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Ron Prescott	Need website help...	Lead	[-]
Oct 21 05 7:31 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm in the process of creating a website but am having difficulty making pages conform perfectly to the browser window. There's about an inch margin between the bottom of my homepage and the bottom of the browser, leaving unsightly white space. I've tried every document and pixel setting there is (I think) in my Web design software, even some basic HTML. No luck. Anyone have an idea? Thanks. Here's the link- Dawn Of Shadows
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Count Gamula	Re: Need website help...	#1	[-]
Oct 22 05 11:26 AM Burgomaster Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ron, If you look at your page in HTML, close to the bottom you will see" <p> </p> That means there is a paragraph with nothing in it. If you remove that bit of code it should get rid of some of the blank space that the bottom of the page. Nice looking site, by the way. Looking forward to seeing it when it's complete. *Kerry Gammill*
Count Gamula	Re: Need website help...	#2	[-]
Oct 22 05 11:56 AM Burgomaster Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Looks like I spoke too soon. Looking at your site's HTML through my web software, I see you are probably using a step-by-step site-builder provided by your web host. That means it will be impossible to control the exact position of things. Normally, the main part of this page would be built in a table with about a 15 cells. Your table has 1,176 cells. That allows the software maximum variety of page design using the same template, but it means there is a lot there that you don't need and can't get rid of. I think you are going to have to live with the blank space. I built the first two issues of MonsterKid.com using an automated online site-builder (and a dial-up modem!) and it was pretty frustrating. I started using Dreamweaver with issue 3. It took a while to learn, but it was worth it. *Kerry Gammill*
Ron Prescott	Re: Need website help...	#3	[-]
Oct 22 05 1:07 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks Kerry! Actually, I'm using Namo WebEditor 2006 for the site, but I'm starting to think you're right regarding the inherent limitations. I'll investigate the HTML tip you offered, but if worse comes to worse I'll add a little something at the bottom to distract attention from the white space. Thanks again!
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Kadoban	Re: Need website help...	#4	[-]
Oct 22 05 6:12 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I took a look at the site, and the pink/lavender color goes from top to bottom fine, but there is a two inch strip of white on the right hand side of the page. This is what it looks like on my 17 inch Dell screen, running Windows XP, with 1024 X 768 pixel screen display. The top of your webpage says this: <BODY text=black vLink=purple aLink=red link=blue bgColor=white> I'd suggest changing the bgColor to bgColor= "#cc9c9c" to match the color of the table, or "#000000" for black, which will set the table off nicely. Then your page says this: <TABLE height=610 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=770 bgColor=#cc9c9c border=0 namo_layoutbox="10,1,1,10,1,1"> Instead of giving your table a fixed height and width, just say width=100% (get rid of height) and it should fill up the entire page. __________ "Mrs. Tweedy! The chickens are revolting!" "Finally, something we agree on."
Ron Prescott	Re: Need website help...	#5	[-]
Oct 22 05 6:53 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Eek! Thanks, Kadoban. I'll definitely be looking at that HTML!
Kadoban	Re: Need website help...	#6	[-]
Oct 22 05 7:36 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* I'll definitely be looking at that HTML! Glad to be of help. Rule of thumb for designing websites: Always check what it looks like on both a Mac and a PC. I think it's the Mac that washes out colors more than the PC...or maybe it's vice versa. Also, check what the site looks like from multiple computers running different operating systems. __________ "Mrs. Tweedy! The chickens are revolting!" "Finally, something we agree on."
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