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Digital Web has a new article on designing for the wider screens that many computers have.  My D810 laptop has a widescreen.  The author’s solution is to use Javascript to check the screen resolution and then have different style sheets for the different resolutions to maximize the space.  I would like to investigate it further.

My first thought is that I like it better than the other solutions that I have seen which is to have a “liquid” layout.  The thing I do not like about that is that I like a smaller width for the content area.  The “wide screen” solution keeps a fixed width on the content area but brings other areas of the page into the “empty space” of the wider screens.

I returned late Monday night from my mission trip I took to Budapest, Hungary. I really enjoyed the week. I had a couple of opportunities to take pictures, which is one of my hobbies. The picture to the right was taken on March 15 which is an important holiday in Hungary. All the bridges were lined with flags.

I enjoyed the ministry, seeing friends in the ministry there and meeting some new ones. My team was really great and we were able to have a significant impact in such a short time. It is always a joy to return to Hungary.

I gave the site a new look on Friday. I was watching the NCAA tournament and liked the color scheme of the Final Four logo so I used it with the site. I may play with it a little bit more but I like it much better than my previous theme.

I did play with the design some more on Saturday and changed the background to the orange color instead of the blue that is in the banner at the top. I think I like this them better. I have made each separate design of the site into it’s own WordPress theme so I could change back to a previous design very easily.

On Saturday, I will leave for Budapest, Hungary for a a week of outreach in Hungarian public high schools. My team includes one other Campus Crusade for Christ staff member and 9 teenagers for the Orlando area. Several of them were on the same mission project with our family this past summer in Hungary.

Each day, we will be going to different schools and speaking in 2-3 classrooms. We will be using American culture as a platform to talk about our lives and the difference God has made in them.

We will be working with the local Campus Crusade ministry team of Hungarians and Americans. Our time in Hungary will have a long-term impact as their team continues to follow up on the relationships we build and involve the Hungarian students in the high school ministry in Budapest.

I am planning to blog updates about our trip on our ministry website, bridgforthfamily.com. I will also be posting a prayer guide that you can download and join us in prayer for God’s work in the lives of Hungarian teenagers.