Shared devices not always appearing

I have noticed that not all of the devices that I have set up to be shared (including those using Back To My Mac) don't always appear in Finder under my Shared list.
What's up with that?
Jim P.

To clarify:
An iPad/iPhone/iPod touch displays the content of a page.
Your page is 1006px wide.
iPad scales a page horizontally to fit the screen. iPhone scrolls.
A background in not part of the content.
Here are some sample iWeb pages made for the iPad. The centered shaded background displays well on a large monitor, but does not show on an iPad.
http://cultureclub.dailynews.webege.com/
http://roodhout.dailynews.webege.com/
http://ipad.dailynews.webege.com/
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http://myipad.atspace.com/
All pages are intentionally designed not to scroll.

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