Webdesign

In creating a layout of your page,

do you use percentage? or other fixed values?

For example:

height: 10%;

or

height: 180px;

Do you base it to a certain window size? I am using a 1280X720 display settings. I based the layout on that size. What if a visitor is using a 800X600 display settings? Will this affect?

 

I use 1024 as window size but most time I use px in a 1024 div that is centered

 

i would create your site so that it is viewed optimally by people using 1024x768 resolution because right now that is the most popular screen res

make sure you set fixed heights and widths to your divs and tables though because a lot of people also use resolutions greater than that and if your site isnt fixed itll stretch out and probably look funny

 

For percentage (%) layout and fixed layout, it is according to your situation .
I usually use the fixed width .

 

I love fluid layouts, so personally I go with a percentage layout

 

If you want to create fluid layouts that adapt to the size of the user's screen, then you can use percentages. However if you just want it to be fixed then you will probably want to use fixed values.

 

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I used fixed values and optimize for 1024x768. Nobody these days even uses 800x600. Working in % is a lot harder and it's not always worth it.

 

I agree, % can sometimes be very hard to work with. Fixed is easier. I got a bit lower than 1024x768, so there is a small gap around the edge of my site.

 

Hi OrangeNick. I've been toying with fluid layouts and the problem I run into is when someone is looking at the website on a very large screen the page gets too wide and looks really bad. Do you know of a way to restrict the width of a page while still maintaining fluidity? I hope that makes sense.

Thanks!!

 

You could put the whole page inside a div container with a set width and use the fluidity inside that.

 

Hi fadetoblack22, I tried that and it works fine in firefox, but in IE the page width is at the max. Is there a way to get IE to recognize a max-width?

Thanks!

 

Hmmm...

My first web design was using percentage. I find it annoying sometimes when i tried to resize the browser. It looked funny and the buttons are not in place.

My current website design is using the 1260X720 resolution. Should I use the lower resolution? I really wanted to use percentage but is there a way to place minimum and maximum width and height?

 

Oh, if only IE conformed to basic standards we wouldn't be here.

You'll need to use JavaScript for this very simple task if you want it in IE, check out the following page:

http://www.ozoneasylum.com/25116

 

I prefer fluid-width layouts myself but viewing a non-forum site that uses 100% of the browser window can be a pain at 1920x1200 or higher resolution.

I've started using fluid width's along with the max-width css option to keep things somewhat user friendly.

-Zeras

 

I use proportional, rather than absolute, sizing and dimensions, (% and em rather than pixels) and always try to accommodate 800x600 screen size computers (approx. 4% of my audience use them).

JFP