Building a site...What resolution?

[Sharpy]

When designing a website, what rez is best. 800x600? 1024x768? What do most visitors surf in? I designed my latest site in 1024. When I visit it in 800...well you know what it looks like.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Sharpy

 

[GiantDomains]

Make it fit both (expanding tables, etc.)

If you design it for hi-res, low res users (majority) will have to scroll.

 

[RMF]

I usually develop sites with fixed table sizes, so I normally make them up to 770 width. Not many people use 640x480 anymore, but 800x600 is still very common.

RMF

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by GiantDomains
Make it fit both (expanding tables, etc.)

This is what I do as well. Then it fills the screen at any resolution. Just set your table sizes at 100% rather than a specific pixel size.

 

[WebMomentum]

Here's a good article on the topic:

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/33/index0a.html?tw=design

 

[Sharpy]

Thanks all for your help!

 

[system0]

Originally posted by RMF
I usually develop sites with fixed table sizes, so I normally make them up to 770 width. Not many people use 640x480 anymore, but 800x600 is still very common.

RMF

took the words right out of my mouth

 

[TopNames.com]

I develop it for 800x600. It still looks fine in higher resolutions.

Sometimes an adjustable layout looks funky in different resolutions and browsers.

 

[Corwin]

I m not a specialist, but when i ask a technician to make me a website, i insist that it is made in a printer friendly resolution.

 

[adoninet]

we normally just create a master table centered, size 750

that way the page always looks the same, only a few people (640 res) don't see the whole screen

if someone comes in bigger, it still looks the same, only more blank space on the side

when you go 100% tables then you can't control the real lookof the page,

some people don't want to control the look

we found that the master table set to 750 pixels is the way to keep a page looking the same no matter what the res of the viewer is

all you have to do is test your sites once in a while at different res's and using both IE and NS

you'd be amazed at how the site changes if you don't try to lock in a specific size

plus you should define a common font, something a lot of people don't do

we usually use arial or verdana

size 1 is a little small but it gets in a ton of info

size 2 is easiest to view

there's a place on the net that can check your html after you're done

I forget the name

but it looks at your code and image size and download speed and it tells you if you have any major html problems

maybe someone else remembers the name of that site

I think MS bought it up

maybe it's not around no more

but for newbie designers, it does give you some good tips