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Now that you have just finished what you think is a well designed site and the only thing there is left to do now is display it online. Now that you have done this you think that now all is good. Or is it? See, your website may appear fine from your computer but did you bother to find out how it looks on other peoples computers? If not, you could be displaying to 100s or maybe 1000s of potentail customers a messed up website design that tarnish your reputation.

The screen resolution on different pcs can be very high or low. That means when your site loads up it could be totally out of control. Things like having one section display at the top while the other displays near the bottom. Navigation controls are off center or not showing up at all. This can most likely happen if you have a three or more tier website. Big deal if your site looks good on your pc. You must get out and test your site with other pcs immediately before you broadcast your site to the world.

A good place to start is the local library. Their computers are set so that older people can read the screen easier. High resolutions that normally makes your website wider than you are use to. Don’t be shocked if your site does not fit the screen perfectly like it did on your personal computer. It is normal to see a cursor at the bottom come up to span across your site. What you are looking for is that all of your tiers come up where they should be. If not then just make a few margin adjustments until it lines up right. You will never get it to fit the screen the same on all computers. You just want it to look good enough so that visitors can search your site properly.

Big pictures can also disrupt how the site sets up. If they take up to much space then it will push other tiers out of the way. Even if it did not happen on your pc it still can happen on others. Be careful to ensure that any images you display are well within your margins.

Setting your container margins on your default or style page within 1000 pixels usually gives you the best results. Within that margin just play around with the separate margins for each column of your website until all show up the way it was created.

So just remember that you are not done once you load up your website. Test the look of the website with different computers to see what a potential visitor will see. If not then who knows how many people you may have turned away from your site.

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