CSS resolution problems with display

website address
Applied Calculus Screenshots -
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Trying to get it to display the same or very similar in
800 x 600
1024 x 768
1152 x 864
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The banner seems to be the problem (the space below the left pix - Back to School).
It is set for 1152 x 864 - therefore less resolution (ie 800 x 600 has space below the picture)
The problem is getting the area below the picture (below the banner) to line up
I am using % (floating template) instead of a fixed format.
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any suggestions besides fixed format
thank you
falcon

 

Try putting a width value on the containing div (id = header) and see what happens (credit to "CSS The Missing Manual" by David Sawyer McFarland). I'd try a pixel value first to see how it alters the behaviour and then a percentage.

One thing I noticed was that when my browser (Firefox 8.0) wasn't maximised it looked okay - even when resized up to its maximum size...

 

Hey Falcon, maybe you should use w-CMS for your free tutorial pages. This site was converted from your mathematics tutorials and I just added the page you have here into the site.

 

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Maybe I should. Ask visitors which page they like the most. Which would they most likely revisit. The information has been checked, what we are interested in is the page layout. By the way (BTW) the emulator is my best conversions ($$$) page.
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falcon

 

Is this your emulator page? I converted that page into the site here. Let me know what you or other members here think. I think most of your pages are packing too much info in a single page. Here is an article saying that it is a no-no. If you agree you might want to re-write some of them or you can use the pages that I have already converted. You mentioned that this may not be a good thing running two sites with identical contents but this may not be so since the layouts are quite different. Also since this is running under a CMS you can change the design quite easily.

 

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I think it worked - check it out
I used a CSS inline statement
I used %
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Thank You
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falcon

 

falcon,

Looks okay to me too when I view it...

Geoff

 

I don’t think it is a good idea allowing resizing images using %. Here is how the page looks like in my iPad:

 

I don't have a way of checking displays for smart phones or ipads
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falcon

 

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page looks good. I don't know which is best for traffic. Yes, I do have a lot of information per page. It started that way when I first started the site and I just haven't changed except for Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 (had just algebra and split them because too much info). Important for me to be able to use CMS Editor and HTML Editor for page modification. I am trying to learn how do that now.
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Thank You
falcon

 

You know I like to help out people here with the members’ websites; either with my CMS or any type of system they use; for example, Cathy is using Office Live for her website.

You can use keywords or whatever means you know to bring in the traffic. But if the site is not organized well the visitors will simply leave and not to return. I don’t want to be rude but some of your pages are very difficult to read and the images are not clear.

You split Algebra because of too much info. If you were putting each section within Algebra into its own page then you need not need to split them as you can add as many subpages into the main page as you need. Take a look at the Mathematical site and see how this looks like.

If you want to learn how to do that then just ask me if you run into difficulty of changing the page. I will either simplify the procedure of change it. With your help, together we will make a better CMS and perhaps rename it to falconCMS. Ooops sorry, that name is already taken.

 

You are right (correct) but remember the goal (make a good tutorial for CMS)
That means easy to understand with pictures and editing with CMS and HTML Editors. We need to be able to beat the competition for website providers and the competition is tough. It is not only the price that's important but the support is more important. Lowest price does not always win but best support for new webmasters. Then when they get comfortable, webmaster tools and help building traffic and website marketing.
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falcon

 

I thought I have already made a good tutorial. If it is not good enough then I need your help.

 

Tom,

Took a look at your tutorials...

As someone who knows nothing about CMS I'd have appreciated something at the top that describes the concept - what it does for you and how it goes about doing it in broad terms.

I'd have also preferred the articles to be in a more logical order: installation, log-in, control panel etc but maybe that's just me...

Geoff

 

Thanks Geoff for your comment. I did make an attempt of presenting the same info differently here as you suggested. In fact that was my original attempt. But I did not get any comments there either.

 

Tutorials are difficult to make because different people understand different
things. They need information in logical steps with pictures or illustrations.
I am trying to use both the CMS Editor and the HTML Editor on the page. Also
we have Magical (Cathy) to evaluate the information. She would be a good test.
When She understands both CMS editors and HTML editors we have a good
tutorial. Then you put it up on ezines as an article or tutorial with your
signature (a link to your home page) and you will get the traffic you are
looking for.
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falcon

 

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We need to add to the tutorial the steps to upload a template and add pictures and text. Also we need to compress the pictures with better software because they load too slow. I think the new JPG will do. I used the old JPG on the ones shown. Then you can pick the free HTML editor of your choice and we will do that.
Also on the forum, we need to put the posts in order under different subjects. So the tutorial of CMS in in its own category and all the posts for the tutorial are in order and subject listed so they can be found instead of looking through all of the posts.
You need to be able to direct traffic directly to the tutorial. This is your big traffic draw so far.
Also the two small (thumbnail) instructions need to be clickable (expandable) so people can read the information.
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free html editors
HTML Editors: a list of WYSIWYG Editors + Text editors, tutorials
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Your choice
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falcon