How to make my site a fixed layout, and not a liquid layout

  • Dgill

    (@dgill)


    16 years, 6 months ago

    I have a site which I am using cordoba green as a layout, and it views different on every computer and browser due to the settings of that specific computer. It currently has what I am told a liquid layout which expands or shrinks when you max or min the size of the page, this makes all the content on my site run together and to me, not look presentable. My question is: Can I set this site to a specified setting where every user can see the same thing from any different computer or browser?

    Thanks for the help if anyone can.

    Dave

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  • csleh

    (@csleh)

    16 years, 6 months ago

    Actually you have two questions.

    First, yes you change to a fixed layout. In the stylesheet, look for the % widths and adjust to a px size.
    The least painful way to find what you want (if you don’t know what px to use and don’t want trial and error) is to use Firefox, download the firebug plugin. Open your site and get it looking the way you want, then click the little green checkmark at the bottom of the firefox window. If you choose inspect and DOM, you’ll get the pixel dimensions for what you’re seeing.

    Your second question:
    No, you have very limited control in having every viewer see the same thing. Viewers can adjust their font sizes, override your style sheet, etc. The closest you can get is to use em widths but that takes some finessing.

    good luck!

    Richard Brown

    (@cregy)

    16 years, 6 months ago

    A url would be a good idea. Then maybe we could post the css code for you to change.

    Rich

    Thread Starter Dgill

    (@dgill)

    16 years, 6 months ago

    Thanks for the help people I will give this a look with my friend whos i helping me. I appreciate your time and input.

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