Re: Website Positioning

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From: Si (Si_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/08/05 

Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 06:17:02 -0800

Hey Murray - thx for the help

If you go to www.xcsmessiah.tk and "View Source" will this help at all?

"Murray" wrote:

> Show me your code.
>
> If you are working with 'layers' you need to read this page -
>
> http://www.great-web-sights.com/g_layerlaws.asp
>
> There are some definite gotchas there (as there are with any tool - my
> hammers suck when I try to use them as a screwdriver).
>
> --
> Murray
>
> "Si" <Si@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8A960F68-8988-4281-A5E1-A3EEE3358E85@microsoft.com...
> > Thats more like it, Murray, thanks for the great feedback.
> >
> > But, I can't seem to understand this CSS thing. I am using layers so I
> > tried pating into a cell and it didn't work so like you say, CSS has to be
> > the way forward but that code you gave me, I pasted it into the "Code"
> > section of Frontpage and it didn't do anything. Am I missing something
> > here?
> >
> > Sorry, I am such a newbie when it comes to web design and I told my
> > sister-in-law I could do her a website and am now beginning to wish I
> > never
> > had - lol. But if I can crack this little set-back, I think I will be
> > fine
> > from then on :) (hopefully)
> >
> > "Murray" wrote:
> >
> >> If you are not using absolute positioned elements (i.e., "layers") on
> >> your
> >> pages, then the easiest way to center is to put a single cell table on
> >> the
> >> page, make the table's alignment be center, and paste the rest of your
> >> content into that single cell.
> >>
> >> If you are using absolute positioning (or if you want to do this without
> >> using another table), then you would need to resort to the use of CSS to
> >> center, but it's still quite easy.
> >>
> >> Here is a good demonstration -
> >>
> >> http://www.roast-horse.com/tutorials/_tutorials/css_centered_content/index.html
> >>
> >> And here is some code -
> >>
> >> (inline styles used for clarity)
> >>
> >> STYLE*** -
> >> body { text-align:center; } /* for IE5/IE5.5 */
> >> #wrapper { text-align:left; }
> >>
> >> BODY -
> >> <div id="wrapper" style="width:760px; top:0; margin:0 auto;
> >> position:relative;">
> >> <div id="layer1" style="width:200px; top: 25px; left:140px;
> >> position:absolute;">blah</div>
> >> <table...></table>
> >> ....
> >> </div>
> >>
> >> Try that - an outer relatively positioned division with a width and auto
> >> left and right margins. All interior AP divisions, tables, and
> >> paragraphs
> >> will be centered, yet retain the
> >> same relative positioning.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Murray
> >>
> >> "Si" <Si@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:E68350C0-A77A-468C-BF0B-1599AF3F5D88@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi guys,
> >> >
> >> > OK, so I have a website (www.xcsmessiah.tk) and am currently working on
> >> > another for my sister-in-law. Both of these sites have been designed
> >> > in
> >> > Frontpage for 1024 x 768.
> >> >
> >> > However, if you view them at a higher resolution, (my screen at home is
> >> > 1280
> >> > x 1024) the page is NOT centered in the middle of the screen.
> >> >
> >> > I really want the page to always be centered, no matter what resolution
> >> > you
> >> > are using. If you look at (www.xclusivesoldiers.tk), who is a friend
> >> > of
> >> > mine, his website centres in the middle of the screen no matter what
> >> > resolution you are using.
> >> >
> >> > I did a bit of research on the web and came across something called
> >> > CSS -
> >> > do
> >> > I need to use whatever CSS is to make it centre correctly? Or is there
> >> > an
> >> > easy way I can achieve this in Frontpage?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for your help :)
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

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