Resolution sizing: Major problem

I have a serious issue right now on my forums, this is the first time I have attempted to create a style. My problem is that I designed the forums in 1280x1204. But when you go to a lower resolution every is screwed up. I think I learned a lesson here about designing in a lower resolution. But I still need to fix what I have done. I have searched for hours now and still do not have any idea of what to do.

What I need is some kind of way to display the forums at each resolution corectly. I really do not understand all this stuff that much, so if there is a way to solve this please go easy on me.

[Tony G]

Originally Posted by Fist Of God

I have a serious issue right now on my forums, this is the first time I have attempted to create a style. My problem is that I designed the forums in 1280x1204. But when you go to a lower resolution every is screwed up. I think I learned a lesson here about designing in a lower resolution. But I still need to fix what I have done. I have searched for hours now and still do not have any idea of what to do.

What I need is some kind of way to display the forums at each resolution corectly. I really do not understand all this stuff that much, so if there is a way to solve this please go easy on me.

Make a few different styles. You should try make the default fit in 1024 X 768, but then make a clone and edit it so it fits in 800 X 600, and make it a selectable style.

Depending on the style, it can be hard to make it fit into every resolution.

There may be other ways, I've never encountered such a problem so *shrugs*

[Fist Of God]

Thanks for the advice. I have fixed the problem to some degree by changing the main table width to 800 rather then a percent. All seems fine except 800x600 resolution, but at this point I am glad the problem is somewhat gone.

[N!ck]

Change the main table width to 740. That way it'll look good on any browser and on any resolution above 640x480, which nobody uses anymore anyway.

[Fist Of God]

I really thank you guys for helping me out.

I changed the table width to 740, however everything was out of alingnment once again at 800x600...I am not sure why as no other resolution has this problem. So I brought it up a little and set it at 760. Now everything seems fine, and although there is a minor problem with allignment in 800x600 it is not nearly as bad as it was, and I do not think most people will even recognize it.

Could this have been an effect from seperating the posts and removing the background that was once behind them?