pr0gr4mm3r — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:27:21 +0000

You might also want to consider looking at some free css templates to see how it's done.

http://www.free-css-templates.com/free-templates.html

Megan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:10:24 +0000

If you want us to look at a certain page please do provide a link. That makes it a lot easier to help you!

I have answered the question about centering a page design here:

http://www.webmaster-forums.net/showthread.php?t=38127

Whether to go full width (flexible) or fixed width is often a matter of personal preference. Users and developers both have their preferences and reasons why one way is better than another. I think the best thing to do is make the decision on a case-by-case basis depending on the site. I find that sites with a lot of information on the page benefit from a flexible design because then the content has a bit more room to breathe. Sites with less information are better as fixed designs because then the content doesn't get spread all over the place with too much empty space.

I also frequently use the max-width property in CSS to prevent the page from expanding too much. So users at smaller resolutions see it at full width, but when the screen size gets larger the design becomes fixed width. You can see that in action here:

http://www.meganmcdermott.com/

Designing flexible layouts can be difficult at first. It may be easier to do something fixed width as you're learning and then work on doing flexible designs later.