fixed website in screen

[esco4466]

my website (http://www.hopeworks.us) moves when I move the size of the window. How do i keep it centered so when different screen sizes view it it looks the same?

[JackWolfgang]

Your pictures (Esther Bible Study advert and fake horizontal rules) in the center column is too wide for it to fit in 800x600.

Use real horizontal rules (<hr /> tag) and style them with CSS to fix that problem. Then reduce the size of the advert.

[esco4466]

Im sorry I should have prefaced everything with "I am a complete novie and most of what you say will seem like Chinese to me."

I am learning as I go. Anyway you can explain clearer? Thanks for your help.

[flutem3]

Im sorry I should have prefaced everything with "I am a complete novie and most of what you say will seem like Chinese to me."

I am learning as I go. Anyway you can explain clearer? Thanks for your help.

Hi, Jim

Welcome to the Forum! I think you are probably a newbie instead of a novie. :) At least newbie is the word with which I am familiar when talking about computers.

This is a terrific place to come for information. However, many people are indeed advanced in their knowledge and tend to assume that the rest of us are as well.

Good for you for continuing to ask the questions. I have to do that all the time. When I started with the computer 4+ years ago, I had never even watched a person use a computer. The same is true of building a website.

The expertise is here to help you with almost anything. I have discovered that there are certain kinds of things I do not understand until I have had them explained at least 16 different ways. Then on a given day I will say, "Aha! I have it!" And the day is filled with joy. :D And I am a delighted soul.

Carol
www.wabashfirstumc.org (http://www.wabashfirstumc.org)

[JackWolfgang]

Your pictures (Esther Bible Study advert and fake horizontal rules) in the center column is too wide for it to fit in 800x600.

The picture is too wide for the column when you drop the screen resolution or the window size to 800 pixels (wide) by 600 pixels (tall). It's like getting a piece of legal size paper in an 8" x 10" envelope without folding the paper. Ain't gonna happen. :)

Use real horizontal rules (<hr /> tag) and style them with CSS to fix that problem. Then reduce the size of the advert.

On your page, you use the following:
<span class="style15">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br />

To create the breaks between stories. Because your construct cannot collapse smaller than your column, I suggested that instead you use something like:

<hr class="StoryBreak" />

And style it with Cascading Style Sheets. This construct will collapse to an appropriate width within your column.

[Faithhb_lutheran]

If you want to keep your site static, then you need to shrink your width down to 600, that way people don't have to use the horizontal scroll. to fix the position of an item I think you would use the CSS

identifier {position: absolute; .....}

You would then have to position the structure of your page. I would suggest going out and picking up a book on CSS, I recommend CSS the ddefinitve guide by eric meyer.