css wrapper discussion, how wide? - GoFuckYourself.com

fris · 01-24-2009, 09:08 AM

how wide do you make your wrapper/container on your pages

I have seen people from 750px to 1200px

what do you recommend

Verbal · 01-24-2009, 09:17 AM

I usually make it 900-950 to allow for a little bit of background and wiggle room on 1024 res monitors

FakeNick · 01-24-2009, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Verbal

I usually make it 900-950 to allow for a little bit of background and wiggle room on 1024 res monitors

agreed thats what i have been doing the past couple of years also

Machete_ · 01-24-2009, 09:25 AM

if its a page with a lot of text, i go for 970-980px, because that leaves me enough margins on both side to handle the background/text margin/transitions

if its something that is ment to be skimmed or linkbaited - like a picture blog or gallery, I try and keep it down to 780-800 because if its wider, the human eye skip the sides = people dont see your banners or menu = low CTR and High bouncerate

StuartD · 01-24-2009, 09:27 AM

Use "max-width" in your css.

Use it in conjunction with a % width and it will scale down but never scale too wide.

fris · 01-24-2009, 09:28 AM

its a page with images on it, having a delema on how many I should have across

StuartD · 01-24-2009, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by fris

its a page with images on it, having a delema on how many I should have across

Isn't that the point of css? With the images floating and the width variable, it essentially becomes the option of the viewer. They can resize their browser and the images will wrap on their own according to the width available.

Kinda like this: http://www.9xs.net/thumbs.html

Tempest · 01-24-2009, 11:37 AM

750 for 800x screens, 974 for 1024x screens.

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Verbal Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,420	I usually make it 900-950 to allow for a little bit of background and wiggle room on 1024 res monitors

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Machete_ WINNING! Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 14,579	if its a page with a lot of text, i go for 970-980px, because that leaves me enough margins on both side to handle the background/text margin/transitions if its something that is ment to be skimmed or linkbaited - like a picture blog or gallery, I try and keep it down to 780-800 because if its wider, the human eye skip the sides = people dont see your banners or menu = low CTR and High bouncerate

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Tempest Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: May 2004 Location: West Coast, Canada. Posts: 10,217	750 for 800x screens, 974 for 1024x screens.