There are 4 common ways to develop a webpage. What use to be the most standard, but is becoming rarer for popular websites, is to create a page that is top and left justified, and all the objects within the page are static - that is they do not change relative to the user's computer settings.

The most common design nowadays is to have everything centered. So you create a page, say 800/600 and then center it. No matter what the visitors' screen settings are, or how wide they have their browser set, the page will be centered and the content will not exceed 800 px wide. For an example see the Virtual Mechanics home page.

Another way is to create a site that is top-left justified, but the components expand and contract to the resolution/browser settings.

And lastly, some sites use a combination of the above - see Yahoo.

You can create all those sites with SiteSpinner or SiteSpinner Pro (formerly WebEngine). The top-left justified is the easiest to build.

The centered site is the next easiest. You can find out how to build a centered site here

The other options are a bit more difficult, though can be worth the effort. They take a bit of experimentation to get the objects set right in terms of relative positioning vs relative sizing (relative positioning and relative sizing controls are along the bottom tool-bar).

One last note, SiteSpinner and SiteSpinner Pro also allow you to create relative 'Vertical' positioning and scaling. You don't see too many sites that employ that, so if you want to experiment with something new, that would be the way to go (and be sure to drop us a note of the URL if you do!).

- Derry

[This message was edited by Derry on February 19, 2004 at 09:26 PM.]

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