On Jan 2, 5:58 pm, Michael Gordon <mgordo...@roadrunner.com> wrote: > Stephen Geraghty wrote: > > Hi all, > > > I recently noticed that SeaMonkey pages align left when Internet > > Exporer renders them, whereas in Firefox and other browsers they > > center align fine. > > > The only way I have found around this is to insert align="center" in > > the html of each table style..... bit of a hassle but thought it would > > be okay if I then use that page as a template going forward. > > > However.. when I edit the properties of a table in any page, in this > > instance the table cell spacing, the html command vanishes and I'm > > back to the same issue in IE with left alignment! > > > Am I missing something here or is this a known issue...... and is > > there a fix? Do I need to do something in SeaMonkey before I create a > > page to ensure it center aligns in IE and what about when i then go to > > edit it? Any help would be really appreciated. > > > Thanks > > Stephen, > > You are experiencing the differences between a Standards compliant > browser (SeaMonkey), and a mostly non-compliant browser (IE). Note; the > later versions of IE are more compliant (IE-8) than previous versions. > > If you want to make SM and IE render your documents correctly (as seen > in SM) then you must begin with a complete DOCTYPE tag in the top of > your documents. > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" > "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";> This is the very first line of > your document. You must include all of the tad from the opening bracket > < to the closing > bracket. If the last quoted string is omitted IE > will not render correctly. > > The next requirement is to use CSS2 to format your document content. > Including a "Layer" container will work wonders. <div>....</div>. > > The div container should be just before your TABLE tag and the </div> > should be just after the </TABLE> tag. > > Within the <div> tag insert the following CSS2 attributes: > style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; > Your <div> tag should look like this: > <div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"> > <TABLE....> > </TABLE> > </div> > > Study the use of CSS, it can be an invaluable tool for setting display > properties in your web documents. > > Michael G > > -- > Armadillo Web Developmentwww.armadilloweb.com > > Cell: 903.244.3644 > > Opening your Door to Opportunity > and inviting the world to walk through. > > Character is doing the right thing... > Even when no one is watching...- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
First of all, many thanks for your comprehensive replies. I should note that I am no expert with either html coding nor css but I am picking it up. It would obviously pay dividends for me to learn css. In the interim David can I clarify something giving my very basic understanding? I have my html page created in SeaMonkey Composer - are you saying that I just insert: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";> as the first line.... then: <div> <div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"> <TABLE....> </TABLE> </div> (I want the page to center in every browser so will the above do this?) Given my lack of knowledge I see CSS and Standard HTML use as 2 seperate things..... therefore am I mixing the 2 here? In short - will inserting your suggested code into my existing HTML documents be okay? Last of all..... will I need to repeat this code for each table tag in the document or does the document assume the command applies for all instances of tables on the page? _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
