Why doesn't this site view the same on different monitors

[Lee]

Hi,

I'm using FP02. A website I'm working on, needs to have a full screen
size graphic for each of its pages. Since the graphics I was given were
large, I slide them and placed them inside a table. The table is set to
100% width.

When I view this site, it is pretty much full screen. When viewed on
the person who sent me the graphic it only about 3/4 their screen but
the background shows full screen. What am I doing wrong?

The site is at www.ltsquared.com Note: They insisted on having full
screen graphic pages with no text or content. They also are against
using flash.

--Lee

 

[=?iso-8859-1?Q?Crash_Gordon=AE?=]

You're not doing anything wrong. That's just the way the web is, pages will look different depending on the viewer's browser, their monitor size, and the resolution they have their monitor set to.

There are work-arounds....but your client is thinking print and the web is electrons.

If you surf the web and look as other designs (and really take a look from a design standpoint - not a soifer) it will become evident how different designers overcome this major challenge.

Some methods; 750 or < left justified table, 750 px centered table, collapsing tables...and other stuff that I'm no expert on.

RoboCrash


| Hi,
|
| I'm using FP02. A website I'm working on, needs to have a full screen
| size graphic for each of its pages. Since the graphics I was given were
| large, I slide them and placed them inside a table. The table is set to
| 100% width.
|
| When I view this site, it is pretty much full screen. When viewed on
| the person who sent me the graphic it only about 3/4 their screen but
| the background shows full screen. What am I doing wrong?
|
| The site is at www.ltsquared.com Note: They insisted on having full
| screen graphic pages with no text or content. They also are against
| using flash.
|
| --Lee
|

 

[Jack Brewster]

Lee,

(Sorry if I'm stating the obvious here, please bear with me.)

Graphic width is measured in pixels. If your display is 800 pixels wide
(and we forget about scrollbars and whether or not the browser is maximized
for a moment) then the most you could display is 800 pixels wide. Any wider
and a visitor would have to scroll horizontally to see the rest of the
graphics.

But if you view the same hypothetical 800 pixel wide graphic on a larger
display, say one that is 1024 wide or even wider, the graphic is still only
800 pixels wide which means you will have extra space on the side(s) of the
graphic. That's the other 1/4 screen you're seeing on the person's
computer.

If they want the image to always be 100% of the screen, it's not going to
work very well. You could stretch the graphic, but it will be distorted by
the browser and won't convey a professional image, especially for a graphic
design firm.

About the best you can do is try to center the content in the middle of the
page. That will at least give the page a visual balance. If you center the
graphics in the center cell, that should do the trick. To do this, right
click on the center cell and select "Cell Properties," then set "Horizontal
alignment" to "Center." I noticed that your table has two cells on the
sides, one at 3% and the other at 2%. If you're not going to put content
into those cells, you could delete them and have just one cell in your table
set at 100% width.

If that doesn't do what you want, try posting back with a little more detail
and, perhaps, examples of what you're trying to achieve.

Good luck!

 

[Jack Brewster]

There are work-arounds....but your client is thinking print and the web is

electrons.

Oy vay. One of the first jobs I did for money was for a print shop. It
took me a long time to train him.

 

[=?iso-8859-1?Q?Crash_Gordon=AE?=]

I'm still re-training myself - I've done lotsa print in my day - the transition is difficult. In fact I still do ink so I have to be split brained.


| |
| > There are work-arounds....but your client is thinking print and the web is
| electrons.
|
| Oy vay. One of the first jobs I did for money was for a print shop. It
| took me a long time to train him.
|
| --
| Jack Brewster - Microsoft FrontPage MVP
|
|