Page Size Question?

Hi,
Thanks for any suggestions. Im a little confused about the page size settings in Dreamweaver MX. My thoughts were it would be best to make the width 800 since this is a standard size, so I made my heading this size but when I preview it in the browser window I have to scroll a bit to see it. Yet if I make the page size 778 which seems to be where it wants to go it looks to short in the window. I have clicked on the page settings and saw where you can have them different widths and I added in 800 and then put average PC next to it as a description but when I highlight this as what I want it doesn't seem to make any changes when I view the page. Is there something else that I should be doing?

Another question I have about the size of the page, does it have to be the standard 600 in height or can I make it as long as I want to?

Thanks so much for any help.

Jill

discman:

Not for me. My 1280x1024 screen rarely has a browser viewport wider than
about 712 pixels, so your 800 settings would still give me a scrollbar.

http://www.thepattysite.com/window_sizes1.cfm

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"discman" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

A page size for 800x600 is 760x420.....and that works here. You have to
remember that these bowsers tent to add all kinds of menus, buttons, status

bars, side bars this and that...Some people have everything turned on and
some people only have a few things turned on. Changing the size in dreamwear
is just a view change. Not a content size change. It is best to make
something a little smaller (like a menu going across your page). Then the
viewer doesn't have to scroll to the right to see your whole menu. And
sometime if one forgets that you have something hanging off to the right. It
is then lost...

As for how long you want to make a page is up to you. If you make it to
long and have photos way down at the bottom. the viewer then has to wait for

those to be loaded. Those may load first and the viewer is looking at
nothing while th page is loading...Is best to keep thing above the fold line
if you can....I've seen sites that have 50 thumbnails on it. Beats me why
they do this. Better to make a new page than to have too much on it......

Hi
Thank you so much for your reply. I adjusted the size of my heading ect to 760 and your right its so much better. =) Thank bunches.

Jill