I love having a Virtual Assistant who is a computer wiz. No more frustrations. No more delays.
If I have a question I just shoot an email to Diana and the answer comes zooming back. Like today, I asked, “I’m drafting some new pages for the BeyondPaper site. When I make a new page, is it better to define the column widths in pixels or %?”
Here’s her answer:
That’s a good question… Web designers actually debate about this quite a bit. It depends on the site and the designer. Pixels are absolute and will display as the same width no matter what the settings on the user’s computer are. Percentages are not absolute and will change with the settings of the user’s computer.
For instance, depending on the user’s settings, 75% (column one) of the screen and 25% (column 2) of the screen will vary for a person who has their screen resolution set to 800×600 than for someone with their screen set to 1024×768 and so on… With pixels 500px is always 500px no matter what the screen resolution is.
I usually use pixels instead of percentages. (I have been known to use %’s though…) Let me know this makes sense and if you have any questions.
Best regards,
Diana
Now isn’t that better than trying to look up the answer in the Help menu? If you’ve ever wondered if it’s time to get an assistant for your small business, let me tell you it’s a wonderful thing. In my experience, most small business people wait too long before hiring help.
If you want to contact Diana, her website is OnlineOfficeSolutions.biz
(image from AtomicShops easy online website builder)
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