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LizzieD
07-17-2007, 06:30 AM
I use pretty basic html on all the sites I make.
I set at 100%. On my CRT screen, everything looks perfect.
However, on my hubby's wide screen LED computer screen, my pictures all appear elongated and dreadful. People look fat and wide and animals look like freight trains.
Is there a way to make things look properly on all the different screens?
Many thanks
Lizzie
djr33
07-17-2007, 08:38 AM
Either the aspect ratio of those monitors is wrong, and this would be the case for all websites, meaning you should look into the settings for resolution on the computer.

Aside from that, the issue might be percentage based widths of your images.

For general information about different systems, take a look here:
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22571
Ryan Fitton
07-17-2007, 10:47 AM
on my hubby's wide screen LED computer screen

I think it might be LCD not LED. LED's are light emitting diodes while LCD's are Liquid Crystal Displays :)
djr33
07-17-2007, 10:53 AM
...unless it's a large scoreboard. ;)
Twey
07-17-2007, 01:31 PM
That would account for the site looking a little odd :p
jscheuer1
07-17-2007, 02:15 PM
I use pretty basic html on all the sites I make.
I set at 100%. On my CRT screen, everything looks perfect.
However, on my hubby's wide screen LED computer screen, my pictures all appear elongated and dreadful. People look fat and wide and animals look like freight trains.
Is there a way to make things look properly on all the different screens?
Many thanks
Lizzie

What do you set at 100%?
LizzieD
07-18-2007, 05:27 AM
Thank you for all your replies.
I set the width of my pages - if I happen to use a border table, to 100%.
However, I've noticed on pages with no borders and where I have not set a width, on my hubby's computer, things are stretched in the pictures, even though of course I add the correct height and width for them.
Lizzie
djr33
07-18-2007, 05:32 AM
I'm leaning toward thinking this is a problem with the settings on his monitor, not your pages. Does it have the same trouble for other pages?
Go to the desktop, right click, go into properties, the last tab, and find a resolution that fits better. (On a mac, it's in the system properties>display.)
does that fix it?
Sliight
07-18-2007, 07:16 AM
You could post the link and a few of us could check it out... I use a 22" widescreen... I can screenshot it and link it on a page on my site if you want...
LizzieD
07-18-2007, 09:06 PM
Here you are Sliight.
This is just one page on a site I made for a friend.
http://gypsyelite.com/ForSale.html
In the picture at the top, on my computer (4 yr.old Dimension4300/17" screen) and in the original photo of the stallion, he has a pretty short back, as he does in life.
However, on my hubby's wide screen, (new Dell Dimension E521/19"screen) the horse shows with a long back. Not good for people in the breed to see a stallion with a long back as you can imagine.
I have not been able to check this out on any other wide screens though.
How does it appear on yours?
Thanks so much for having a look.
Lizzie
jscheuer1
07-18-2007, 09:28 PM
Looks fine here on my widescreen.