too wide

[Dframe]

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]

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]

If it just aligned from left would help --great site good job..

[kahrcrazy]

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]

better to reformat the site to accomodate everyone. web designer forgot to account for scroll bar width.

[johnh]

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]

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]

Thanks a bunch. I just sized it right down. Fits the page perfectly now.
IF a bit small

[rss5995]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Same problem, using Firefox 3.5.3

[border bandit32]

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]

Thanks for the info, page fits perfectly now

[500KV]

It's fixed now, thanks.
Much better for old eyes...

[johnh]

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]

Much better now, thanks!

[Monolith]

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]

Glad I could help! I appreciate your patience guys.

Take care,

John

[dkcabell]

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]

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]

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]

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