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Old 01-21-2005, 01:06 PM
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Screen Width
I know this is not a popular topic, but the screen is too wide. It really should be lopped off in width by about 1 inch or so (non-technical) stuff. Best reference I can give you is either MSN.COM or YAHOO.COM.

By having the window at it's current width, those who set up for multiple windows or smaller screens find themselves scrolling. MSN and Yahoo addressed this issue very well.

You could ask what's the big deal about scrolling, well it is extra key strokes/hand movements.

A Smaller screen width would be more user friendly.
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Old 01-21-2005, 01:36 PM
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Martee,

PM me about this one!

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Old 01-21-2005, 03:18 PM
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While I check into this issue with Martee, I would like to find out if anyone else is seeing this?

I've coded the pages so they should dynamically shrink when you shrink your browser width. I've tested this successfully on several different monitor sizes and it seems to be working.

By the way - I'm talking about the website, not the forum.

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Old 01-21-2005, 03:31 PM
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Forum width is fine. Website has a lot of blank black space to the right of the links.
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Old 01-21-2005, 06:32 PM
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hi,
as i'm sure y'all know what fits where will depend both on screen size and the resolution the screen is/can be set to...both website and forum width dynamically reduce fine for me to fit on on a 15" laptop screen at 1024X768 resolution, but only the forum at 800X600...same for my 17" second monitor...width has not been an issue for me as i normally have the resolution set higher than 1024X768...hope this helps!

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ps-love the site so far, colors fine with me, content even more so!
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Old 01-22-2005, 07:42 PM
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Both the forum and the website look fine on my computer. No horizontal scroll bars for either one.

I have seen this problem at times on other sites/forums, and it seems change from one day to the next. I've never understood why it happens some days and not on other days.

I'm using a laptop with a 15" display running XP.

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Old 01-23-2005, 10:33 AM
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It's the Banner
After discussing with Martee, it seems it's the banner that doesn't resize. The good news is all of the main-body content is dynamic.

Some websites don't make their banners dynamic, others do to varying degrees.

I'll put this one on the list for our next-generation layout.

Thanks for all of the input!
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Old 02-18-2005, 12:24 PM
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Am I the only one still having trouble with the margins in some of the threads?
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Old 02-18-2005, 12:40 PM
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No, but it isn't the sites fault. Long urls like the ones from GD Howell III links can't be broken and will run the page long. Also big pictures will do the same. I remember a member on another forum that ran a long skinny banner at the bottom of his posts and always draw contempt from his peers becuase it screwed the size up.
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Old 02-18-2005, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by 6bmike
No, but it isn't the sites fault. Long urls like the ones from GD Howell III links can't be broken and will run the page long. Also big pictures will do the same. I remember a member on another forum that ran a long skinny banner at the bottom of his posts and always draw contempt from his peers becuase it screwed the size up.
Good tip, Mike. I've gone back and edited my url links. I'll try to remember to keep them short in the future.
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