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How can I centre my Web page?

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dazle321

dazle321

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Oct 9, 2008
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I have a Web site which states at the bottom "This site is best viewed at 800 X 600 with I.E 5 & above" It has been fine until recently I purchased a new pc with a wide monitor screen. Now my site stretches right across the screen so much so it looks strange. Yet some other sites I view are actually centred with an area of colour down each side.
Is it possible to alter my site so it can be centred and not spread out across the monitor screen like this one?



Thanks. Dazle321
 
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It looks ok to me in IE6. I suggest a full and valid doctype as the first entry in your html file. (Followed by the html tag). Otherwise display will default to quirks mode and cross browser consistency is virtually unattainable.
Code: 
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">[/URL]
<html>
<head>
<title>L&amp;M Group of Companies - Electrical Appliances for the Hospitality Industry</title>

Your current file has a comment before the opening html tag:
Code: 
<!-- Last Updated Jul 11th,2008 16:06:30 -->

<html>

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Without seeing your website it's difficult to be specific, but if you want a fixed width site that remains centred in the browser window you need to include all the visible elements in a div with a fixed width and with margin set to auto.

This of course will only work if you also follow traingamers advice and supply a full and valid doctype. You should also make syre that your site validates using
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Duh.
I thought the web site referenced was the one the poster meant. [blush]


See Centering: Auto-width Margins among many other references.

Greg
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thanks guys for replying. A little technical for me however will try my best. Thanks again. Best wishes Dazle
 
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