Actually, he has it right. Older versions of IE require that the content you want centered be 'wrapped' in a another div/block.
On 2/4/07, Andrew Krespanis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, text-align:center will do the trick for old IE, but from the looks of it you've added text-align:center; to the element you want centered, not its parent element. In your code, you would need to add the text-align center rule to the body rule set. Andrew -- http://leftjustified.net/ <layer src="ajax.shtml">I got your Web2.0 right here...</layer> On 2/5/07, Christian Fagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for replying so quickly, > > Re: Ben - Im not really all that concerned about getting it absolutely > 100% correct across all older IE versions but would be good to know for > future (just in case). > Re: Andrew - It was my understanding that older versions of IE had > problems with the 'margin' attribute (as you say) but that's why it > should be accompanied by the 'text-align: center' attribute? > > > Andrew Krespanis wrote: > > It's been a while since I've had to include support for IE5 (and how > > great that feels), but I'm pretty sure your problem is the use of > > margin:0 auto; for centering -- if I remember correctly, IE < 6 > > doesn't understand it. > > > > You can do: > > > > position:relative; > > width: 550px; > > left: 50%; > > margin-left: -225px; > > > > > > -Andrew > > -- > Christian Fagan > Fagan Design > > 0432 220 579 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.fagandesign.com.au > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
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