Re-Sizing Homepage

[joeneptune]

hi,

I'm designing a webpage in html that uses a large scale image on the homepage, beneath which is some white space for HTML text. I want to design the site so that the same amount of the page is visible at both 1024x768 and 1280x800. I've seen all-flash websites that accomplish this very cleverly by allowing the window to scale to the user's monitor (

http://www.uniqlo.com/us/).

But my site is in HTML.

Is there anyway to get a similar effect? Could I design two versions, one for 1024x768 and another for other settings? (If soo, I'd need help with the javascript.) Seems like a very manual approach but it's the only thing I can think of.

Any suggestions?

Cheers!

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Unless you scale your fonts and images for each resolution, you're going to be in for a hard ride. You also have no idea how much screen "real-estate" has been eaten up by other thinks on the user's computer, such as extra browser toolbars, etc.

Personally, I'd design a site which looks good at 800x600, or 1024x768, and let people with bigger resolutions see a bit more empty space.

Hope this helps,
Dan



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