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Ensure That Everyone Can Properly View Your Website
t is common mistake for 1024 pixels can fit horizontally
novice web designers to across the page. When designing a
create a website and only website, it’s not so much the
test the website at 1 screen number of vertical pixels that
resolution and in 1 web browser. should concern you, but rather
The problem is, there are still the number of horizontal pixels.
some Internet users that use 15” You need to ensure that the user
monitors, or use a browser which does not have to scroll to the
is different from Internet right in order to view your whole
Explorer. Thus, if you’re not web page. As a quick rule of
testing your website to ensure thumb, I usually design my
that it appears correctly at websites to span 768 pixels
different screen resolutions and across. Yes, that means that I
in different web browsers, you would be neglecting those ancient
may be neglecting a small portion computer users that use 600 x 480
of your potential customers. resolution. But, by accommodating
Sure, maybe only 10% of your those users you would not be
customers may not be able to view utilizing very much of the
your website as you’ve planned, screen, and it wouldn’t appeal to
but constructing a website that all your other users that make
is accessible to everyone is so use of higher resolutions. Here
easy that it would be a huge are some statistics regarding
mistake to neglect that 10%. screen resolutions for Internet
users:
Screen Resolutions
800 x 600: 14% of Internet Users
Screen resolution refers to the
number of pixels that span a 1024 X 768: 60% of Internet Users
particular space. If you are
running 1024 x 768 resolution, 1280 x 1024: 26% of Internet
Users click “Properties”
2) Click on the “Settings” tab
Another idea, as opposed to using 3) Move the slider through all
absolute definitions for the the different resolutions and hit
screen width, you could also “OK”
employ relative screen width. The 4) Open up your website and see
problem with optimizing your if there is any scrolling
website to be 768 pixels wide is required
that your website may look empty
to those viewers using 1280 x Ensure Browser Compatibility
1024 resolution. To do this, just
create a table with its width set If you’re coding your website
to 100%. Your web page should with an editor, you should be
adjust automatically to the aware that there may be slight
user’s screen width. Just differences in the website’s
remember not to add too much appearance depending on the brand
content in there or else the page of browser you are using. Over
will not adjust properly to users 70% of Internet users surf the
with lower resolutions. web with Internet Explorer, but
you should check to make sure
Test Your Website your site looks consistent in
Firefox, Netscape, and Opera.
In order to ensure that your Also, if you have access to a
website will appear correctly you Mac, it would be a good idea to
should view it using different work through the different
screen resolutions on your own resolutions, and then you’d have
monitor. Here’s how you can do most all your bases covered.
this:
Usability And Accessibility
1) Right click on the desktop and
Website accessibility refers to satisfaction and in turn,
the ease of use for all types of increase your bottom line. If you
Internet users, regardless of the just assume that everyone has a
type or age of equipment and massive monitor and running high
software they are using. When you resolutions, you could be
start to consider accessibility shutting out a good number of
over a flashy appearance that may your potential customers. It’s
only please some surfers, you just smart business.
should increase visitor
About the Author:
Paul Coulter owns and operates a London Ontario Website Design Company. Visit http://www.ekonline.com/articles.html for more articles by Paul.
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