Help....techy advice required

[glengaryross]

Hi

Someone has designed /revamped my homepage...the current page is 800 by 1024 , the new revamped is 1024 by 1024,

which looks better and at the risk of sounding slightly untechy, if they go to integrate the new page , will it cause as any problems...as I am under the impression they surely could change the width etc

any ideas....

 

Got the URL for the page to have a look?

The only thing you have to think about is your visitors resolutions, some/most are still using a resolution of 800px wide.

 

[glengaryross]

Hi it`s showing fine at 1024 on my pc and on others peoples pc, that`s why i`m trying to get my head around the what effect it will have changing from 800 by 1024

 

Im lost here. At the moment it is 800px wide? and you want to change it to 1024?

Or the other way round. If you just want to widen the page then it should really matter depending on the page (we'd have to see it).

If you want to shrink it in width, depends on your CSS.

 

[Leo-InstallingIT]

Well some people (Decreasing) have their resolution set at 800 x 600.

If they try viewing a 1024 pixel wide site, they will see 800 pixels of it and need to scroll right to see the other 224 pixels.

This is really the only problem you will encounter.

What sort of site it is, because depending on your business sector will determine how many 800 x 600 visitors you may have?

I hope this helps.

Many Thanks

Leo

 

[glengaryross]

Got the URL for the page to have a look?

The only thing you have to think about is your visitors resolutions, some/most are still using a resolution of 800px wide.

have pmd you

 

[Subbynet]

That size has become the new standard to build to.

 

[abel]

2007 Higher - 1024x768 - 800x600
January - 26% - 54% - 14%
2006
July -19% - 58% - 17%
January- 17% - 57% - 20%

Above stats are from w3schools which are usually pretty accurate, although noticed that they haven't updated this since last year. As a guestimate, it will be less than 10% usage of 800x600 screen resolution.

Current trends are towards the 1024x768 size for web design. Remember that this equates to approx. 960px width of the site to accommodate scroll bars, various browsers, etc.

But be aware that you will potentially annoy 10% of your users! But this also depends on your market. e.g. a design agency would never build a 800x600 site, but a chair-lift site just might.

 

e.g. a design agency would never build a 800x600 site, but a chair-lift site just might.

Yes they would, we're the ones supposed to be adhereing to the "norm".

 

[abel]

Yes they would, we're the ones supposed to be adhereing to the "norm".

oops! What I meant is a site for themselves, not for their clients.

 

[Interconnect IT]

Design for 800x600 and 1024x768... and bigger still even. It's doable. It's not even that hard.

Consider that an 800px wide site looks daft on a 1900px monitor (increasingly popular) and you realise something... then consider that a site may also be used on an iPhone. Ultimately you have to get both right.

Our own site (http://www.interconnectit.com), as an example, is designed at 1024x768 but is readable and usable at 800x600 - you just miss out on the sidebar and some navigation from the top. However, by and large a viewer won't have much left-right scrolling to do.

We're redesigning over the next month or so, however, so don't take too much creed from our site right now.

 

[ElanMan]

I agree with designing for both screen resolutions.
The latest site that I'm working on is built using percentage and em based measurements meaning the page shrinks or expands to suit the browser width.
It should max out at 1000px wide though.
This way you don't need to scroll at all (hopefully!)
Definitely the way to go for me in the future.
You can see the site here http://www.elanwebdesign.co.uk/Abilities
(It might take a while to load as the images still need optimizing)

Apologies to Glengaryross,
In the private message I sent you, I sent the wrong link!:redface: