Posted by richard on 09/26/67 12:00

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:39:33 +0000, XyZed <andy@washerhelp.co.uk>
wrote:

>I started my site about 8 years ago and for a couple of years I came
>here every day and learnt most of what I know.
>
>Eventually I stopped coming because although I only learnt a fraction
>of what there is to learn I settled for making my sites using simple
>html and css so eventually concentrated on adding content rather than
>learning more techniques.
>
>Back in the day I was convinced by a core of purists to design a fluid
>site that worked on all formats and used only css for styling.
>
>My question is, does that hold as true today as it did then or have
>things changed?
>
>I particularly have a worry about my 100% width because of the
>proliferation of wide screen monitors. My site takes up the entire
>length of large wide screens and the text stretches al the way across
>it.
>
>Is there an accepted different technique these days to deal with wide
>screens or should a page still be set to take up the whole page?

So set your page widths to suit your site.
You could set your width to 1000 pixels.
Make up a division as a container for the entire page and put a border
around it. Then center the page.

I now have a widescreen monitor and I am designing my pages so they'll
fit on either without any problems.

You make your site the way you want to present it.

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