Auto-Adjusting page to resolution

[zzilba]

Hi guys,

I have been searching for day for an answer to this issue.

I designed a website that looked completely fine.

Then I bought a new computer... bigger monitor.

Went to continue my design process.

Previewed the webage and it's all a mess.

The resolution I am viewing it in now is much larger than the page as it was designed. Therefore, I see the entire background, and then more of it, as if it were tiled.

My Dilemma: Trying to get the page to auto adjust to anyone's screen resolution.

I have read every site imaginable to find the answer, and many people seem to run into this common issue, but no one wants to give a straight answer. Instead I see people told they should have designed their page in CSS, or they should have used FrontPage2000, they should, they should, they should, no answers, just criticisms. So I thought I would ask myself this time and see if I could make any more headway.

I did not use CSS. I used HTML. I have iframes instead of regular frames, they were more customizable. I designed the page in Netscape Composer.

My bottom line question; Is there anything, any command I can utilize which will bring my content into alignment automatically with each individual visitors resolution (ie. 800x600 and 1024x786) can I do this with a Javascript? I already know there is a script they have to redirect visitors to a mirror site of their resolution but that means creating the same pages several times over. I don't want to do that.

I hope someone can help.

[mattster]

Probably the most simple way is to use percentages rather than fixed widths, that way the page content will fill the page what ever the resolution.

Or you can use this script:

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/info3.htm

which will redirect people to different pages depending on their resolution, the problem with this is that you will have to duplicate most (if not all) of your pages.

However, as you have already stated, using CSS would be the best way and it really wouldn't be that hard to convert what you have done to utilise CSS. There are lots of sites with tutorials about CSS, if you have never used it, and it is definitely the way forward.