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i have been having trouble with my webpage in different browsers in some it shows up ok in others you have to use the horizontal scroll bar this looks like a screen resolution problem but im not sure im new to web building so i need some help how do i make my webpage automatically fit whatever screen resolution my visitors use i have been reading a few articles and here is what i pulled from one but i dont really understand it are they tellin me to use a resolution of 800/600 when i create my website ? im not sure please read below to see
When I first wrote this article in 2000, the majority of visitors (53%) arriving at thefreecountry.com (where this article was first published before thesitewizard.com came into existance) used a display resolution of 800x600, 31% used 1024x768, and only 8% used 640x480. This situation has changed, and today, the bulk of my visitors at both sites are roughly divided between using a screen resolution of 800x600 and 1024x768 (with insignificant numbers using other resolutions).
If you design your site with fixed widths, you need to be aware of the above. For example, if you design for the 1024x768 screen resolution, you will force almost half your visitors (if your site has the same visitor make-up as mine) to scroll their screens horizontally to see the entire page. Horizontal scrolling irritates a number people (particularly if they have to scroll left and right continually just to read your sentences), hence many sites try to avoid it. They do this by either designing with a fluid design (as thesitewizard.com currently does), where the page automatically fits whatever screen resolution the visitor uses, or by designing it for a worst case screen resolution (either 800x600 or 640x480).
If fixed width is your cup of tea, in my opinion, you should not design your pages to require more than a 800x600 display resolution. Doing so will probably displease at least half your visitors, who will have to repeatedly scroll horizontally (back and forth) just to read the sentences on your page. If, despite this, you feel that you need a fixed canvas larger than 800x600, you can use a trick I've noticed on some sites: they put optional material (like advertisements) in the rightmost column of their web page. This allows visitors who have smaller screens to ignore the rightmost column; they can read the main content without having to scroll horizontally
i have been having trouble with my webpage in different browsers in some it shows up ok in others you have to use the horizontal scroll bar this looks like a screen resolution problem but im not sure im new to web building so i need some help how do i make my webpage automatically fit whatever screen resolution my visitors use i have been reading a few articles and here is what i pulled from one but i dont really understand it are they tellin me to use a resolution of 800/600 when i create my website ? im not sure please read below to see
When I first wrote this article in 2000, the majority of visitors (53%) arriving at thefreecountry.com (where this article was first published before thesitewizard.com came into existance) used a display resolution of 800x600, 31% used 1024x768, and only 8% used 640x480. This situation has changed, and today, the bulk of my visitors at both sites are roughly divided between using a screen resolution of 800x600 and 1024x768 (with insignificant numbers using other resolutions).
If you design your site with fixed widths, you need to be aware of the above. For example, if you design for the 1024x768 screen resolution, you will force almost half your visitors (if your site has the same visitor make-up as mine) to scroll their screens horizontally to see the entire page. Horizontal scrolling irritates a number people (particularly if they have to scroll left and right continually just to read your sentences), hence many sites try to avoid it. They do this by either designing with a fluid design (as thesitewizard.com currently does), where the page automatically fits whatever screen resolution the visitor uses, or by designing it for a worst case screen resolution (either 800x600 or 640x480).
If fixed width is your cup of tea, in my opinion, you should not design your pages to require more than a 800x600 display resolution. Doing so will probably displease at least half your visitors, who will have to repeatedly scroll horizontally (back and forth) just to read the sentences on your page. If, despite this, you feel that you need a fixed canvas larger than 800x600, you can use a trick I've noticed on some sites: they put optional material (like advertisements) in the rightmost column of their web page. This allows visitors who have smaller screens to ignore the rightmost column; they can read the main content without having to scroll horizontally
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