Comments on: Fluid Width Site Tips http://www.bloggingtips.com/2009/04/16/fluid-width-site-tips/ Blog Themes, Blog Design & Daily Blog Tips Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:16:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tips for Creating a Fluid Width Site :: Stuff by Sarah http://www.bloggingtips.com/2009/04/16/fluid-width-site-tips/#comment-325047 Tips for Creating a Fluid Width Site :: Stuff by Sarah Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:02:44 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=6524#comment-325047 [...] the full post at Fluid Width Site Tips on [...] [...] the full post at Fluid Width Site Tips on [...]

]]> By: Using Conditional Comments http://www.bloggingtips.com/2009/04/16/fluid-width-site-tips/#comment-325042 Using Conditional Comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:00:49 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=6524#comment-325042 [...] we can put this into practise by revisiting last week’s post about fluid widths. The code given in the post will work for IE7+ but it won’t work in IE6 and below. So after [...] [...] we can put this into practise by revisiting last week’s post about fluid widths. The code given in the post will work for IE7+ but it won’t work in IE6 and below. So after [...]

]]> By: Sarah http://www.bloggingtips.com/2009/04/16/fluid-width-site-tips/#comment-324856 Sarah Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:12:57 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=6524#comment-324856 The beauty of a fluid or full width site is that you give the control back to the user and allow them to resize their own browser to make the site the width they need. However, this is why you still add in a max width as yes, content can stretch a bit too much and become unreadable. 1200 max width, which includes a sidebar (so the content area is probably around 1000px wide roughly) is a good target to aim for but your user will be able to reduce it down further if they feel the need to. The beauty of a fluid or full width site is that you give the control back to the user and allow them to resize their own browser to make the site the width they need. However, this is why you still add in a max width as yes, content can stretch a bit too much and become unreadable. 1200 max width, which includes a sidebar (so the content area is probably around 1000px wide roughly) is a good target to aim for but your user will be able to reduce it down further if they feel the need to.

]]> By: sba http://www.bloggingtips.com/2009/04/16/fluid-width-site-tips/#comment-324850 sba Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:50:28 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=6524#comment-324850 I like these tips which you explained quite well --- especially the sidebar aspects. One point you may want to address is readability. For very wide screens, how hard is it for someone to read text across a wide area, say more than 100 characters? Isn't there an optimal bite size for the length of a line? We're sort of trained on magazine columns or book page size. Or does the user control this by shrinking the window size? I like these tips which you explained quite well — especially the sidebar aspects. One point you may want to address is readability. For very wide screens, how hard is it for someone to read text across a wide area, say more than 100 characters? Isn't there an optimal bite size for the length of a line? We're sort of trained on magazine columns or book page size. Or does the user control this by shrinking the window size?

]]> By: Video library softwa http://www.bloggingtips.com/2009/04/16/fluid-width-site-tips/#comment-324845 Video library softwa Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:48:53 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=6524#comment-324845 An important tip is displaying the most important information within the view of a user, so that it is not neccessary to scroll down ;) An important tip is displaying the most important information within the view of a user, so that it is not neccessary to scroll down ;)

]]> By: José http://www.bloggingtips.com/2009/04/16/fluid-width-site-tips/#comment-324843 José Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:22:26 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=6524#comment-324843 Nice work! Nice work!

]]> By: Sarah http://www.bloggingtips.com/2009/04/16/fluid-width-site-tips/#comment-324838 Sarah Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:41:12 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=6524#comment-324838 Hi Angelica, the min and max width properties work in all modern browsers - IE7+, Firefox, Opera, Safari/Chrome. For IE6 and below the site would just go full width, however, there is another method which would need to go into a separate IE6 and below stylesheet, something I'll be covering next week (conditional comments that is). Hi Angelica, the min and max width properties work in all modern browsers – IE7+, Firefox, Opera, Safari/Chrome.

For IE6 and below the site would just go full width, however, there is another method which would need to go into a separate IE6 and below stylesheet, something I'll be covering next week (conditional comments that is).

]]> By: Angelica http://www.bloggingtips.com/2009/04/16/fluid-width-site-tips/#comment-324827 Angelica Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:55:48 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=6524#comment-324827 Well, unfortunately some browers do not support max and min width properties. Well, unfortunately some browers do not support max and min width properties.

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