Websites for various screen resolutions
I am currently developing a website and am trying to make it reasonably portable (the same size, layout, etc. relative to user's current screen resolution). Can anyone tell me if the best, or only, way to create websites which will appear the same (size, layout, positions, etc.) on various screen resolutions is to create a separate website scaled specifically for each particular targest screen resolution? Is there not some way to create a website in such a way as to have it automatically scale itself relative to the current screen resolution? Thanks.
s0da posted this at 18:29 — 19th March 2004.
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i guess either use javascript to redirect a user to a specific resolution page or hard code it yourself so that the page is friendly to all resolutions.
forwardtrends posted this at 18:50 — 19th March 2004.
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yeah just make it 800 wide / a fixed width.
Suzanne posted this at 19:02 — 19th March 2004.
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No! That's an awful lot of work for no reason.
You can design it to a set resolution (800x600) and have empty space, or you can use fluid layouts (tables or in CSS) so that it will expand and shrink. You'll still need to define a minimum, however, if you're using images within the content such as logos, photos, et cetera (background images will not cause scroll, but can look awkward).
Learning about standards will help you learn the aspects you need to create websites that work on various resolutions. It's less of a concern now than having it work on multiple devices, however using standards will automatically handle a great many situations that arise.
As always, provide an URL for best advice.
bja888 (not verified) posted this at 21:35 — 19th March 2004.
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There is no way you can make your site look exactly the same on all screen res. just make it work for 800X600 and dont worry about the rest. It will look fine.
andy206uk posted this at 13:24 — 22nd March 2004.
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You could code all the layout elements of the site using css, then use a server side scripting language to load a different stylesheet depending on the user-agent string.
Andy
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