Re: widescreen monitors

To " design a page and subsequent called pages that will display the same in every visitor's monitor window regardless of size and resolution" use the method I outlined earlier. Pages built like this will do exactly what you want - display the same in every visitor's monitor window regardless of size and resolution.

If you want the page to fill the browser portal, then you have to forgo the "display the same" part. To fill a portal the page has to spread out. That means lines of text become longer - sometimes so long the text becomes difficult to read. And if the text takes up less lines, then any images will move around as well. In other words, the layout will change. For this type of display instead of using a fixed width table (exact number of pixels wide) use a % width table - 100% width will always fill the browser. But the page layout will be different on every PC.

It's your choice - a layout that is fixed in every browser, or a layout that fills every browser. I prefer the fixed layout.
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"jpcummins" <jpcummins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:7CFA4E80-6205-42FE-B34C-305E63ADD508@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:

I agree regarding doing away with the frames; most pages I see today do not
use them. Consequently I intend to in the future redesign my site
accordingly. I am a bit confused though. I thought that by not using frames
and using "Ronx" technique that the resulting page and any subsequent called
pages would fill a visitor's monitor window regardless of the size or
resolution. Unless I read your reply incorrectly you advise this technique
would not give me the results I want. You refer to a completely different
technique to achieve those results. If so how do I design a page and
subsequent called pages that will display the same in every visitor's monitor
window regardless of size and resolution. Thanking you in advance for your
reply.

John
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"P@tty Ayers" wrote:

> Using this method with an existing frames site might be possible, but would
> probably be a huge pain. It's very doubtful that you need to use frames, and
> they really make *your* work much more difficult than doing non-frame pages.
> It would be much better to take the content out of the frames and put it
> into non-frame, table-based pages.
>
> If you do what "Ronx" recommended, yes, you would need to do that to every
> page.
>
> No, a fixed-width design will not expand to fill the browser window. That
> requires a completely different technique. The technique "Ronx" described, a
> fixed-width design, is simpler and you'll probably have more likelihood of
> success with it without a lot more pain and agony.
>
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> "jpcummins" <jpcummins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ADF2D6FE-635C-40A2-8FB2-C248A23B3B52@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Can this method be used with a site that has frames? My site was designed
> > with "banner", "contents" and "body" frames (index page). Additionally,
> > would I have to use this method with every additional page? If I do this,
> > and do it correctly, should the site pages then fill the browser window on
> > all monitors regardless of monitor size or resolution. You will have to
> > overlook my lack of FrontPage expertise. Thanking you in advance.
> >
> > --
> > john
> >
> >
> > "Ronx" wrote:
> >
> >> Monitor size, shape and screen resolution have nothing to do with how a
> >> page appears in a browser - the size of the browser window is the
> >> important bit (screen resolution will set the maximum size).
> >>
> >> One method to fix the layout is to place your page content in a fixed
> >> width table - the table should be 760px wide for 800px width browser
> >> portal. Also do not use any absolute positioning, absolutely positioned
> >> items will always stay in the same place on the page, while the page
> >> moves around it. If you have positioned items in the page post a link
> >> - there ways around this.
> >> --
> >> Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
> >> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
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> >>
> >> "mcg" <mcg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:93C2562D-7E8A-4C09-86DD-5A2D2655D2BC@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> >>
> >> > How do I set up my FP2000 built site to show up the same on all
> >> > monitors?
> >> > When viewed on a wide monitor all of my settings are off. It is
> >> > configured
> >> > for a 800x600 view.
> >>
> >>
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