Re: layout/formatting for a certain screen resolution

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From: Thomas A. Rowe (tarowe_at_mvps.org)
Date: 05/03/04 

Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 18:22:47 -0400

Tables, centered, maximum of 750 pixels, and avoid using frames and absolute positioning. 

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"Chuck Chopp" <ChuckChopp@rtfmcsi.com> wrote in message
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> What is the recommended way in FP2002 to do your design/layout so that the
> web site fits a certain minimum screen resolution on the computer on which
> the web browser is being run?
>
> I'm looking making a web site that looks "proper" at 800x600 screen
> resolution.  However, the system on which I run FP2002 runs as 1900x1200
> resolution.  The web site uses frames in a 4 panel arrangement, with a
> header & footer that run all the way across the page and then sandwiched in
> between are the contents and main panels.  I have gone into each frame and
> set the height & width to be exact pixel measurements, and everything looks
> OK w/respect to how the layout appears inside of FP2002.  However, when I
> save the pages and publish them and then view them on a computer that runs
> IE maximized on a desktop that is 800x600, the layout is all wrong and text,
> table cells, etc... don't format properly.
>
> I'm getting frustrated because I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or
> of IE is just butchering the presentation of the pages on the client side.
>
>
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