justin_tx_16 Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 I am building this site... http://www.soundwise.org/Expo%20Chemical%20Company%20Inc/html/index.html normally it is http://www.expochem.com that is just the pre-release link address. Anywho, is there a way to format it so that when you print it it will fit on a page in width? it is 780 pixels wide. I don't want to lessen the size of the pictures, it seems like there should be a way to make it fit the font. I have frames setup here... you can look at the source. basically I am using dreamweaver here and cannot get the frame with the text to get to 525 pixels which would still cut the picture when printed, but the text would be safe. thanks for any help. when i set the frame to 525, it extends the frame for the EXPO logo to compensate... grrrr i posted this in the website forum but that gets as many views as a.... yeah, i am not on my best today haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancestorm Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 You are looking to print the whole page correct? Then are you setting up the margins in the correctly? Something like: I haven't played with Dreamweaver in a few years, but isn't there a selection of margins in the Page Properties box? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancestorm Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 Ooops! I forgot tags are used when posting, grrr. Something like: body bgcolor=whatever text=whatever leftmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" I think maybe I am misinterpreting your question. Maybe you mean that you want the graphic to be able to fit on the page just barely make it, but the text size remains the same (i.e. is not down-sized because the pic is downsized when printed)?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin_tx_16 Posted January 22, 2003 Author Share Posted January 22, 2003 been there... done that haha. i don't want to resize the entire page, just where the text is. when you print it just wants to extend to teh edge of the image... no matter what i set margins to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluless Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 Justin - If the width of your largest table row is 780 all other rows will be 780 whether you want them to be or not. So what you could do is redefine your table to be 3 columns wide, change all of your colspans=3 and add a new table element to the right of your text that you expected to get amputated... like a white image. I dont know of a better way, but I just started playing with this stuff. Actually, I just tried it with an empty table element of width 150 on the right and it worked just peachy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin_tx_16 Posted January 22, 2003 Author Share Posted January 22, 2003 i thought that would work too cluless... but it did'nt. ack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluless Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 Worked just fine for me. YGM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin_tx_16 Posted January 22, 2003 Author Share Posted January 22, 2003 the only thing at 780 is an image... <td colspan=2><div align="center"> <p><img src="../html/images/bottom1.jpg" width="780" height="24"><br> <br> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluless Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 yeah and that is forcing the other rows to be the same width. Look at the file I sent you (I had to change the image links just to play). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale W Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 JUSTIN: Have you tried dropping kelly our resident web page designer a line ? Sure he'd be able to help you out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin_tx_16 Posted January 22, 2003 Author Share Posted January 22, 2003 finally! i can post clu and i got this fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin_tx_16 Posted January 23, 2003 Author Share Posted January 23, 2003 ok, now the mission is... center that site! i have tried all kinds of stuff but just cannot get the page to center itself. help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin_tx_16 Posted January 23, 2003 Author Share Posted January 23, 2003 http://www.soundwise.org/klipschubb/justin_tx_16/expo.txt that is the template source code. i just cannot figure out WHY this won't center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile homeless Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 Think I figured it out for you. I'll send or post the file. Do you want that back gif with the shadow to just be on the right side of that main table with all your site? The problem is this main table that you are using as the backdrop with the background image to give the impression of the shadow to the right of the table. How do you actually want it to look here? You want that back image to extend across the whole site? This table is what is causing the site to be locked to the left but in fixing it, your back image idea needs tweaking. kh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin_tx_16 Posted January 23, 2003 Author Share Posted January 23, 2003 like the new avatar MH. thanks for the help, this is driving me crazy. how did you fix it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin_tx_16 Posted January 23, 2003 Author Share Posted January 23, 2003 like the new avatar MH. thanks for the help, this is driving me crazy. how did you fix it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile homeless Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 I take it you want the background image with the dots and shadow to ONLY extend from the right side of the site? This correct? Edit: Your major table with the background in the RIGHT column is causing the non center problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin_tx_16 Posted January 23, 2003 Author Share Posted January 23, 2003 tweak all you want, as long as it looks similar. shadows... who needs 'em. THANKS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile homeless Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 In all honesty, with you current form, and since you have the shadows going off to the right as you have done, I would leave the site over to the left. You just need to make sure it looks the same in Nav 4.5/6 or so as well as AOL. Also, I would make sure that at 800x600 on a 15 monitor, the site is NOT cut off or scroll bars dont form. You are so near this already it shouldnt be hard. It is not totally necessary but a good thing to still shoot for as most run their monitors at 800x600 when still stuck with 15". Thankfully. the days of designing for 640x480 or all but over but some still do that as well. When you have a 21" monitor at over 1280x1024 min, it is hard to remember these things. I see no real need to center the site if you are keeping that shadow. Have you tried it at different resolutions? kh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile homeless Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 Also, one of the problems you are running up against is the use of mixed percentage and fixed table/cell widths. This will cause all sorts of funky results, especially when editing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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