Website design advice please.

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  1. *Windy

    *Windy Banned Idiot

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    I'm on a creative roll and designing a site. What's the best width?</p>

    Ta.</p>
     
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    Depends on the size of your screen. nt
     
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    You could go for a liquid layout, so that the containers on the page will move/resize when the browser window is resize.

    At my work (ntu.ac.uk), we originally had a liquid layout (as can be seen from the homepage), but we are now moving towards a fixed-width layout (see www.ntu.ac.uk/art). Our stats show that the majority of people (95%) are using screen resolutions of 1024x768 or above, so we have gone for a fixed width of around 960px (60ems) wide.

    Fixed width sites are generally easier to put together, and I would suggest that you can make the minimum width of your site 800px (50ems).

    Hope that helps.
     
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    *Windy Banned Idiot

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    Thats brilliant, thanks. nt nt
     
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    Well I'm going for 960. nt
     
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    RE: Thats brilliant, thanks. nt nt

    Global stats from thecounter.com for september:</p>

    http://www.thecounter.com/stats/2007/September/res.php </p>

    50% using 1024x768, obviously this changes depending on the target market for your website.</p>

    If in doubt I would stick to about 750 wide, giving room for a scroll bar (at 800x600). </p>
     
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