On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Rod Castello<[email protected]> wrote:
> So my question is, is there a way to make the site stay the same size on a > larger monitor but automatically shrink down on a smaller one? > http://fossilbyte.com/1/index.html Well, if you just leave block elements like P to their natural behaviour and don't set a size nor position them , they will naturally occupy all possible width in their containers, And if you set your font size on your body to 100 and size all other fonts when necessary in ems, they will appear to the visitor in either the browser default size or their preferred size if they've adjusted their defaults. And if you don't try to specify exact fonts other than perhaps the generic serif and sans-serif families then they'll usually see font they don't mind much. This involves mostly not doing stuff and allowing the user's browser to be the boss. It saves time and effort for the designer, but it means giving up a level of control, which many designers feel uncomfortable about. But whether you actually have or can have that level of control is at least questionable and I recommend a read through Stewart Allsopp's seminal article at http://www.alistapart.com/articles/dao -- Ed Seedhouse ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
