layout/formatting for a certain screen resolution

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Chuck Chopp

What is the recommended way in FP2002 to do your design/layout so that the
web site fits a certain minimum screen resolution on the computer on which
the web browser is being run?

I'm looking making a web site that looks "proper" at 800x600 screen
resolution. However, the system on which I run FP2002 runs as 1900x1200
resolution. The web site uses frames in a 4 panel arrangement, with a
header & footer that run all the way across the page and then sandwiched in
between are the contents and main panels. I have gone into each frame and
set the height & width to be exact pixel measurements, and everything looks
OK w/respect to how the layout appears inside of FP2002. However, when I
save the pages and publish them and then view them on a computer that runs
IE maximized on a desktop that is 800x600, the layout is all wrong and text,
table cells, etc... don't format properly.

I'm getting frustrated because I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or
of IE is just butchering the presentation of the pages on the client side.


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Tables, centered, maximum of 750 pixels, and avoid using frames and absolute positioning.

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Thomas said:
Tables, centered, maximum of 750 pixels, and avoid using frames and absolute positioning.
Click to expand...

If I eliminate frames entirely, what do I implement to replace them
w/respect to the common content, such as the header, footer and contents
frames? Is that done through some sort of server-side include mechanism, or
through what is called "shared borders" in FP?

Also, if the content of a cell is larger than the cell, is there a way to
cause scroll bars to appear for that cell's contents?

Is there a sample site for which I can vew the source to get an
understanding of how the source looks vs. how the site is rendered in my
browser? That would help me out a lot in understanding how things are
supposed to work when frames are not used.


TIA,

Chuck
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Chuck Chopp

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#1 Use the FP Include Page Component.

#2 You can use the IFrame.

You can view my portfolio of projects:

http://www.ycoln-design.com

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Thomas said:
#1 Use the FP Include Page Component.

#2 You can use the IFrame.
Click to expand...

By using the term "IFrame", you are referring to the "Inline Frame" item on
the "Insert" menu, correct?
You can view my portfolio of projects:

http://www.ycoln-design.com
Click to expand...

Thanks, I'll take a look at it.


Chuck
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Yes.

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Thomas said:
Yes.
Click to expand...

OK, I've started playing with them... the inline frames look promising. I'm
seeing a relatively large gap between the frames themselves, though, and I
don't see any properties that I can set to make them have the same sort of
layout that one would get with a traditional frames page.

Would putting the inline frames inside cells in a table be the appropriate
way to force them to line up properly and have the same appearance as the
frames page that I'm trying to eliminate?


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Chuck Chopp

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RTFM Consulting Services Inc. 864 801 2795 voice & voicemail
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Greer, SC 29651

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Yes, insert the IFrames into table/columns would help.

However, if you are concerned with search engine indexing, you need to try and avoid using any
frames altogether.

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