Sitebuilder Plus: Edit Page Width/Length

Hi Tom,

Welcome to the Community!

Here are some instructions on adjusting the width and length of your webpges.

Adjusting the width on individual pages:

The default width of each page is 800 pixels. You can adjust the width of each page on your website in the options under Page Settings.

1. Click Websites Manager in the left navigation menu.


2. Click Edit Site.





3. Click Page Settings in the top toolbar and go to the Background, Links, Footer tab. Adjust the page width for this page only.
   
   
   
   
4. Once you have edited the page width, Save and Publish your website.

Adjusting the width for all pages at once:

1. Login to your website account.


2. Click Websites Manager link in the left navigation menu.


3. Click Edit Site.





4. Click on the heading icon in the top toolbar.





5. Click Page Settings.





6. Change the page width. When you've finished changing the width, Save and Publish your website.

Adjusting the length of a webpage:

The length of your page is determined automatically based on the size and position of all the objects on your page.

• To make your page shorter, find the element at the bottom of your page, and drag it up with your mouse.



• To make your page longer, find the bottom element and drag it down.

Tip: There's technically no limit to the length and width your page can be, although for design and usability purposes,you should avoid making your pages too wide or too long.

Hope that helps!

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How do I make my background longer? I do not want to change it on all of my pages, just one. How would it be possible for me to do this?

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
Making the page background longer.

Am I the only one whose site doesn't extend all the way to the edge once fully viewed? I'm tired of paying $23.99 a month for a site that doesn't look professional because of this issue. Is there a way I can reconcile this problem myself?

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
Viewing my site in full..

I would like to know why we can't adjust the width using percentages instead of pixels. Usually, a webmistress would tell it to make the page 100% - this way, it fits most monitors/displays. Using the pixel method makes it static and cannot possibly be viewed perfectly by all sizes of displays.

How about it? Give us a %! (This is why I hate templates!)

What is the best width to set your page to?? I saw that yahoo uses 990 pixel - I heard the average screen is 1024 now - is that true?

From Homestead employee....."You can make your pages wider so that they fill your entire monitor. However keep in mind that other viewers with smaller monitors may need to scroll left and right to see the entire page."

This is totally unacceptable. I have just recently become aware of how bad my website looks on some monitors. Can anyone think of any professional website you have ever visited where you had to "scroll left and right to see the entire page"?? It looks terrible!

Why can't we just set page width to 100%? Please work on a fix for this. It is the only thing I am unhappy about with my Homestead Website but it makes me want to move on to a different website builder!
Thanks

I just got a new computer. I see the website that I have designed now only fits 1/3 of the monitor screen when published. I have the pixel width set to 1005. How can I get this to fit the window better? site is hotdogworld.net

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
Width of page not filling up monitor screen.

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
my webpage that I have created is so small on the screen, how to I make it larger and in the center? Please Help!.

My webpage looks so small when I visit the site, how to I enlarge and format it to be in the center?

Changing the width does not work. I am spending to much time on things that should be just a minor adjustment. MY PAGE LOOKS RIDICULOUS!!!! Especially advertising i do web design. I am finding another company. This is NUTS!!!

I just changed it "0" and even that did not fix the width. The only think I see moving on the page is the footer. Nothing else adjust. WTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How do I get the background image to always take up the full screen like the template on the homestead page, http://www.hhicarpetclean.com/ The red border at the top?

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Background dimensions.

I asked this question previously:
"I'm creating a background image in Adobe Photoshop. How many pixels wide and tall should I make it for Homestead? I am currently using a 1084 pixel width page setting

Mike F. replied to me:

"The width you make it is entirely up to you. There's not a right or wrong size. I usually start my pages at about 1000-1100 px wide. I would not recommend going beyond 1200 for most sites though. People tend to become annoyed if they have to scroll left to right."

I created a background image that was 1084 pixels wide, uploaded it to Homestead as the background, Previewed the page, and it only took up a small amount of space in the top left and then tiled. The rest of the elements that I've placed on that page show normally, and do take up more of the page in the browser.

Am I uploading my 1084 pixels wide background image INCORRECTLY? Perhaps they do not STAY at 1084 pixels wide in Homestead??

Is there some setting anywhere on Homestead that can set this 1084 pixels wide background image that I've created to take up the ENTIRE background?
If so PLEASE tell me exactly where to go on Homestead, what to do, and what to make the settings.

how can my background image be uploaded to take up the entire background, where are these particular settings and WHAT do they need to be set at?

Please help.

Thank you.

Hi there!

I read through various posts but am still unable to get the length of page adjust automatically - in some pages the text goes beyond the background! I tried disabling the master page setting but when I do it, it does not let me adjust the page length! What am I missing???