graphics size changes

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I have created a web site and my graphics change size based on the display settings of the users computer. On my laptop everyting comes accross looking great but on my home PC the graphics are different sizes and the whole page looks awful. How do I solve this???
 
Can you post a URL? It's almost impossible to know exactly what is going on
without seeing the code itself.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

Scott said:
I have created a web site and my graphics change size based on the display
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settings of the users computer. On my laptop everyting comes accross looking
great but on my home PC the graphics are different sizes and the whole page
looks awful. How do I solve this???
 
Actually, the graphics don't change size,
the amount of screen area required to display them
changes with different "resolutions."

Example:
A 200 by 200 image will use 25% of the screen width
to display at a 800 by 600 pixel resolution.

At a resolution of 1024 by 768 pixels the image only requires
19.5% of the screen width even though the image is still
200 by 200 pixels wide. The number of pixels used by the
image is constant, the number of pixels available has changed.

That said, most people design at the most commonly used
resolution setting which is 800 by 600.

hth

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Scott said:
I have created a web site and my graphics change size based on the display
Click to expand...
settings of the users computer. On my laptop everyting comes accross looking
great but on my home PC the graphics are different sizes and the whole page
looks awful. How do I solve this???
 
-----Original Message-----
I have created a web site and my graphics change size
based on the display settings of the users computer. On
my laptop everyting comes accross looking great but on my
home PC the graphics are different sizes and the whole
page looks awful. How do I solve this???
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Before publishing any page, preview it in every browser
you expect your visitors to use.

Plus, while doing so, take care to resize the browser
window to several widths, such as:

o The narrowest you think any visitor will use
(i.e. 640).
o The most common width you think visitors will use
(i.e. 800).
o The widest you think any visitor will use
(i.e. 1600).

Then:

o Make sure your page looks its best at what you believe
will be the most common width.
o Make sure the page is at least usable (and that you can
stand it) at other widths.

Most Web designers have the greatest success using HTML
tables as layout grids.

Relying on absolute positioning and/or things flowing
naturally into place usually leads to trouble.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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