Page size when previewed

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Please help!
Although my page looks fine in design mode when I preview it in a browser it
'spreads all over the screen' when I want it to stay the same size. I'm sure
there must be a simple explanation but despite hours trawling the net and
reading Frontpage books I'm no nearer the answer.

Thanks so much
 
You need to use a table and place your content inside it. A 1 cell table is
fine and will get the job done. Then you can set the width of the table to
be a specific size in pixels, such as 760 (which is good for users with an
800 pixel wide display since it will give them room and allow for a
scrollbar). You can't really control the width of the page itself, only
certain items taht you can place inside the page such as a table.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
 
I am having the same problem. I tried the table solution, and nothing
changed. Any thoughts on what might be wrong?
 
Mark Fitzpatrick said:
You need to use a table and place your content inside it. A 1 cell table is
fine and will get the job done. Then you can set the width of the table to
be a specific size in pixels, such as 760 (which is good for users with an
800 pixel wide display since it will give them room and allow for a
scrollbar). You can't really control the width of the page itself, only
certain items taht you can place inside the page such as a table.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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I just noticed that I'm only having the problem when previewing using
Firefox. Any suggestions for dealing with this?
 
file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Nina/My%20Documents/My%20Webs/Debra/DebraGoebelPhotography/index.htm
 
You have to provide a link to the file that is published to a web server on the internet.

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I thought that was probably the case! I am designing this site for a friend
who hasn't figured out what/where her server will be.
 
Nina said:
I thought that was probably the case! I am designing this site for a
friend
who hasn't figured out what/where her server will be.
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You probably have content on the page that can't be "contained" in a table
with a fixed width, such as absolutely positioned layers. If you post the
entire HTML code here, someone may be able to help.
 
Here's the code. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
<title>Debra Goebel Photography</title>
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0">
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">
<meta name="Microsoft Theme" content="debra2- 1100, default">
<meta name="Microsoft Border" content="tlb, default">
</head>
<body style="float: left; text-align: center" >
<p> </p>
</body></html>
 
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