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BobbyJGR - 18 Nov 2005 17:01 GMT

I just built a website using Publisher 2003 on my desktop and it looks
awesome when I do a web preview. My problem is I wanted to just put some
finishing touches on it before putting the site live so I emailed myself the
pub file so I could work on it on my laptop. When I open the pub file on my
laptop and did a web preview it looked horrible the Organizational name and
box I created was a mess, the photo's on the pages were spaced totally
different, the background pic on the home page looks like it was tiled, ugh I
can go on and on but won't. I guess my question is why does it look
different on my laptop compared to my desktop when I do a web preview? If I
publish it live will it look good or will it look like it does on the laptop?
What did I do wrong?
Bobby

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David Bartosik - 19 Nov 2005 19:16 GMT

You'd want to look at what the screen resolution is on the desktop monitor,
what it is on the laptop, and what resolution you set the web publication to.
Get all 3 in sync and see if you can repro the issue.

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> I just built a website using Publisher 2003 on my desktop and it looks
> awesome when I do a web preview. My problem is I wanted to just put some
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> What did I do wrong?
> Bobby

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BobbyJGR - 21 Nov 2005 02:40 GMT

The desktop is set at 800X600 the publication is set to the same 800x600 the
laptop is 1400x1050. It looks good when I set the laptop to 800x600 but
everything obviously is hugh, shouldn't the website look the same no mater
what the resolution is set at on someone's desktop or laptop once it's live?

> You'd want to look at what the screen resolution is on the desktop monitor,
> what it is on the laptop, and what resolution you set the web publication to.
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> > What did I do wrong?
> > Bobby

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djaggs - 21 Nov 2005 13:19 GMT

I have this same problem with my website except I did it in reverse, I did it
on a desktop, transferred it to my laptop with a much higher resoloution and
all the forms are screwed up.

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> The desktop is set at 800X600 the publication is set to the same 800x600 the
> laptop is 1400x1050. It looks good when I set the laptop to 800x600 but
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> > > What did I do wrong?
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David Bartosik - 22 Nov 2005 15:01 GMT

Be sure to have page setup on the web publication set to the "web site"
(800x600) setting (default width is 760). Do not use custom and never set a
height.

For best results do your page layout in either a resolution of 800 x 600 or
1024 x 768.

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> I have this same problem with my website except I did it in reverse, I did it
> on a desktop, transferred it to my laptop with a much higher resoloution and
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> > > > What did I do wrong?
> > > > Bobby

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David Bartosik - 22 Nov 2005 14:58 GMT

The short answer is no. That's the reality of web design. End-user browser,
resolution, fonts, connection speed, yada yada yada. There are numerous
things that affect how a site looks to one versus another.
Actual Web Design tools like FrontPage give you the control needed, as well
as provide previews in different resolutions and browsers.

That said, make sure you're not setting a height on the publication in page
settings. That will cause more problems.

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