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Dframe
09-05-2009, 10:33 AM
The page is too wide for my screen necessitating scrolling left and right. Is there a way to reset something so it fits? I'm severely techno-challenged and may need help.

rss5995
09-07-2009, 04:53 PM
i agree with dframe. page width is too wide by about an inch and i must scroll to read the end of a sentance, a real pain in the rear. the pages need to be reformatted to fit the screen.

jimmer
09-07-2009, 06:35 PM
If it just aligned from left would help --great site good job..

kahrcrazy
09-08-2009, 12:28 PM
The page is formatted for wide screen monitors, that's why you have to scroll left to right. If you go to a higher resolution on your display settings you should be good.

rss5995
09-08-2009, 05:11 PM
better to reformat the site to accomodate everyone. web designer forgot to account for scroll bar width.

johnh
09-08-2009, 05:18 PM
I will look into this. Are you using IE8? I am reading there may be a bug with it and some tags related to word wrap.

John

500KV
09-08-2009, 05:26 PM
Dframe, If you've got a scroll wheel on your mouse you can hold Ctrl button down and turn the scroll wheel and it will re-size the font/page to whatever you want.

Dframe
09-09-2009, 02:53 PM
Thanks a bunch. I just sized it right down. Fits the page perfectly now.
IF a bit small

rss5995
09-09-2009, 03:30 PM
I will look into this. Are you using IE8? I am reading there may be a bug with it and some tags related to word wrap.

John

i'm using ie8 and ie7, same problem with both screens and browsers. the page width needs to be reduced by about an inch.

rss5995
09-09-2009, 03:31 PM
Dframe, If you've got a scroll wheel on your mouse you can hold Ctrl button down and turn the scroll wheel and it will re-size the font/page to whatever you want.

works great! thanks!

Monolith
09-13-2009, 04:07 PM
The width is locked to 1566 pixels wide due to the cumulative widths of the graphic images embedded in the table at the top of the page.

Since my resolution is 1280x1024 (very common, but not wide screen), I get the annoying effect of the page being too wide. One right solution would be to reorganize the graphic images so they take up less width (additional height is OK).

The webdesigner requiring the user to zoom out (Ctrl, scroll, as one user suggested) is poor practice. This not only annoys the user, but makes the text very small (I'll bet most people who can afford a Kahr are 40+:eek: )

It would be nice if this could be resolved.

Bigcube
09-13-2009, 05:29 PM
I agree, it's too wide. I run 1680x1050 and will fit if I maximize but normally don't run it that way. BTW, I run firefox, not IE. I hate horizontal scroll bars :mad:

Ol'coot
09-13-2009, 05:59 PM
Same problem, using Firefox 3.5.3

border bandit32
09-13-2009, 06:05 PM
The width is locked to 1566 pixels wide due to the cumulative widths of the graphic images embedded in the table at the top of the page.

Since my resolution is 1280x1024 (very common, but not wide screen), I get the annoying effect of the page being too wide. One right solution would be to reorganize the graphic images so they take up less width (additional height is OK).

The webdesigner requiring the user to zoom out (Ctrl, scroll, as one user suggested) is poor practice. This not only annoys the user, but makes the text very small (I'll bet most people who can afford a Kahr are 40+:eek: )

It would be nice if this could be resolved.

yes sir 40 years and 9 months to be exact...before I could afford one..and I have a bachelors degree!:eek:

Ol'coot
09-13-2009, 07:25 PM
Thanks for the info, page fits perfectly now

500KV
09-14-2009, 12:09 PM
It's fixed now, thanks.
Much better for old eyes...

johnh
09-14-2009, 05:10 PM
The hosting service has tweaked the banner resolutions a bit. IE8 seems more effected than Firefox on my PCs. Firefox dutifully wraps to fit the browser width, but not IE8. So they set a narrower max width. This happened when the banners were added. New forum kinks, but I expected them.

Thanks guys, I appreciate your patience!

John

Bigcube
09-14-2009, 07:05 PM
Much better now, thanks!

Monolith
09-15-2009, 05:14 AM
JohnH, many thanks. This is a great improvement for those of us with 1280 width. Next I suspect you'll hear from the 1024 wide crowd;).

johnh
09-15-2009, 08:29 PM
Glad I could help! I appreciate your patience guys.

Take care,

John

dkcabell
09-25-2009, 03:50 AM
At one point in my life, I would have probably known the details around 1280 or 1024....24, 72, hup hup....or any other sequence of technical data I've long since stopped caring about (being also in that 40+ crowd).

The thread indicates the problem solved for some folks...I must be one of those 1024 people.

Bottom line, I can think of no other web site that I frequent where this is a problem, including forum sites like SigForum, Glocktalk. I guess most design is around the lowest common denominator. Ease of use, particularly for a business (or forum) trying to ramp up user base, should probably be a priority.

It is nice to have site focused on Kahr products and I'm looking forward to a better user experience as this gets resolved.

abraves
11-03-2009, 03:58 PM
So what is the fix so you don't have to scroll sideways? Seems it is right on some peoples and not on others. Both of my laptops I have to scroll sideways.

abraves

mr.72
11-04-2009, 12:09 PM
The problem is the width of the ad images, which define the minimum width of the window frame.

The solution is to reformat the ads at the top of the page so they don't go in a 3x3 pattern, or to remove/move/resize the "K" and "KahrTalk" logo graphics [likely as well as the ads] so that the cumulative width of everything is less than about 900-1000 pixels. Some folks may still be running with a 1024x<h> resolution and this page would be annoying if you make those images stack up to >900 pixels.

johnh
11-05-2009, 06:45 AM
I have had some issues getting the hosting service to set up the ad zones as I wanted them. I am hoping to do a site overhaul at some point to change the layout and will try to implement a better banner arrangement at that time. Funding will be the determining factor as it will require someone to spend some time doing a custom style.

John