Joined on 07-08-2003
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Hi,
I can't figure out how to make my pages that have scroll bars and the ones that don't have scroll bars look the same. I have a menu bar that goes across the entire screen and when there is a page with a scroll bar the menu is (of course) moved over. Is there any way around this?
Thanks for any help.
Would you mind posting your links so that we can take a closer look at your pages?
Thanks,
Yann
I'd like to see a sample of the page too, but I think what you are describing is a result of the size of the page which causes the scroll bars to appear.
If I understand you correctly, the scroll bars are a result of some of the pages being larger than others.
The page size is larger that the overall frame of the browser, and the scroll bars appear to allow you to scroll to see all of the page.
I hope this makes some sense... :-)
Joined on 07-08-2003
TechSoup Member
Hi,
Here is the web address:
http://www.shorecollaborative.org/index.htm
if you go from this page to the "About Us" page you will see what I mean. Thanks for your help.
May be you fixed the problem but on my monitor I don't see much of a difference. Looks like you used a smaller font size on the page footer links.
Otherwise I wouldn't stress about it (if you didn't change anything yet).
If you wanted to have more white space at the bottom of the w/ scroll bar pages just add some breaks or a blank filler image.
As I though, your "about" page is longer than any of the others. Since the page is too long to be fully displayed in the browser, the scroll bars appear so you can "scroll" to see all of the page.
You may be able to use JavaScript to prevent the scroll bars from appearing (noscroll), but then most people will never be able to see the all of the page...
The appearance of the scroll bars in this case is a normally and generally accepted event.
Joined on 07-08-2003
TechSoup Member
Thanks for the help, I was concerned that it didn't look "professional". If it looks OK to you folks then I won't worry about it.
The scrollbar will shift the entire page over, so everything will still be aligned the way it was without scrollbars. This isn't a function you should try to control. Messing with thye browser look and feel is generally a bad idea, plus this behavior is not noticed by normal users and is expected by most.
Site looks good though.