What is the best width for a webpage?

My page is 940px. What is the best width for a webpages content?

 

The 960px page width is very popular as it is very flexible. http://960.gs/

 

Pages with a fixed px width are rather tricky as many people now use large monitors and 940 px will only cover a small part like an island in the ocean.

Best to go for a 100% width which degrades gracefully in all browsers and on all screens.

 

depends upon your requirement..if its a small website...then go for 960px otherwise go for fluid layout....
below is an excellent article on the subject..hope this helps...
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/200...s-elastic-layout-whats-the-right-one-for-you/

 

Thanks guys. Now I get to change all my pages from 940px to 960px. Whoo! An extra 20px to work with!!!

 

However be careful with 100% page width, since if you have scroll bar ( if your page long enough to go below the screen ), it will push the content a bit ( if you had some sort of 'folding'/hide-show javascript for some content itll create some 'push' animation.. which is not pretty ). And fluid width is hard to tackle esp. if you're building wep apps that had a lot of javascript based functions.

 

My recomendation would be to know your target audience. If they use the
most popular screen resolution, then use 1024 x 768. If they use the second-
most popular screen resolution, then use 800 x 600. If they are mobile users,
they will also need a different resolution.


You can find a javascript to sniff the type of browser and screen resolution
of your visitor and create your pages accordingly. The javascript can direct
them to the right pages. It is more work but it only needs doing one time.

Good luck. LINK

 

There're many layout generators on my signiture site. You can select the unit of the layout as % to test. When the container is set to 100% width, it's just OK no horizontal scroller. CSS padding-left or padding-right may enlarge the width of the columns. This could be overcome by set {overflow:hidden} on columns.

 

depends upon your requirement.
Mostaly use 1004px

below is an excellent Site helping you in web development..hope this helps...

www.tutorials99.com

 

this looks like a really useful site for a person learning web design like me. Thank you.

 

bingo. A site for grandma and grandpa doesn't need the bells and whistles of a kiddy pop site.

 

I usually use 960px for wordpress themes and 780px for presentation websites

 

Ye i agree...
make it 100% size, and do the design carefully to get best result...
Proportional width on the monitor will be great for the looks of your website

 

I guess best is to know your target audience and decide. Normally i go for 960px for a centered layout.

 

I usually use 780px