HELP, PLEASE!

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Hi, Thanks in advance for helping me.

My problem is this: I made a website, it looks good and everything fits
good in the screen OF MY COMPUTER. But, when other users view it in their
computers, they say that it's too damn big that they have to scroll back and
forth to read the site. WHY IS THAT??? CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME???

Here is the link to the site that I'm talking about:
www.southdavisbaseball.com

THANKS...
 
Hi,

Usually you have to consider the resolution size others might be using, from
what I have heard from other webpage creators. I use 1280 x 1024
resolution, so if I created my page and view it at that resolution it would
probabl look different on a 1024 x 768 or 800 x 600 resolution setting. At
least that is my thinking, I haven`t tried to make a website, but that might
be the problem. If I am wrong, I will be corrected quite quickly in this
newsgroup.

Jeff
 
Oh, checked out your site, it looks like you designed it for 1024 x 768
resolution. So anyone viewing it under 800x600 or 640x480 will see it as
huge.

Jeff
 
THANKS JEFFREY! I think you are right. That's what another person told me
also. I guess I have to make my website a little smaller, I don't know!
Do you know what the SCREEN RESOLUTION is in general with most of the
computers out there???
 
Hi,

A safe bet would be 800x600. A simpler way to find out is to visit popular
websites and see the size of their websites. For example, www.cnn.com if
you look at it on a 1024x768 resolution screen, resize the IE window to its
smallest width without the scroll bar showing up. I beleive you will see
its probably set at 800x600. I know at work here, all screen resolutions
are set at 1280x1024, but that is under work conditions. Probably most user
are set at 800x600, so I would go with that.

Jeff
 
MASHIYAK said:
THANKS JEFFREY! I think you are right. That's what another person
told me also. I guess I have to make my website a little smaller, I
don't know!
Do you know what the SCREEN RESOLUTION is in general with most of the
computers out there???

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Keep the width to -750 pixels or 75%. Height doesn't matter

This is a very good web site to learn basic html. Very easy to follow.
http://www.aumha.org/html/
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MASHIYAK said:
YES. I DID DESIGNED THE SITE FOR A 1024 x 768. That's what my SCREEN
RESOLUTION IS SET FOR IN MY COMPUTER. The person that viewed it has a
computer that has WINDOWS MILLENIUM and mine is XP HOME EDITION. So, does
that mean every computer has a different resolution or only the old OPERATING
SYSTEMS, or what?
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No it depends on the hardware they have not the version of the OS.

Try right clicking on a blank part of the desktop and select "Properties" ->
settings tab.

Note that the "screen resolution" can be adjusted. His setting may be
different to yours. If he has an old computer he may not be able to select
higher screen resolutions or he may just prefer it set to 800 x 600.

Personally I have the opposite problem. My screen is set for 1600 x 1200 and
many web sites have fixed size windows that only use about 10% of the
available screen area.
 
MAN, OH MAN. All this sounds like a pain in the butt ! You mentioned
about "many websites having fixed size windows" DO YOU KNOW HOW I CAN HAVE
MY SITE WITH FIXED SIZE WINDOWS? And do you think that's the solution???
 
MASHIYAK said:
Hi, Thanks in advance for helping me.

My problem is this: I made a website, it looks good and everything fits
good in the screen OF MY COMPUTER. But, when other users view it in
their
computers, they say that it's too damn big that they have to scroll back
and
forth to read the site. WHY IS THAT??? CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME???

Here is the link to the site that I'm talking about:
www.southdavisbaseball.com

THANKS...
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1: um first off... get rid of the midi, you don't need it... you already
made me close the browser.
2: design the entire page in a table with a width of 800 pixels... and go as
long as 1000 px. no greater.
3: Personal font types I like to use: Arial and Comic.
4: stay away from frames at times.
5: usually set your web design for 800 x 600
6: stay away from repeating backgrounds...
go here for a sample code: http://www.geocities.com/gundam12 and click on
"coded transmission" for basic JavaScript work or go to
http://www.jalfrezi.com for more html codes.
 
MASHIYAK said:
THANKS A LOT, PEOPLE, FOR ALL YOUR ANSWER!!!!!!




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Click to expand...
And by the way: Don't use all capital letters when posting to groups. It
is considered to be rude and it is like having someone SHOUTING AT YOU!!!
 
MASHIYAK said:
MAN, OH MAN. All this sounds like a pain in the butt ! You mentioned
about "many websites having fixed size windows" DO YOU KNOW HOW I CAN HAVE
MY SITE WITH FIXED SIZE WINDOWS? And do you think that's the solution???
Click to expand...

No. Fixing the size isn't the solution. Do what other replies say and allow
users to resize windows whenever possible.

Try setting your own screen resolution to 800 x 800 and design you site so
it looks ok on that. Then it should look ok on most other computers.

Don't forget to test your site! You should at least check that it works ok
when using IE, Netscape and a few other top browsers. Years ago I found that
Netscape didn't like file names with spaces in but IE could handle that OK.
 
My screen is set for 1600 x 1200
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Wow, you have FANTASTIC eyesight or one huge monitor...

1024X768 is barely manageable for me with my glasses recently cleaned
(!) and I've got a 19" monitor <sigh>
 
Do you know what the SCREEN RESOLUTION is in general with most of the
computers out there???
Click to expand...

Monitors are getting bigger and therefore people are using higher
resolutions.

A few years back many monitors were 14 or 15 inch and 640x480 was a
very common resolution, now I think 800x600 is about the lowest used
(my monitor and video card no longer allow 640x480) and I'd set the
website for that resolution.
 
Wow, you have FANTASTIC eyesight or one huge monitor...

1024X768 is barely manageable for me with my glasses recently cleaned
(!) and I've got a 19" monitor <sigh>
Click to expand...

I run my 19" Viewsonic at 1600x1280 and use normal size fonts - I
personally find 1024x768 to be too lacking in desktop space for any
work.
 
In
XS11E said:
Wow, you have FANTASTIC eyesight or one huge monitor...

1024X768 is barely manageable for me with my glasses recently
cleaned
(!) and I've got a 19" monitor <sigh>
Click to expand...


Bear in mind that the size of many things on your screen can be
changed, even while keeping the resolution the same. For
example,1024x768 does not necessarily imply a certain size text
in IE, Word, etc.

I run 1280x1024 on my 19" monitor without difficulty, and my eyes
are very likely older than yours.
 
I run my 19" Viewsonic at 1600x1280 and use normal size fonts - I
personally find 1024x768 to be too lacking in desktop space for
any work.
Click to expand...

The amount of desktop space is completely immaterial if you can't see
what's there, isn't it? That's why I'm at 1024x768 on my 19" and
probably going back to 800x600...
 
In


Bear in mind that the size of many things on your screen can be
changed, even while keeping the resolution the same. For
example,1024x768 does not necessarily imply a certain size text
in IE, Word, etc.
Click to expand...

Correct, but hardly worth the trouble. Using a lower resolution is
easier and doesn't involve manually changing fonts, icon sizes, etc.
I run 1280x1024 on my 19" monitor without difficulty, and my eyes
are very likely older than yours.
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Very likely, if you were born before 1935.
 
The amount of desktop space is completely immaterial if you can't see
what's there, isn't it? That's why I'm at 1024x768 on my 19" and
probably going back to 800x600...
Click to expand...

I agree, and a users experience is completely subjective. I was just
trying to point out that some of us older people (40+) like running at
the smaller sizes so that we can do more things at one time. My wife's
mother runs at 800x600 on a 17" monitor, my wife at 1024x768 on a 19"
LCD, but it would drive me nuts to run at that res.
 
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