Question

issues with iframes/browser/screen resolution.

Asked by: xrockstarchickx

i currently use iframes on my website layout.
but i seem to have problems w/the iframes when others go to my site.
the problem arises mostly with mac & people that have a screen res of less than 1024x768
the layout is not the same as it is on my computer.
is there any type of script or html code that i can use to avoid this problem??

thank you

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2003-09-01 at 20:53:31ID20726107
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Answers

 

by: pstavrinidesPosted on 2003-09-01 at 23:03:06ID: 9265133

send us the url of the web page so we can take a look at it

 

by: dorwardPosted on 2003-09-02 at 00:22:21ID: 9265418

 

by: polmintPosted on 2003-09-02 at 01:42:48ID: 9265700


hi xrockstarchickx,

What i suggest u is to design your site to 800 x 600 resolution and bind the whole page in a table with fixed width. When u
use iframes u need to specify the width in pixels (only if u want it to cross browser capatible page). Also align the page to center even if your page is viewed in higher resolution u will find only white space.

I am illustrating the same below :

sample.htm

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> New Document </TITLE>
<META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="EditPlus">
<META NAME="Author" CONTENT="Sai Prasad Moorthygari">
<META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="Description" CONTENT="">
</HEAD>

<BODY marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0">
<div align="center">
<TABLE width= "780" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><iframe width="200" height="300" src="test.htm"></iframe></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>


test.htm


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> New Document </TITLE>
<META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="EditPlus">
<META NAME="Author" CONTENT="Sai Prasad Moorthygari">
<META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="Description" CONTENT="">
</HEAD>

<BODY>
<h1> hello </h1><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
</BODY>
</HTML>


This should solve the problem


Thanks


 

by: xrockstarchickxPosted on 2003-09-02 at 06:20:02ID: 9266977

here is the link to my website i hope this helps
http://www.rockstarchick.com
thanks
j

 

by: VincentPugliaPosted on 2003-09-02 at 07:44:30ID: 9267627

Hi rockstarchick,

  You could check the screen's dimensions and redirect the user to an appropriate page. For example:

<script language='javascript' type='text/javascript'>
if (screen.width == '800')
   window.location = 'my600x800page.html';
</script>

The above implies that you create a separate page for the different user environments.

Vinny

 

by: dorwardPosted on 2003-09-02 at 09:41:58ID: 9268448

You shouldn't redirect people based on their screen resolution...

(1) You can't detect it reliably
(2) Even if you do detect it, its irrelevent - its window size that counts. For example, my resolution is 2624x1200 - but my browser window is usually about 780px wide.
(3) It means you have to create multiple versions of the same content, which is a waste of time.

Just design pages so they adapt to the window.

 

by: polmintPosted on 2003-09-02 at 11:41:41ID: 9269175

hi xrockstarchickx,

I have viewed the site at 800 x 600 resolution and also at 1024*768. It looks good in 1024 * 768 resoultion but in 800 x 600 resolution, what i observe is that the advertizements and tagboard text boxes are over lapping each other and resulting in poor visibility.

It appears that u have desinged your site to appear best at 1024 * 768 resolution.  But what i suggest you is to redesign your page to appear good in 800* 600. This ensures that your pages looks good at any higher resolution than 800 *  600.  Also avoid using layers or css to position the text on the page. I prefer to use tables because they ensure that the page is in tact in many browsers.


Please redesign your page on the template which I gave earlier in sample.htm . I am sure your will get the desired results.


Thanks

 

by: JazzlePosted on 2003-09-03 at 01:18:12ID: 9272849

you should also know that only MS Internet Explorer (v3 and up), Netscape (v6 and up) and a few others support IFrames.
(see the chart at Webmonkey: http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/reference/browser_chart/ )

 

by: pstavrinidesPosted on 2003-09-14 at 23:35:15ID: 9360680

The obvious problem is in the layout...I suggest you reconsider the banners and adverts in the far right column. and try to combine them into your center column allowing the far right as empty space to allow effective resizing

 

by: JazzlePosted on 2004-06-03 at 04:53:46ID: 11221363

does that mean no points are award either?
could you split the points?

 

by: moduloPosted on 2004-06-07 at 00:14:39ID: 11246643

PAQed - no points refunded (of 250)

modulo
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