Frontpage web design query (centering page on widescreen)

november

I've just got a new widescreen monitor and notice that my own website webpage appears to the left of my screen with a wide space to the right.

How do I get it to have the space either side and the webpage centred like this http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/ ? Is it possible with frontpage? I've looked but can't see any way of doing it. I want my site to appear normal to people without widescreen but not a complete mess to people with.

All help much appreciated.
Thanks

sleep2much

I'm sorry I don't use frontpage, but in dreamweaver frame properties has an align tab with left, right, centre and default options, it could be worth getting the 30 day trial from adobe and play around a bit.

P.S. I set my sites to centre

Fairwinds

I haven't used Frontpage in a while, but from memory you can either specify page sizes as exact size or in percentage terms of screen

Would changing to percentages help your issue, as this should cope better with different screen sizes

november

Thanks for your replies

The align tab just seems to align the text in the table. I think I'm going to have to play with the page sizes and somehow manage it so the text only fills a normal monitor screen but the background extends to the right of a widescreen so it doesn't look so messy.

I would love dreamweaver but unfortunately its so expensive I can't afford it at the moment

Badger_Lady

I don't have it any more either, but I believe it's in the Table Properties - there should be a section in the dialogue box about "positioning", which includes an option to position your table centrally.

That's assuming your website is designed within a table!

I created this website using Frontpage: http://www.alesians.co.uk/ (non-profit-making and not even fully functioning at the moment, so I'm not referring!!!)

november

Yes Badger Lady the site you showed is how I want it to appear. Actually one good thing about my new monitor is I didn't realise before it looked a mess on a widescreen.

The table properties options are 'none', 'absolute' and 'relative'. I've just quickly tried all the options and they don't actually seem to do anything I'm pretty sure my site is in a table - in fact I've just checked the html and it says table :rotfl:

I've had a quick look at your source code and can see the world 'centre' there so I'll try playing with my html later today.

Thanks.

[Deleted User]

Maybe a bit of CSS could help you:

http://bluerobot.com/web/css/center1.html
http://www.simplebits.com/notebook/2004/09/08/centering.html

november

Thanks Ringo. Hadn't attempted it yet due to lack of time and MS being down so well timed :T

november

Just wanted to post a quick thanks to all and let you know I've done it :T The web site looks much better now