Website Images and text way too big when uploaded

#1 10-16-2006, 08:52 AM

my website, www.skedaddlescooters.com, seems fine when i view it on my
laptop. however, when viewed on other pc's the website is way too big as if
you set your zoom to 200% its original size. I do not understand why this
is happening and I would like it to be viewed properly by anyone who views
it. If anyone has suggestions as to how i can fix this please email me:
service@skedaddlescooters.com or post a reply

#2 10-16-2006, 08:56 AM

Hi Michael,

I am not sure what the problem is. The pics look OK here. What specifically
is the problem.

Gary

"michael newgent" <service@skedaddlescooters.com> wrote in message
news:egvv9o$rod3@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com.. .
>
>
> my website, www.skedaddlescooters.com, seems fine when i view it on my
> laptop. however, when viewed on other pc's the website is way too big as
> if you set your zoom to 200% its original size. I do not understand why
> this is happening and I would like it to be viewed properly by anyone who
> views it. If anyone has suggestions as to how i can fix this please email
> me: service@skedaddlescooters.com or post a reply
>

#3 10-16-2006, 09:03 AM

Hi Michael,

You have your layout set to 876 pixels. The majority of users displays are
set to 800 x 600 or even 1024 x 768 which is what setting I use on most of
my network boxes. Your mileage may vary. I have the horizontal scroll on
the 3 browsers I tried it in. IE, FF, Op
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Can you cut the page width down to at least 775 or 800 without compromise?
Make pics smaller is another route. You could get away with 50% decrease in
size and it should give up considerable space.
-
HTH,
Bert

"michael newgent" <service@skedaddlescooters.com> wrote in message
news:egvv9o$rod3@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com.. .
>
>
> my website, www.skedaddlescooters.com, seems fine when i view it on my
> laptop. however, when viewed on other pc's the website is way too big as
> if you set your zoom to 200% its original size. I do not understand why
> this is happening and I would like it to be viewed properly by anyone who
> views it. If anyone has suggestions as to how i can fix this please email
> me: service@skedaddlescooters.com or post a reply
>

#4 10-16-2006, 08:12 PM

You need to consider screen resolution. Many people have 800 x 600 screens,
some of my visitors are still on 640 x480. So anything over 640 is too big.
If you are working with a 1400 x 1050 or something like that, and design it to
look good that way it will be too big on a 800 x 600. I also stay away from
wide site design because although I now use a 1280 x 800 notebook, I normally
have my bookmarks open and 10 other screens or programs open and don't like to
maximize my browser.

Richard Widman
www.widman.biz
Bolivia

On Mon, Oct 16 2006 8:52 am, "michael newgent" <service@skedaddlescooters.com> said:
>
>
>my website, www.skedaddlescooters.com, seems fine when i view it on my
>laptop. however, when viewed on other pc's the website is way too big as if
>you set your zoom to 200% its original size. I do not understand why this
>is happening and I would like it to be viewed properly by anyone who views
>it. If anyone has suggestions as to how i can fix this please email me:
>service@skedaddlescooters.com or post a reply
>
>

#5 10-16-2006, 08:18 PM

What program are you using to track users browser size? I use a program
called sizer to set my browser to the 3 most popular sizes so I can see what
the user would see if they came to a site I developed. Program is freeware,
google sizer.exe. I have Urchin statistics running on my server but it
doesn't capture screen resolution... Or at least last I looked at ver 5 it
didn't.

Franklyn

<Widman> wrote in message news:1_84_7665@gfwebforum.com...
> You need to consider screen resolution. Many people have 800 x 600
> screens,
> some of my visitors are still on 640 x480. So anything over 640 is too
> big.
> If you are working with a 1400 x 1050 or something like that, and design
> it to
> look good that way it will be too big on a 800 x 600. I also stay away
> from
> wide site design because although I now use a 1280 x 800 notebook, I
> normally
> have my bookmarks open and 10 other screens or programs open and don't
> like to
> maximize my browser.
>
>
> Richard Widman
> www.widman.biz
> Bolivia
>
> On Mon, Oct 16 2006 8:52 am, "michael newgent"
> <service@skedaddlescooters.com> said:
>>
>>
>>my website, www.skedaddlescooters.com, seems fine when i view it on my
>>laptop. however, when viewed on other pc's the website is way too big as
>>if
>>you set your zoom to 200% its original size. I do not understand why this
>>is happening and I would like it to be viewed properly by anyone who views
>>it. If anyone has suggestions as to how i can fix this please email me:
>>service@skedaddlescooters.com or post a reply
>>
>>
>
>

#6 10-17-2006, 09:07 AM

I'm using google analytics. Has a lot of good stuff on it, although it was a
pain to put the code on 300+ pages
Richard Widman
www.widman.biz
Bolivia

On Mon, Oct 16 2006 8:17 pm, "Franklyn" <franklyn@galacticzero.net> said:
>What program are you using to track users browser size? I use a program
>called sizer to set my browser to the 3 most popular sizes so I can see what
>the user would see if they came to a site I developed. Program is freeware,
>google sizer.exe. I have Urchin statistics running on my server but it
>doesn't capture screen resolution... Or at least last I looked at ver 5 it
>didn't.
>
>Franklyn
>
>
><Widman> wrote in message news:1_84_7665@gfwebforum.com...
>> You need to consider screen resolution. Many people have 800 x 600
>> screens,
>> some of my visitors are still on 640 x480. So anything over 640 is too
>> big.
>> If you are working with a 1400 x 1050 or something like that, and design
>> it to
>> look good that way it will be too big on a 800 x 600. I also stay away
>> from
>> wide site design because although I now use a 1280 x 800 notebook, I
>> normally
>> have my bookmarks open and 10 other screens or programs open and don't
>> like to
>> maximize my browser.
>>
>>
>> Richard Widman
>> www.widman.biz
>> Bolivia
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 16 2006 8:52 am, "michael newgent"
>> <service@skedaddlescooters.com> said:
>>>
>>>
>>>my website, www.skedaddlescooters.com, seems fine when i view it on my
>>>laptop. however, when viewed on other pc's the website is way too big as
>>>if
>>>you set your zoom to 200% its original size. I do not understand why this
>>>is happening and I would like it to be viewed properly by anyone who views
>>>it. If anyone has suggestions as to how i can fix this please email me:
>>>service@skedaddlescooters.com or post a reply
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

#7 10-18-2006, 01:18 PM

Ditto that. Google Analytics is terrific and it's free. Great info on
browsers, screen res, platforms, plug-ins, and so much more.

I simply copied and pasted their code into the end of body tab in my master
borders' html -- about 30 of them for 3 sites.

--Nancy

<Widman> wrote in message news:1_84_7674@gfwebforum.com...
> I'm using google analytics. Has a lot of good stuff on it, although it
was a
> pain to put the code on 300+ pages
> Richard Widman
> www.widman.biz
> Bolivia
>
> On Mon, Oct 16 2006 8:17 pm, "Franklyn" <franklyn@galacticzero.net> said:
> >What program are you using to track users browser size? I use a program
> >called sizer to set my browser to the 3 most popular sizes so I can see
what
> >the user would see if they came to a site I developed. Program is
freeware,
> >google sizer.exe. I have Urchin statistics running on my server but it
> >doesn't capture screen resolution... Or at least last I looked at ver 5
it
> >didn't.
> >
> >Franklyn
> >
> >
> ><Widman> wrote in message news:1_84_7665@gfwebforum.com...
> >> You need to consider screen resolution. Many people have 800 x 600
> >> screens,
> >> some of my visitors are still on 640 x480. So anything over 640 is too
> >> big.
> >> If you are working with a 1400 x 1050 or something like that, and
design
> >> it to
> >> look good that way it will be too big on a 800 x 600. I also stay away
> >> from
> >> wide site design because although I now use a 1280 x 800 notebook, I
> >> normally
> >> have my bookmarks open and 10 other screens or programs open and don't
> >> like to
> >> maximize my browser.
> >>
> >>
> >> Richard Widman
> >> www.widman.biz
> >> Bolivia
> >>
> >> On Mon, Oct 16 2006 8:52 am, "michael newgent"
> >> <service@skedaddlescooters.com> said:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>my website, www.skedaddlescooters.com, seems fine when i view it on my
> >>>laptop. however, when viewed on other pc's the website is way too big
as
> >>>if
> >>>you set your zoom to 200% its original size. I do not understand why
this
> >>>is happening and I would like it to be viewed properly by anyone who
views
> >>>it. If anyone has suggestions as to how i can fix this please email
me:
> >>>service@skedaddlescooters.com or post a reply
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

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