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[Clandestine]

back in the day i found a site that gave a suggested site resolution that would work best for every resoultion like 800x600 - w/e other rez

could anyone help? thanks

[d7x]

well most ppl make sites that will work fine in every resolution.

[Tirus]

d7x, on Dec 1 2005, 09:31 PM, said:

well most ppl make sites that will work fine in every resolution.

and they either do so by creating a solid layout (otherwise known as icy or liquid) that fits in 800x600 (so obviously fits in all others) or they create a fluid layout (collapses or expands to fit the specific screen resolution)

heres a helpful link:

http://tutorials.als...ons.com/fluide/

[rc69]

The terms i've heard of are Fixed and Liquid or Fluid... Last 2 being the same.
And it's becomming rather accepted among web desigerns to make fluid templates so the stretch/shrink to fit all resolutions.

I believe Donna posted an article related to this in the Articles section near the top of the forum.

[coolaid]

i plan on creating my next site layout to be fluid.
but usually i make them with a width of 780-90 to fit in alll resolutions.

and fluid is the same as liquid, but liquid isn't the same as solid. i never heard anyone say icy though.

[Althanis]

There's:

Ice: Fixed width, planted on the left side of your browser and doesnt move from there.

Jello: Similar to Ice, only thing is it's centered on your browser, keeps it's fixed width.

Liquid: Stretches to fit the width of your browser at all times.

Personally, I do Jello at resolutions that can fit into an 800* resolution, meaning about 790 or so. I dont think the time has passed where the majority of people use 1024* and everyone hates horizontal scrolling.

[coolaid]

oh my god, come on. where do people get at these names from.. just put it this way.

fixed and fluid. forget all that other junk that people like to make up. theres so many aka's for fixed and fluid but it all comes down to fixed and fluid doesn't it...

[d7x]

i think they made up the names when they were eatting jello

but yeh man go make a good template that fits in every res

Edited by d7x, 03 December 2005 - 11:40 AM.

[Althanis]

I'm no fan of the names either, when someone asks me what kind of layout itd be or I'm recommending to a client, I dont say "hey, I think we should go Jello on this one". The names are just what I've read they're called.