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Jan 02.2008

Hello,

I am having problems centering my web page. The images are contained in divs that are absolute positioned. I have tried numerous options with no success.

I currently have a background image with the page aligned to the left.

The address is:

[url]http://www.inv3.com/beta_v3site/v3_left_test.html[/url]

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

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@BrettNooyenJan 02.2008 — Try adding a "position:relative;"

to your #container div.
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@absolutmgd13Jan 02.2008 — making a wrapper is a good idea...also try:

margin-left:auto;

margin-right:auto;

thats usually how i do it.
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@dtm32236Jan 02.2008 — margin-left:auto;

margin-right:auto;

can be written [B]margin: 0 auto;[/B]
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@BrettNooyenJan 02.2008 — making a wrapper is a good idea...also try:

margin-left:auto;

margin-right:auto;

thats usually how i do it.[/QUOTE]

The OP does have a wrapper, which is #container. He has a margin: auto; which won't do top or bottom but it should take care of the centering.

I think the problem lies in the fact that everything he is doing inside of #container is via absolutely positioned items, and there is no relatively positioned parent to attach those divs to. Thus, the divs are attaching itself to the browser window and/or the html/body tag.

By setting #container as position:relative; the absolutely positioned divs should then nest themselves along the borders of that container.
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@felgallJan 03.2008 — See http://www.felgall.com/cshow03.htm for a simple way to put something dead centre in the window.
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