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derek53
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Design/Preview - 6/12/2009 6:37:51
hi
newbie here. When i design a table in a page and look at it in preview there is a shift in one coloumn that make the table untidy. What can i do ?
Also i design on a desktop pc and the site looks good, but if i look at the site on a widescreen laptop the site looks aweful - all over the place. Again what can i do
Many thanks
Derek
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womble
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RE: Design/Preview - 6/14/2009 10:39:12
Also, it's not a good idea just checking things out in preview, because preview doesn't show you exactly what you'll get using a browser. You're much better checking it out in a browser rather than relying on FP's 'preview.' It's difficult to say though why one column would be behaving oddly without seeing either the site, or the code for the page, as we'd just be guessing. Also, check out your pages with the W3C validator - if you've got errors in your code very often it can cause weird layout problems.
As for the problem of sites not looking good on different sized monitors, see your thread on it in the Lounge - the only way you'll get a site that will expand to fill the available space is using a fluid layout specifying your page/table/page element in % or such like rather than pixels. If you use a fixed width table for example, it's only ever going to be the size you've specified for it in pixels and can't expand to take account of different sized monitors and resolutions. Fluid layouts can cause their own problems though on a very wide screen, so often you need a combination of fluid/fixed layout, or specify and minimum and maximum to prevent things getting stretched way out on a widescreen monitor. It's often a case of compromising and building for what most of your visitors will be likely to be using, but then again, these days with screen sizes going from ultra small on portable devices to huge on widescreen monitors, it's increasingly difficult to get the balance right. Difficult to advise though without seeing what you're trying to do.
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