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  • Thread starter Thread starter Peter Gniewek
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Yeah, pretty awesome.

Except.....
Your site doesn't fit in my browser.
I can't see any of your Flash gunk.
My English language skills haven't deteriorated enough to follow the grammar
rules you're using.

Bob Lehmann
 
The photo gallery has some good shots of NYC, too bad the gallery is 4 feet
wide though.


| Yeah, pretty awesome.
|
| Except.....
| Your site doesn't fit in my browser.
| I can't see any of your Flash gunk.
| My English language skills haven't deteriorated enough to follow the
grammar
| rules you're using.
|
| Bob Lehmann
|
|
 
Dear Peter,
Don't listen to these guys. You're doing just fine. You just need to
pay attention to a few little details. Your page -
http://www.petergsite.00freehost.com/NYC Trip/nyc.htm - is too wide
because you have accidentally specified one cell to be 1134 pixels
wide. It happens all the time. The cell that is doing this to your
page has code that looks like this:
<TD vAlign=top width=1134 bgColor=#add8e6 height=34>
You also have some that are 980 pixels wide, 900 pixels wide, and so
on. I've found that if you love your tables were 900 pixels wide, as
well.
Anyway, 1134 pixels is a bit too much. The width of the smallest
SCREEN a visitor might have would be 480 pixels, the average would be
600 pixels, and, for the time being, I would never allow my page to get
wider than that. People hate using the scroll bars at the bottom of the
page, especially, apparently, the people in this message thread.
Actually, while they don't hurt anything, I'm not too fond of them
myself.
If you must specify the width of cells, make sure that all the cells on
a row do not add up to more than 600 pixels. It is better to specify a
table width as being 100% (or better yet, not an all), and letting the
cells fill that table. If you specify one cell as being 1134 pixels
wide, it doesn't matter how wide you specified the table to be, the
table will grow to fit the cell. In Frontpage, open the page, right
click inside each and every cell and select cell properties, and
specify smaller widths, or, preferably, uncheck the 'specify width' box
altogether. When editing your website, it's a good idea to check your
work in a browser to make sure that the results you see in your editor
are the results that your visitors are going to see. You are on a good
track; the more you practice editing websites, the better you will
become. I expect great things from you. Good luck, Peter.
 
Dear Peter,

Don't listen to these guys. You're doing just fine. You just need to
pay attention to a few little details. Your page -
http://www.petergsite.00freehost.com/NYC Trip/nyc.htm - is too wide
because you have accidentally specified one cell to be 1134 pixels
wide. It happens all the time, it is no big deal, it is easy to fix,
and shame on anybody who belittles the work of a new user who is trying
so hard to learn.

OK, Peter, let's get to work.

The cell that is doing this to your page has code that looks like this:
<TD vAlign=top width=1134 bgColor=#add8e6 height=34>
You also have some that are 980 pixels wide, 900 pixels wide, and so
on. I've found a few of your tables were 900 pixels wide, as well.

Anyway, 1134 pixels is a bit too much. The width of the smallest
SCREEN a visitor might have would be 480 pixels, the average would be
600 pixels, and, for the time being, I would never allow my page to get
wider than that. People hate using the scroll bars at the bottom of the
page, especially, apparently, the people in this message thread. Often,
people don't even see them. Actually, while they don't hurt anything,
I'm not too fond of them myself.

If you must specify the width of cells, make sure that all the cells on
a row do not add up to more than 600 pixels. It is better to specify a
table width as being 100% (or better yet, not at all), and letting the
cells fill that table. If you specify one cell as being 1134 pixels
wide, it doesn't matter how wide you specified the table to be, the
table will grow to fit the cell. In Frontpage, open the page, right
click inside each and every cell and select cell properties, and
specify smaller widths, or, preferably, uncheck the 'specify width' box
altogether. When editing your website, it's a good idea to check your
work in a browser to make sure that the results you see in your editor
are the results that your visitors are going to see.

You are on a good track; the more you practice editing websites, the
better you will become. I expect great things from you. Good luck,
Peter.
 
I know about this and I am trying to fix it, but if you click on the small
arrow that is between thumbnails the page will be normal in size.
 
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