Word overlays for some website viewers

[Tammy]

I have designed a website on Frontpage2003. Some viewers of the website are
seeing the words run into borders, pics not in the right place. On the
Frontpage it is perfect and when viewed in browser it is perfect. The Schema
version is set at Internet Explorer 5.0 if this matters. What can I do to
fix this problem for everyone that views website?

 

[Ronx]

Difficult to diagnose without seeing the page, but problem is probably
caused by absolute positioning, with the positioned containers too small
for the content, or heights set on tables or divs with too much content
for the settings. The "movement" of the images will be caused by a
combination of positioning, different browser sizes and different text
size settings.

Remember that users can change text sizes from whatever you, the page
author, specify. This often causes overflows such as you describe.

A link to a faulty page will help give better advice without guesswork.

 

[Tammy]

When I went in and changed the font on my internet explorer it did fix the
problem. How can i fix this problem so other viewers of the site have this
done for them. This is the first time I have ever been to a site where I had
to adjust my font to make the site look correct. So I guess I am asking "how
did they do it!" LOL Thanks

Tammy

 

[Andrew Murray]

You can't control how others set up their browsers or what size they have
the text set at, or what fonts are installed on their computer
system.....Can we have a link to the pages as Ronx requested?

 

[Ronx]

You have to design your pages to accommodate different fonts, different
font sizes, different browsers, and different browser sizes.

Testing for different font and browser sizes is easy - Preview in
browser, and use View->Text Size to change the text size, both smaller
and larger. Use File->Preview in Browser and select a different browser
size. Also install FireFox and test the pages in that browser - if you
use any VML graphics (text boxes, shape art, WordArt) you may be shocked
at the result in FireFox.

Using absolute positioning is one way to ensure problems, another way is
to use the height attribute where it is not required (height is usually
required for images).

As Andrew said, showing us the page will bring more specific advice.

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