Why width 960px?

Question

I have a question regarding fixed layout. It has two parts, closely related, so I\'m putting in one question.

Part (a) Why 960px is suggested for th

Answer 1

A grid system is used to have elements line out on the same vertical lines. This gives your layout a better look because all text/headers/images are left aligned the same way.

960 is as others said a based on 12 or 16 colums because it can be devided by the most amouont of numbers. This way you can have a row of lets say 8 elements and one of 4 and have the same space between your elements. If you look at the link you can see the white margins between the elements are the same wheter you make a 2-8-2 cell layout or a 4-4-4 cell layout(12 col based)