Webpage Size?

Thank you for all of the information David. I appreciate it.

"DavidF" wrote:

> Publisher 2007 suggests three default page widths, with 760 pixels wide the
> middle one and 984 being the widest. I would not go wider than that if I
> were you. Around 800 pixels wide has been the standard for a long time, but
> that is changing a bit. And yes, you need to keep everything on the working
> page and out of the scratch area. I would suggest that you do a little
> reading before jumping in, as you need to change your mindset. Web media is
> different than print media.
>
> Reference: Prepare, publish, and maintain your Publisher Web site:
> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA100947601033.aspx
>
> And then you might want to peruse the articles on this page: Designing and
> creating Web sites :
> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/CH100793371033.aspx
>
> DavidF
>
> "RobbyL" <RobbyL.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D9F7A4CD-3CE8-4B67-B80A-3DE9A96C962F@microsoft.com...
> > Hi, I'm using Publisher 2007. I'm trying to make a webpage. Instead of
> > using
> > one of the templates I want to start from scratch. How do I know what size
> > template to use? I'm trying the 760 x 4608px right now. Do I need to keep
> > my
> > pictures in the white block area? Seems like kind of a small area to work
> > in.
> > Can I change it to landsape because it seems to be portrait. Thanks for
> > your
> > help in advance.
>
>
>

You are welcome....hope it works out.

DavidF

"RobbyL" <RobbyL.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:75A53814-7ACA-4574-913F-47CE86F739D9@microsoft.com...
> Thank you for all of the information David. I appreciate it.
>
> "DavidF" wrote:
>
>> Publisher 2007 suggests three default page widths, with 760 pixels wide
>> the
>> middle one and 984 being the widest. I would not go wider than that if I
>> were you. Around 800 pixels wide has been the standard for a long time,
>> but
>> that is changing a bit. And yes, you need to keep everything on the
>> working
>> page and out of the scratch area. I would suggest that you do a little
>> reading before jumping in, as you need to change your mindset. Web media
>> is
>> different than print media.
>>
>> Reference: Prepare, publish, and maintain your Publisher Web site:
>> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA100947601033.aspx
>>
>> And then you might want to peruse the articles on this page: Designing
>> and
>> creating Web sites :
>> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/CH100793371033.aspx
>>
>> DavidF
>>
>> "RobbyL" <RobbyL.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:D9F7A4CD-3CE8-4B67-B80A-3DE9A96C962F@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi, I'm using Publisher 2007. I'm trying to make a webpage. Instead of
>> > using
>> > one of the templates I want to start from scratch. How do I know what
>> > size
>> > template to use? I'm trying the 760 x 4608px right now. Do I need to
>> > keep
>> > my
>> > pictures in the white block area? Seems like kind of a small area to
>> > work
>> > in.
>> > Can I change it to landsape because it seems to be portrait. Thanks for
>> > your
>> > help in advance.
>>
>>
>>

Hello. I have Publisher 2007 and made a website that I'm almost pleased
with. I tried to change the web page to 800 wide, but it doesn't stay that
way. Each time I save and preview, it's got too much white space on the
side, good for if I wanted ads there but I don't. How do I fix this? Thanks
for your help.

"DavidF" wrote:

> You are welcome....hope it works out.
>
> DavidF
>
> "RobbyL" <RobbyL.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:75A53814-7ACA-4574-913F-47CE86F739D9@microsoft.com...
> > Thank you for all of the information David. I appreciate it.
> >
> > "DavidF" wrote:
> >
> >> Publisher 2007 suggests three default page widths, with 760 pixels wide
> >> the
> >> middle one and 984 being the widest. I would not go wider than that if I
> >> were you. Around 800 pixels wide has been the standard for a long time,
> >> but
> >> that is changing a bit. And yes, you need to keep everything on the
> >> working
> >> page and out of the scratch area. I would suggest that you do a little
> >> reading before jumping in, as you need to change your mindset. Web media
> >> is
> >> different than print media.
> >>
> >> Reference: Prepare, publish, and maintain your Publisher Web site:
> >> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA100947601033.aspx
> >>
> >> And then you might want to peruse the articles on this page: Designing
> >> and
> >> creating Web sites :
> >> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/CH100793371033.aspx
> >>
> >> DavidF
> >>
> >> "RobbyL" <RobbyL.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:D9F7A4CD-3CE8-4B67-B80A-3DE9A96C962F@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi, I'm using Publisher 2007. I'm trying to make a webpage. Instead of
> >> > using
> >> > one of the templates I want to start from scratch. How do I know what
> >> > size
> >> > template to use? I'm trying the 760 x 4608px right now. Do I need to
> >> > keep
> >> > my
> >> > pictures in the white block area? Seems like kind of a small area to
> >> > work
> >> > in.
> >> > Can I change it to landsape because it seems to be portrait. Thanks for
> >> > your
> >> > help in advance.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

You might be talking about two different things. Look under File > Page
setup to see what width the page is. As 800 pixels is not a default width,
you would use Custom Page Size to create one that is 800 pixels.

What you might be talking about is that an 800 pixel wide...or a 760 pixel
wide page is left justified on your monitor, and does not fill the whole
screen, or leaves too much "white space" to the right of the page. That is
called padding.

Reference: Understanding background padding in a Publisher web (aka white
space):
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/archive/2006/01/07/80563.aspx

There is no built-in mechanism for centering a Publisher web page, but we do
have a method to manually edit the html code to center the page, but it must
be done each time you change your pages. Post back if you want the
instructions.

DavidF

"MKay" <MKay.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7BE1F472-3EB8-44B1-9361-BBE70A7E2FF2@microsoft.com...
> Hello. I have Publisher 2007 and made a website that I'm almost pleased
> with. I tried to change the web page to 800 wide, but it doesn't stay
> that
> way. Each time I save and preview, it's got too much white space on the
> side, good for if I wanted ads there but I don't. How do I fix this?
> Thanks
> for your help.
>
> "DavidF" wrote:
>
>> You are welcome....hope it works out.
>>
>> DavidF
>>
>> "RobbyL" <RobbyL.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:75A53814-7ACA-4574-913F-47CE86F739D9@microsoft.com...
>> > Thank you for all of the information David. I appreciate it.
>> >
>> > "DavidF" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Publisher 2007 suggests three default page widths, with 760 pixels
>> >> wide
>> >> the
>> >> middle one and 984 being the widest. I would not go wider than that if
>> >> I
>> >> were you. Around 800 pixels wide has been the standard for a long
>> >> time,
>> >> but
>> >> that is changing a bit. And yes, you need to keep everything on the
>> >> working
>> >> page and out of the scratch area. I would suggest that you do a little
>> >> reading before jumping in, as you need to change your mindset. Web
>> >> media
>> >> is
>> >> different than print media.
>> >>
>> >> Reference: Prepare, publish, and maintain your Publisher Web site:
>> >> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA100947601033.aspx
>> >>
>> >> And then you might want to peruse the articles on this page: Designing
>> >> and
>> >> creating Web sites :
>> >> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/CH100793371033.aspx
>> >>
>> >> DavidF
>> >>
>> >> "RobbyL" <RobbyL.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:D9F7A4CD-3CE8-4B67-B80A-3DE9A96C962F@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hi, I'm using Publisher 2007. I'm trying to make a webpage. Instead
>> >> > of
>> >> > using
>> >> > one of the templates I want to start from scratch. How do I know
>> >> > what
>> >> > size
>> >> > template to use? I'm trying the 760 x 4608px right now. Do I need to
>> >> > keep
>> >> > my
>> >> > pictures in the white block area? Seems like kind of a small area to
>> >> > work
>> >> > in.
>> >> > Can I change it to landsape because it seems to be portrait. Thanks
>> >> > for
>> >> > your
>> >> > help in advance.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

Don't.

At 800 wide it will force horizontal scrolling in many viewer's
browsers...you have to leave some room for browser chrome, that's why one
default is 760.


--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression






"MKay" <MKay.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7BE1F472-3EB8-44B1-9361-BBE70A7E2FF2@microsoft.com...
> Hello. I have Publisher 2007 and made a website that I'm almost pleased
> with. I tried to change the web page to 800 wide, but it doesn't stay
> that
> way. Each time I save and preview, it's got too much white space on the
> side, good for if I wanted ads there but I don't. How do I fix this?
> Thanks
> for your help.
>
> "DavidF" wrote:
>
>> You are welcome....hope it works out.
>>
>> DavidF
>>
>> "RobbyL" <RobbyL.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:75A53814-7ACA-4574-913F-47CE86F739D9@microsoft.com...
>> > Thank you for all of the information David. I appreciate it.
>> >
>> > "DavidF" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Publisher 2007 suggests three default page widths, with 760 pixels
>> >> wide
>> >> the
>> >> middle one and 984 being the widest. I would not go wider than that if
>> >> I
>> >> were you. Around 800 pixels wide has been the standard for a long
>> >> time,
>> >> but
>> >> that is changing a bit. And yes, you need to keep everything on the
>> >> working
>> >> page and out of the scratch area. I would suggest that you do a little
>> >> reading before jumping in, as you need to change your mindset. Web
>> >> media
>> >> is
>> >> different than print media.
>> >>
>> >> Reference: Prepare, publish, and maintain your Publisher Web site:
>> >> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA100947601033.aspx
>> >>
>> >> And then you might want to peruse the articles on this page: Designing
>> >> and
>> >> creating Web sites :
>> >> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/CH100793371033.aspx
>> >>
>> >> DavidF
>> >>
>> >> "RobbyL" <RobbyL.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:D9F7A4CD-3CE8-4B67-B80A-3DE9A96C962F@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hi, I'm using Publisher 2007. I'm trying to make a webpage. Instead
>> >> > of
>> >> > using
>> >> > one of the templates I want to start from scratch. How do I know
>> >> > what
>> >> > size
>> >> > template to use? I'm trying the 760 x 4608px right now. Do I need to
>> >> > keep
>> >> > my
>> >> > pictures in the white block area? Seems like kind of a small area to
>> >> > work
>> >> > in.
>> >> > Can I change it to landsape because it seems to be portrait. Thanks
>> >> > for
>> >> > your
>> >> > help in advance.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

I never could get it centered. I've found a lot of forums with people
complaining about the same thing. With so many complaints, the real question
is why doesn't Microsoft fix the problem? I'm not interested in buying and
working on a whole new program and spending all the time again. It's hard to
find a simple work-around where you don't have to change the coding each time
you update the website.

Although I really appreciate the weblinks here, many pertain to the older
versions of Publisher and don't help with this issue. I was hoping to see
updated blogs but no such luck.

Microsoft: help!