Most pages I am seeing people make do not have have the content area 100% width?
The content seems to be like 50% width and centered?
Can't this be made to stretch 100% width no matter what resolution a person is viewing the site in?
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Mark Sleep
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Tom
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Fluid widths look different on different size monitors. I prefer a fixed width of around 1000px because it gives me absolute control of page content placement. I know the page looks exactly the same on every monitor.
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Janys Hyde
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I am with Tom on this one. I rarely make a fluid width site as I like to know how much white space I have around my content and how different areas relate to one another. For the time being I work on about a 950 - 1000px width, though i will probably be changing that in the not too distant future to take into account the increased general use of wider screens.
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Linda in NH
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As web design is (or really should be 
) an art form, it is difficult to design something visually appealing if it shows up on everyone's screen differently ! So most people with visual sites set how wide their page is. If your site is just text with no real 'style' then fluid doesn't matter.
Years ago I learned to design toward the lowest common denominator ... or at the very least the majority. There is nothing more annoying than to have to scroll right to left to read info on a website because the designer created it on a screen wider than mine. If you have a wide screen monitor, then yes the pages do seem small.
linda in NH
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) an art form, it is difficult to design something visually appealing if it shows up on everyone's screen differently ! So most people with visual sites set how wide their page is. If your site is just text with no real 'style' then fluid doesn't matter.Years ago I learned to design toward the lowest common denominator ... or at the very least the majority. There is nothing more annoying than to have to scroll right to left to read info on a website because the designer created it on a screen wider than mine. If you have a wide screen monitor, then yes the pages do seem small.
linda in NH
www.agilitywithlinda.com
'We make training FUN! Agility, tricks, obedience.'
www.thebodycodetohealth.info
'Physical & Emotional Healing for People & Pets'
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