Sent by Michael Leibson on 30 June 2007 16:04
Thank-you, Josue, and also David, for your helpful replies.
I've come across this code before, but not - yet - in Eric's book (it's a pretty dense study, for
someone starting from scratch!). I gather that "{margin 0 " refers to positioning, and (maybe)
means the margin should be at maximum left. But I don't understand how "0" and "auto" work
together. I've also read that "body {text-align: center;}" requires explicit text-align statements
in all children where one doesn't want text to be aligned to centre.
I've experienced a few frustrations with Eric's book: for one, the Index is pretty sparse -- for
example, I can't find any reference to 'centering a block element vertically'. As well, there are
almost no references to how to solve particular problems (eg, vertically centering a block element)
-- I had to find those in other texts (eg, Web Design In A Nutshell).
That's why I greatly appreciate these replies!
All the best,
Michael
Hey, Michael, create a container for your layout (a div that will house everything else). Use this
code, assuming that div is called container
body {text-align: center;}
#container {margin 0 auto; text-align: left;}
This is covered in the book. Maybe in the chapter on positioning. Hope this helps.
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