OT: 2 columns or 3? (web site update, comments please)

Hi all,

hoping I can get some input. I finally caught up (well, sortof) with picture taking and managed to put most of it on the 'net. First thing this prompted was to split things up, because what used to be one page would have been far too big for anybody to scroll through. Then I found the bracelets page was getting waaay too long, so I changed it from

2 columns to 3 columns. Please have a look and let me know what you think (I know my thumbnails are uneven sizes, some of the pictures were taken with flash, some are fuzzy ...):
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(And is this even vaguely navigable?) Thanks, Maren (trying to get back to this ...)
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On my small laptop screen, the header/footer graphics get cut off at the fuzzy fibers set/grouping, and I need to scroll.

The two column layout on the subsequent pages works well for m. Barbara

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Hi all,

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Barbara Forbes-Lyons

Same for me. The home page wants me to scroll left/right, although the other pages look fine. The tables are kind of "off" though...it's making prices break from the $ sign and such.

My sympathies to you...web design is not a fav thing of mine. ;-)

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Valerie

Thanks for checking, it does for me too on the notebook, I guess I have to shrink those a little or take a pair of earrings off - I admit I hadn't checked (now feeling kinda stupid - well, that's why I asked. More pairs of eyes always see more.).

I found that the bracelets page got too long for 2 columns, so I made

3:
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(and somewhat to my surprise that doesn't cut off - after what you said I was afraid it might). As you're a computer person too: which browser do you use? (I tend to only use firefox these days, but I know a lot of people use something else. I could run up the something else but I try to avoid that :-) ) (Now have to call the kid before she disappears into another foreign country again. That's the hard bit when they study abroad: they tend to travel too. Getting late even where I am, but her just being through finals I'm probably still going to wake her up)

Not wanting to exclude those who aren't as politically incorrect as Patti and myself: Merry Christmas to all, and Happy Holidays to those who celebrate others (or have already, I know Hanukkah is earlier).

Thanks, and Aloha, Maren Palms, Etc.: Tropical Plant Seeds - Hand-made Jewelry - Plants & Lilikoi

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Maren at google

Got to play with that at home, because at work it doesn't do that for me ... (and that's even using the same browser (firefox/seamonkey), only different operating systems and monitors). I'm not sure I want to know what happens with other browsers ...

I wonder what happens if I take the 'width' out of the 'table' tag altogether. And I got to check on the price columns, thanks, I thought I had fixed that yesterday (but that was again on my work computer).

Same here, the software I normally do isn't very visible unless it doesn't work, and as design of visible things goes, I rather design earrings.

Aloha, and Happy (Merry Christmas)

Maren Palms, Etc.: Tropical Plant Seeds - Hand-made Jewelry - Plants & Lilikoi

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Maren at google

The set-up looks good to me, but I'm not getting any pictures.

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Beadbimbo

I'm using Firefox (but of course!) just for more info.

I hear you regarding designing! :-D Web design is the least of my favorite "design" phrases.

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Valerie

If you make the table width 100% it will adjust to everyone's monitors, theoretically anyway.

And I don't know what you are using for a web page editor, but most table commands have a "distribute columns evenly" command that makes evening things up a bit easier. However on my screen all I got was x's for the pics! :( Don't know why. And when I click on an x, I get this msg:

"The requested URL was not found on this server. The link on the ">referring page seems to be wrong or outdated. Please inform the author of ">that page about the error. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again."

HTH

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Vibrant Jewels

You could also leave off the .- on the prices and save some space, just put $9, for example

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Vibrant Jewels

theoretically ... (there was and still is a 'width="100%' in the table tag) I ended up taking one pair of earrings off.

a text editor called vi (or vim) :-)

Jerri said that too. Now thinking I should probably really check this with Internet Explorer even if it's all just standard hand written html. May have to do with the quotes (I don't have that problem and neither Barbara nor Valerie mentioned it either - of course right now I'm sitting in front of the computer that has the images on it, but I don't have a problem from home either, and my connection between home and work goes through the US mainland (believe it or not)).

You bet it does!

Thanks, Maren Palms, Etc.: Tropical Plant Seeds - Hand-made Jewelry - Plants & Lilikoi

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Maren at google

after replying to Karleen I thought, well, maybe I can find on the net what the problem may be, and found that Microsoft changed the behavior of the tag. I think I fixed that now.

Thanks!

Maren Palms, Etc.: Tropical Plant Seeds - Hand-made Jewelry - Plants & Lilikoi

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Maren at google

All pics now visible except on this page:

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Vibrant Jewels

Merry Christmas, Maren Palms, Etc.: Tropical Plant Seeds - Hand-made Jewelry - Plants & Lilikoi

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