Fixed width websites

markc · Joined: 31 Dec 2005 Posts: 3

I designed a web page to fit the 800 by 600 screen resolution size. When I change the resolution to 1200 the page is fixed to the left hand side of the screen. What changes do I need to make so the web page is centered on the screen with white space on both sides? Thank you for your help.

Corey Bryant · Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 6:03 am

it depends on your CSS. If your body / main layer has a width, you can add

fairdoes · Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posts: 39 Location: u.k.

It also varies with browsers. IE6 defaults to centre, FireFox defaults to align left.

margin: auto; sorts firefox.

IE5 is the worst I've found for css support, but
a) text-align:center; centres the div (not the text)!
b) nobody will use IE5 soon, the world's best browser (firefox) being free
Smile

P.S. I like pages designed for 800x600, because huge monitors make a mess of text - imagine fifty words on one line; and small monitors mess up the google ads ...

gary.newelluk · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:11 am

As good as Firefox is I can't see Internet Explorer ever being displaced by it.

The reason is obvious and the one Microsoft keeps getting sued for.

Internet Explorer is given away with windows. Non techy people can't be bothered to learn how to download software and then install it.

Over 50% are non-techy like this and therefore Internet Explorer will always be the big boy.....

Unless Microsoft really make internet explorer 7 only work with windows 2003 and up, which is apparently a plan.

That would be playing into Firefox's hands as a good number of offices around the world are still running Windows 2000.