To anyone who might be able to assist!!

 

I have designed a website (very basically with my limited knowledge of web design), however i failed to acknowledge that i had been previewing my site on a screen with 1024 x 768. As a result the site looks wrong on anything with a higher resolution. The layers i have implemented using MS Frontpage, with my text and images, all appear on the left hand-side on higher resolution screens.

 

Can anyone offer any guidance on how this could be rectified. You may have to use very basic language, as i am a complete novice with this design business.

 

Thank you in advance.

May we see this webpage please? It's a little hard to offer advice when we don't know exactly what we're dealing with.

1. 'design' is a term you're abusing... it's a skill, not a 'given'

 

2. Frontpage ain't going to do you any favours... learn some basic HTML first

 

3. We can't even see the site you mention, so we're not able to comment

 

4. See point 1... it's THAT important

 

5. See point 4. Being able to 'design' is something you are gifted with, or have learned. You should use the term 'build'

 

6. Liquid layouts/testing at various resolutions is a pre-requisite of the 'design' process. Learn the basics before attempting to even START to build a page/site

 

7. In continuation from 6... ALWAYS work out the content as a pencil/paper sketch first, before applying to page. Then work to a resolution that's currently common, such as 1024x768, and bear in mind the desire of the public to add toolbars, gizmos and gimmicks to their browser... pretty soon you'll realise that YOUR desktop real-estate doesn't equal the available space used by the masses.

 

8. TRY AND UNDERSTAND that not everyone has a 22" widescreen display. Lots and lots of people browse the web on 15" laptops.

Welcome to WDF!

 

seige may have come across a bit strong but read what he has to say and you'll go a long way.

 

Can we see what you've done so we can work out what you have to do?

Hey, I didn't mean to come across 'too strong' but, there's no point patronising people

Hey, I didn't mean to come across 'too strong' but, there's no point patronising people

 

Probably not - you'll have to forgive me - bad day - bloody awkward clients

my site address is www.bonvivantltd.co.uk

 

Thanks for the advice thus far.

I'll start...

 

Scrap the splash page - go stright to the main content page!

 

Same applies to all the content pages I looked at, eg clicking on BV wince cellar takes me to another page where I have to click again to get where I wanted to go. Try to keep things as simnple as possible so people can get to the information in the fewest clicks.