Size of Web Pages

[Peter Barker]

Is there a recommended size for web pages? If you make them too wide they
won't fit on the screen and you get scroll bars at the bottom. I notice
that many commercial web pages seem to allow for favorites down the side of
the pages so you don't get scroll bars even with favorites showing. However,
if you make the page too narrow you lose space for content. So is there a
generally accepted page width?
Any thoughts appreciated. Thanks. Peter

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Using tables, 100% width or fixed width of 750 pixels

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[Kevin Spencer]

So is there a generally accepted page width?

Hi Peter,

No, there is not. In fact, you're standing on the precipice of one of the
stickiest problems that web developers have to deal with. What about screen
resolution? Window size? Browser? All of these are variables you will have
to deal with. And there are no simple solutions.

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[Tom J]

Is there a recommended size for web pages? If you make them too
wide they won't fit on the screen and you get scroll bars at the
bottom. I notice that many commercial web pages seem to allow for
favorites down the side of the pages so you don't get scroll bars
even with favorites showing. However, if you make the page too
narrow you lose space for content. So is there a generally accepted
page width?
Any thoughts appreciated. Thanks. Peter

Just so you know, depending on your potential viewer, it is around 40%
to 50% viewing with 800 X 600 resolution. Some of those have higher
resolution screens but still view at the lower resolution for many
different reasons.

Tom J

 

[Murray]

I build all of my commercial sites in one of two configurations -

1. Fixed width at 760px, left aligned.
2. Fixed width at 760px, centering.

You could also do flexible, so that the design flexes horizontally to fill
any size browser viewport, but if there are only a few paragraphs on the
page, that can look a bit sparse on a large screen.