Message Bd. Centered on Monitor

xsailer · #1 04-25-2007, 08:15 AM

Is there a way to center the message format in its entirity on the screen so that its always centered when opened? Almost every time I click to open a message I have to drag the bar at the bottom of the screen to center the message so I can read the far right hand side. Not a big deal but it sure gets tiresome doing it as I read most of the posts daily. The advertisements on both sides of the screen are I'm sure important and necessary but if I had a choice to make them smaller I'm sure the message letter could easily fit.

mwilleson · #2 04-25-2007, 08:50 AM

I'm having a similar problem that I don't think used to be a problem. It may be a resolution issue. What it is your resolution set at? Mine is 1280 x 1024 at work and 1024 x 768 at home. The problem is much worse at home.

Perhaps the code for the message board is not resizing based on monitor like it used to....?

Just Carving · #3 04-25-2007, 08:53 AM

I thought it was a setting on my 17" monitor at home. Work is 19" so I don't notice it there. But it is a pain to slide the message over to the center every time you open one.

Mitchell · #4 04-25-2007, 09:00 AM

Mike is correct - try setting your resolution to a higher setting.

Mine is on the highest setting and everything fits on the screen. One drawback is that everything will be smaller.

Lynn O. Doughty · #5 04-25-2007, 09:04 AM

Time to buy a bigger monitor!! On my 22" the Resolution is set at 1600 x 1000.

Thomp · #6 04-25-2007, 09:37 AM

Lynn,
save your self some bucks and go get the bigscreen from the den and hook it up on the computer.. hahaha

I use firefox as a browser, IE7 upgraded its self right out of here and got too slow. and with a 2.8 gig processor that shouldnt have happened.

fire fox handles graphics a little differently if somebody posts a large picture in a post it knocks the screen format out of whack.
my 17" monitor is set to 1024x768 at 32 colors, and i have a 2 inch clear border around the message window, and if the screen fonts too little i just push control + and it gets bigger....

Tom H · #7 04-25-2007, 10:38 AM

Yesh! You all tryin to give an old guy a head ache? All this tech talk. To me it's still all just plain magic. I put a quarter in the slot and get 2 minutes. When the 2 minutes are up the operator come on and tells me to add more.... Tom H

Nancy-ID · #8 04-25-2007, 10:52 AM

It seems the main message board page is set at 1006 x 768 resolution. The most commonly used resolution is 1024 x 768. 1006 x 768 makes the layout larger so you have to scroll. If you go to Control Panel - Display - Settings you can change your resolution there and won't have to scroll. The higher the resolution the smaller everything else is, the page and content.

Tom H · #9 04-25-2007, 12:00 PM

Nancy, Thanks for the info. I just changed my settings up to 1024 x 768, but when click on "new posts" must still scroll to get it all. Not a problem though. Its just one more thing I've learned....Tom H

xsailer · #10 04-25-2007, 12:36 PM

Nancy-ID
Glad you gave directions to this. You are definitly right. The printing is about 1/2 size. Going to try getting used to it thou. Scrolling everytime is a pain.
Thanks.
Thomp,
I tried the control + and that helps a lot.
Thanks

I suppose if I knew it all I couldn't claim "I learn something every day".