Thanks Jim, Our local library has all their monitors set to 800x600 resolution. The librarian said something about their menu but I didn't listen. It may be for the disabled. BTW, a general thanks to all who contribute here. I don't want to clutter the list with a reply of just "Thanks" ... especially given the slowness of the list recently. I code with Notepad++ and am learning everything the hard way :-) George On 21 Dec 2009 at 17:57, Jim Rickenbacker(3) wrote: > George, > > Yes, add somrthing like: width: 760px; or width: 980px; in your #mybody > style definition. You want the width a little less than the screen width to > allow for the scroll bar. The RootsWeb home page is set up for an 800px > width monitor. Most news sites are now set up for a 1024px width monitor. I > haven't seen an 800x600 monitor in a long time. The final choice is yours. > > You might want to check out the PCMagazine Utility, WinSize, > http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,57764,00.asp. All it does is add a > little box showing the window size to the cursor as you resize a window. > It's a lot easier than changing your monitor resolution to see how your page > is going to look > > Jim Rickenbacker > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Waller" <George@waller.org> > To: <Rootsweb-help@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 1:16 PM > Subject: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] Designing web pages for 800x600 > > > > Hi all, > > Could someone give me a pointer to information on how > > to make a web page that fits on a monitor with lower > > resolution. A visit to our local library revealed that my > > carefully crafted web page is too wide for the screen and > > requires scrolling and the text, etc. is huge. On the other > > hand, the main RootsWeb page came up just fine. > > > > At home I changed my monitor to 800x600 and saw right > > same problem right here without leaving home. > > > > Is it something easy like setting width? > > > > I googled with no luck. > > > > Help! > > Thanks, George > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSWEB-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message