resolutions
>> > and appear pretty much the same to all viewers as it does to me in my
>> > design?
>> > So that if I design a page that fits completely within my screen at my
>> > design
>> > resolution, it will appear roughly the same to all visitors (without
>> > having
>> > to scroll to view all the content) regardless of the viewer's screen size
>> > or
>> > resolution. Thank you for your help.
>>
>>
>>

Many users with high resolution screens do not open their browsers at full
screen. The number of users with a screen resolution greater than 1280 wide
is small (see www.echoecho.com ), and a 760px table centred on a browser
window 1280px wide is (IMO) acceptable.

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Ron Symonds (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.


"George in Boston" <George in Boston@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:B1611082-201E-433B-88E9-5F5F25B7F5D8@microsoft.com...
> Ronx - Thank you for your help. I need to design with a fixed with layout
> so
> that the content in the cells doesn't change in size, test wrap, etc. I'll
> try working with a 760px wide table at an 800 x 600 resolution. My fear is
> that for those visitors with a higher screen resolution my site will
> appear
> microscopic. I'm not sure how to avoid this type of result.
>
> If you have any thoughts about this it would be greatlly appreicated..
>
> George
>
>
> "Ronx" wrote:
>
>> Simple answer: No.
>>
>> You can design for a fixed width layout, or a liquid layout. The fixed
>> width (say all content within a 760px wide table) will display the same
>> for
>> all browser widths from 800px upwards, but wider browsers will display
>> blank
>> space in one or both (left/right) margins.
>>
>> The liquid layout (all content in a 100% wide table) will expand and
>> contract with the browser width, but the layout in the table will change
>> as
>> text wraps in different places, and images and other objects will move
>> around.
>>
>> Finally, all users can change the font size to suit their screen
>> resolution
>> and eyesight. This will also change the layout for individual users.
>>
>> --
>> Ron Symonds (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
>> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
>>
>>
>> "George in Boston" <George in Boston@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:2170E3A3-E1FF-41C9-A2C7-67336A182817@microsoft.com...
>> > Is there a feature or technique in Frontpage 2003 that will always
>> > allow
>> > the
>> > page that I have designed to expand or contract to meet various
>> > resolutions
>> > and appear pretty much the same to all viewers as it does to me in my
>> > design?
>> > So that if I design a page that fits completely within my screen at my
>> > design
>> > resolution, it will appear roughly the same to all visitors (without
>> > having
>> > to scroll to view all the content) regardless of the viewer's screen
>> > size
>> > or
>> > resolution. Thank you for your help.
>>
>>
>>

Tom - Thank you for your answer. I think I know what to do now given the
limitations. One thing I should let everyone at Microsoft Frontpage know is
ow helpful the tutorials have been. I knew nothing about web design when I
started a few weeks ago. The tutorials and practice sessions have been
fabulous. More of them would be appreciated.

George

"Thomas A. Rowe" wrote:

> Nothing you can do about it, the user can increase the font size in their browser as long as you
> haven't tried locking the font size with CSS.
>
> --
> ==============================================
> Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
> WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
> http://www.ycoln-resources.com
> FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
> ==============================================
> To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
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>
> "George in Boston" <George in Boston@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B1611082-201E-433B-88E9-5F5F25B7F5D8@microsoft.com...
> > Ronx - Thank you for your help. I need to design with a fixed with layout so
> > that the content in the cells doesn't change in size, test wrap, etc. I'll
> > try working with a 760px wide table at an 800 x 600 resolution. My fear is
> > that for those visitors with a higher screen resolution my site will appear
> > microscopic. I'm not sure how to avoid this type of result.
> >
> > If you have any thoughts about this it would be greatlly appreicated..
> >
> > George
> >
> >
> > "Ronx" wrote:
> >
> >> Simple answer: No.
> >>
> >> You can design for a fixed width layout, or a liquid layout. The fixed
> >> width (say all content within a 760px wide table) will display the same for
> >> all browser widths from 800px upwards, but wider browsers will display blank
> >> space in one or both (left/right) margins.
> >>
> >> The liquid layout (all content in a 100% wide table) will expand and
> >> contract with the browser width, but the layout in the table will change as
> >> text wraps in different places, and images and other objects will move
> >> around.
> >>
> >> Finally, all users can change the font size to suit their screen resolution
> >> and eyesight. This will also change the layout for individual users.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Ron Symonds (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
> >> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
> >>
> >>
> >> "George in Boston" <George in Boston@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >> message news:2170E3A3-E1FF-41C9-A2C7-67336A182817@microsoft.com...
> >> > Is there a feature or technique in Frontpage 2003 that will always allow
> >> > the
> >> > page that I have designed to expand or contract to meet various
> >> > resolutions
> >> > and appear pretty much the same to all viewers as it does to me in my
> >> > design?
> >> > So that if I design a page that fits completely within my screen at my
> >> > design
> >> > resolution, it will appear roughly the same to all visitors (without
> >> > having
> >> > to scroll to view all the content) regardless of the viewer's screen size
> >> > or
> >> > resolution. Thank you for your help.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

You can't "lock" font size with CSS. In fact I don't think you can "lock"
anything on the web, the user is king :-)

--
Cheers,
Jon
Microsoft MVP

"Thomas A. Rowe" <tarowe@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23QCw2qG4EHA.2156@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Nothing you can do about it, the user can increase the font size in their
> browser as long as you haven't tried locking the font size with CSS.
>
> --
> ==============================================
> Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
> WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
> http://www.ycoln-resources.com
> FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
> ==============================================
> To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
> http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
>
> "George in Boston" <George in Boston@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:B1611082-201E-433B-88E9-5F5F25B7F5D8@microsoft.com...
>> Ronx - Thank you for your help. I need to design with a fixed with layout
>> so
>> that the content in the cells doesn't change in size, test wrap, etc.
>> I'll
>> try working with a 760px wide table at an 800 x 600 resolution. My fear
>> is
>> that for those visitors with a higher screen resolution my site will
>> appear
>> microscopic. I'm not sure how to avoid this type of result.
>>
>> If you have any thoughts about this it would be greatlly appreicated..
>>
>> George
>>
>>
>> "Ronx" wrote:
>>
>>> Simple answer: No.
>>>
>>> You can design for a fixed width layout, or a liquid layout. The fixed
>>> width (say all content within a 760px wide table) will display the same
>>> for
>>> all browser widths from 800px upwards, but wider browsers will display
>>> blank
>>> space in one or both (left/right) margins.
>>>
>>> The liquid layout (all content in a 100% wide table) will expand and
>>> contract with the browser width, but the layout in the table will change
>>> as
>>> text wraps in different places, and images and other objects will move
>>> around.
>>>
>>> Finally, all users can change the font size to suit their screen
>>> resolution
>>> and eyesight. This will also change the layout for individual users.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ron Symonds (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
>>> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
>>>
>>>
>>> "George in Boston" <George in Boston@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>> message news:2170E3A3-E1FF-41C9-A2C7-67336A182817@microsoft.com...
>>> > Is there a feature or technique in Frontpage 2003 that will always
>>> > allow
>>> > the
>>> > page that I have designed to expand or contract to meet various
>>> > resolutions
>>> > and appear pretty much the same to all viewers as it does to me in my
>>> > design?
>>> > So that if I design a page that fits completely within my screen at my
>>> > design
>>> > resolution, it will appear roughly the same to all visitors (without
>>> > having
>>> > to scroll to view all the content) regardless of the viewer's screen
>>> > size
>>> > or
>>> > resolution. Thank you for your help.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

You can lock the font size via CSS for users of IE browsers that DO NOT know how to override a
website CSS settings.

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"Jon Spivey" <jons@mvps.org> wrote in message news:OmvZpjJ4EHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> You can't "lock" font size with CSS. In fact I don't think you can "lock" anything on the web, the
> user is king :-)
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Jon
> Microsoft MVP
>
> "Thomas A. Rowe" <tarowe@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23QCw2qG4EHA.2156@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Nothing you can do about it, the user can increase the font size in their browser as long as you
>> haven't tried locking the font size with CSS.
>>
>> --
>> ==============================================
>> Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
>> WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
>> http://www.ycoln-resources.com
>> FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
>> ==============================================
>> To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
>> http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
>>
>> "George in Boston" <George in Boston@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B1611082-201E-433B-88E9-5F5F25B7F5D8@microsoft.com...
>>> Ronx - Thank you for your help. I need to design with a fixed with layout so
>>> that the content in the cells doesn't change in size, test wrap, etc. I'll
>>> try working with a 760px wide table at an 800 x 600 resolution. My fear is
>>> that for those visitors with a higher screen resolution my site will appear
>>> microscopic. I'm not sure how to avoid this type of result.
>>>
>>> If you have any thoughts about this it would be greatlly appreicated..
>>>
>>> George
>>>
>>>
>>> "Ronx" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Simple answer: No.
>>>>
>>>> You can design for a fixed width layout, or a liquid layout. The fixed
>>>> width (say all content within a 760px wide table) will display the same for
>>>> all browser widths from 800px upwards, but wider browsers will display blank
>>>> space in one or both (left/right) margins.
>>>>
>>>> The liquid layout (all content in a 100% wide table) will expand and
>>>> contract with the browser width, but the layout in the table will change as
>>>> text wraps in different places, and images and other objects will move
>>>> around.
>>>>
>>>> Finally, all users can change the font size to suit their screen resolution
>>>> and eyesight. This will also change the layout for individual users.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Ron Symonds (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
>>>> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "George in Boston" <George in Boston@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>>> message news:2170E3A3-E1FF-41C9-A2C7-67336A182817@microsoft.com...
>>>> > Is there a feature or technique in Frontpage 2003 that will always allow
>>>> > the
>>>> > page that I have designed to expand or contract to meet various
>>>> > resolutions
>>>> > and appear pretty much the same to all viewers as it does to me in my
>>>> > design?
>>>> > So that if I design a page that fits completely within my screen at my
>>>> > design
>>>> > resolution, it will appear roughly the same to all visitors (without
>>>> > having
>>>> > to scroll to view all the content) regardless of the viewer's screen size
>>>> > or
>>>> > resolution. Thank you for your help.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>
>