Website (page) viewing, help

kokoro

kokoro

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A question for Craig or John I guess, the "techo's"

My last pc had win 98, this one XP. My problem is viewing my website. On the old windows, it viewed the whole page like this site ( fills entire screen). On XP, it views my site like a "book" cover, that is, seeing the whole page like you would a book sitting on a desk.
My question is, how can I get the site to load like this site (whole screen)??
A html issue or an XP issue??

Thanks muchly
 
J.Lucas

J.Lucas

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Originally posted by kokoro
A question for Craig or John I guess, the "techo's"

My last pc had win 98, this one XP. My problem is viewing my website. On the old windows, it viewed the whole page like this site ( fills entire screen). On XP, it views my site like a "book" cover, that is, seeing the whole page like you would a book sitting on a desk.
My question is, how can I get the site to load like this site (whole screen)??
A html issue or an XP issue??
Thanks muchly
Click to expand...

Gonna be one of those process of elimination things.....lol
Ok....you mean that all web sites look normal(full screen) except yours doesn't?
How did it look before getting XP?
Does it look the same thru other browsers as well(Netscape, IE,Opera,etc)?
If all sites look fine except yours...then I would guess it has something to do with the coding...are you using HTML, Java, or Flash,etc......combo scripting?.......what coding(s) are you using?
If you have an address for your site....then post it so we/I can take a look at the codeing....that is the common practice among web site designers use when trying to get help from others...
But some basic info is need tho'...mainly ...did it look fine before XP?
I would say right off it's your resolution settings...but if all other pages and your normal PC screen is full screen and proportioned as you like it.....it can't be the resolution setting on your PC then.
it's possible it could be the web hosting service you have.....but thats is unknown also.......if we/I can view it....we can see if we all see it the same as you ....
John
 
kokoro

kokoro

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Thanks for the reply John, I have sent you a pm with the web address.

Q: "Ok....you mean that all web sites look normal(full screen) except yours doesn't?"

A: Yes

Q: "How did it look before getting XP?"

A: Same as any other site

The site looked fine before XP, has the same host also. Basically there have been no changes to the coding (html), only to updates etc, and a few photos, but nothing to the actual page coding.
I can email the son, but thought it would be quicker here, as he's young and always busy, you know varsity and all!

Thanks John and Waki

Cheers
:confused:
 
J.Lucas

J.Lucas

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Ok.I've looked and gone over your site and code...........and it is diplaying exactly as it's supposed to display.......the table and images within the table are set a 700pixels width.....this is consistent through out the code and is not in error......I save the page and theh viewedsome of the images individually....and they come up as 700 also.....so there is no coding problem......
It must have to do with resolution.......for example....when I set my monitor display on 800x600..being your table is 700...it nearly fills the entire screen.....when I set the res at 640...then your page actually goes out of bounds and I have to scroll to view it all.....my guess is that when you were surfing the web prior to XP.....I believe your monitor was set on 800x600...max....
and now it's set on 1024x768....which due to the more pixels on the screen gives the illusion that the image and tables are smaller but they aren't....so unless you want to design your site to a higher resoulution.....it'll always look as it does now..or you can set your monitor down.......
mine is always on 1024x768 ..this is the res I prefer for designing and viewing web pages.........I think that most people now when surfing the web are using 800x600...which is pretty common these days........the days of setting the monitor to the old 480x320 are over and most recent web sites are now designed for higher resoulutions......of course with a few code changes..you could simply substitute 1024 for any place you see a 700......but images will becomae distorted and need to be enlarge by ratio...so when they are increased in size ....they will be in proportion.......nice looking page layout tho....but I myself would use black background instead of gray....using black has a tendency to not distract and help viewers notice the text more.....or you could use a sutle background pattern that doesn't clash...
John
 
kokoro

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ahh thanks John, I'll take your comments on board and see what we come up with.

very much appreciated, give yourself a pat on the back from me!!

Thanks again

Rob
 
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