adjust html to screen size?

[Xtreeme]

Quick qestion from a webmastering newbie... If I make a page formated to 600x800 is there a way to have it know the users screen resolution and have it scale to fit? i noticed some sites resize the html to fit my screen. But mine doesnt. Its just whatever size I made it in html. Thanks.

[paul9]

pull one of those pages to bits, to study the source. that should let you know how to resize your pages.

[Beemer]

Use a table set to around 93% for your overall page info and don't word wrap.

This will be scalable.

Cheers!

[Dommi]

if you want your page to exactly fit the size of a users screen there is javacsript that can do this.

[Bill in SD, CA]

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Try this site out:

HTML Forums

Bill

[Xtreeme]

Thanks alot guys! Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Bill that HTML forum ROCKS. Thanks, that will save alot of searching for answers to this and about anything else I'll need to know. Sweet.

Dommi thanks. But the problem for me with java, is it deters some visitors. Some have the security set real high on their browser and prevents the page from displaying then. Not good for a new site. As most will just close the page, and go away. I dont use flash either for similar reasons. And thats the problem with my screen size. I need it to work on all resolutions. Many use 600x800. But I myself dont like that res for web. On my 17" lcd thats too HUGE! LOL. Its really hard to get things just right. For instance most know blue underlined links are clickable. Even web newbies. Changing that to anything else actually drives some away, cause it confuses them. Me being a experienced web user, I click on everything I see-hehe. So its hard to see it from a more casual surfers view. Least thats how I think of it.


"Use a table set to around 93% for your overall page info and don't word wrap.

This will be scalable."

Beemer, thanks. Thats some good info there. That may well be my entire problem. It is using word wrap. -oops.

[Beemer]

You can use tables within that oringinal table as well. You set your nested tables to a percentage of your oringinal table.

When setting type in the nested table, just keep typing without using your Enter key or line breaks. The type will change lines automatically as you type.

Cheers!

[Dommi]

noting the fact that tables are not the proper method of rendering content on a web page.

You could do the same exact thing with css and percentile widths and the code would be cleaner and prettier.

[Beemer]

I've not heard this one. What is wrong with using tables? Frames are a no-no but tables?

Teach me something.

Cheers!

[Dommi]

try this
http://www.andybudd.com/archives/200...sign/index.php
there is a big hullabalu (did I just use that word in context? ) over whether tables are made for rendering content or just tabular data. I personally follow the css school of thought.