Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 11/11/67 11:19

Dynamo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My website is designed using frontpage 2000 and php and I am using absolute
> positioning for my graphics and text. Looks great if the screen res is 800 x 600
> but lousy if screen res is 1024 x 768 or higher. Is there a facility within php
> to fetch the screen res of the clients computer and then using that info to
> adjust my page margins accordingly?
>
> Secondly, is the above standard practise or is there a better way to resize my
> page?
>
> TIA
> Dynamo
>
>

I'm with Micha. Don't use absolute positioning or sizes. Use relative
instead. You can do it without CSS, but CSS gives you a lot more
flexibility in designing your pages to automatically resize as needed.

And maybe it does look OK at 800x600 on your screen. But what about
mine? For instance - what happens if I'm using a larger-than-normal
font (eyes get worse as you get older!). Or what if I want only 300x500
so I can fit more than one page on my screen? Or a bunch of other things.

Fluid design is great. Non-fluid is passe.

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