I need some Frontpage help re: objects moving or resizing...

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Hi...I am new to Frontpage (duh!) and have successfully published a site for
myself (business related) that looks wonderful on my computer BUT if the
window is not maximized or when viewed on friends' screens of different
sizes, there are some columns, layers, etc. that move or do not resize to fit
the screen...is there some HTML that I can insert that will "anchor"
everything? So far the site is only 2 pages - so I m hoping it isn't too
tedious...please help! Thanks in advance.
 
Your design does lock everything into place. Unfortunately you need a
screen 1280 pixels wide to see it.
This line
<td bgcolor="#8AA5BC" width="1261" colspan="6" height="209"
bordercolor="#8AA5BC"> sets the width to 1261 pixels minimum. Add to
that some absolute positioning - this is locked into place and will
never move - but you have placed the layer in a table cell which will
move if the user changes text size.

The page needs a lot of redesigning to make it flexible, including
replacing most of the table cell widths with % sizes instead of pixel
sizes, removing table heights (illegal HTML), and removing the layers.

Finally, a Home page should be around 60KB maximum, to allow loading on
dialup connections within about 15-20 seconds (some will say it should
load in 10 seconds). Your home page, thanks to some very big images,
adds up to over 2,100KB. The images need to be optimised for the web.

--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.

http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp
 
Wow...it all began with a template I d/l'd Saturday...I'm sure I got it
directly from the Microsoft site. Oh well, water under the bridge I guess.
Frontpage will optimize it for me won't it? Which setting should I use? And I
see the code you copied, but what should it be in terms of width, etc.? As
for absolute positioning, is that a good thing? Do I want to add that to the
layers that are moving? I think I can easily change all the widths to %
instead of pixels...thanks for that info. I didn't put them in that way on
purpose, it just formatted them as I inserted them (I suppose I didn't know
what to look for tho). I am a diligent worker and will figure this thing out
with help like yours. Thanks and please keep it coming!
Stacey
 
I forgot to ask about "illegal" HTML???? Can I just go in and remove table
heights? What should they be replaced with? And what is wrong with layers?
I'm just trying to understand...thanks again.
Stacey
 
I wouldn't use the word "illegal". Ron means that the tag isn't valid HTML
(if you were to run it through an HTML validator). That means that not all
browsers will recognize it so the page may not display correctly. As for
the layers, there's nothing "wrong" with them however some browsers may have
trouble with them. You should run your site against the HTML and CSS
validators to see what the errors are.

http://validator.w3.org/
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/
http://www.netmechanic.com/cobrands/zd_dev/
 
Thanks, I'll try that in addition to Ron's advice!
I'm sure you will all be hearing more from me soon! :))
Stacey
 
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