SnakesBite101

hey thanks for the help. ive manage to fix the issue. i was using float to put block elements (in this case, large images) side by side. but the outcome depends on the monitor size. To fix it i just placed the same elements in a table>table row, where its a lot better to specify width and not have to worry about monitor size. just learning as i go along. thanks for the help.

sorry double post:(

hi guys i ran into a minor problem. its a html issue but i guess it would be better to post here(general) than start a new topic in the html forum for just 1 question:) my problem is, my laptop has a wide screen monitor. i can't seem to get desired web page results(size and looks). i use the w3schools tutorials a lot, and i also use its 'Try it yourself' editor to test my code as its faster than constantly updating a txt/html file. i always get desired results on the 'Try it yourself' editor. Even when i test out my page on my mum's PC, which isnt a widescreen laptop, i get perfect results. Sadly on my widescreen laptop the final result just looks awful. I try drastic resizing to make the page look more full but then it becomes deformed on my mum's smaller screen. Are there any tips i can use to deal with wide screen monitors? or is there like a 1 size fits all method that can be applied to the pages? here's 1 example of a problem i'm having. i'm using a div container for the layout for my entire test page. it has a footer and header. Then it has a div-left and div-content. i have the div-left as 50% width. i float it so that the div-content(also 50% width) can be beside it, both forming the body of my page. Now i fill both left and content with a potrait/image. i resize the image/potrait so that it fills its entire div-left container, and do the same for potrait in the div content. the sizing of the potraits are perfect and look full in the 'Try it yourself' editor and my mums PC. But on my wide screen PC, the potraits look way too small and dont fill up their respective div-containers which have been enlarged due to the monitor. All you see is a tiny image and a huge unfilled div background that looks empty. If i resize the images to fill their containers, it ruins the page and float effect on smaller screen monitors. i hope i explained that well. im still very new with html and css.

thanks guys. I really appreciate all the help!

can the layout of the frontpage at w3schools be achieved with just a text editor? i was told its best to design layouts on photoshop then import to dreamweaver. is it possible to do this without the use of dreamweaver? or even without photoshop but a text editor alone?

hi guys. im very new to web building (HTML, CSS etc)and just wanted to ask a few questions. I'm about to start creating some practice web pages but i just needed a few things answered before i start. 1) Do skilled web designers write their own code step by step on their pages, or do they use web building tools like Dream weaver? 2) Will it be better for me to learn how to use one of these web building tools or is it better to write my own code? are web building tools for people who can't build or write html code? 3) i'd like to know more about the software. is Dreamweaver the standard that most designers recognise and use? It's the only software everyone suggests to me, but i wondered about Microsoft Expression Web? is that just the alternate, less popular choice to Dreamweaver? wouldnt a MS product be the most recognised? 4) If you're familiar with both of those softwares, and were to suggest a nicely supported web building tool for me to get, which would it be out of the 2? can they pretty much do everything each other can do? can Expression web import and format a website layout from photoshop like dreamweaver can? 5) Are there even more alternative choices out there? 6) I'm now looking into studying Javasript. Do the 2 software support or have options for Javascript? or would i have to input JS in the code of my web pages myself? Sorry if my questions are really minor compared to the other threads. i'm really new and trying to get started as a designer. I just need a push in the right direction. Thanks to all for reading