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CSS Centered in FF, Safari... not in IE

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Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 15
#1: Jul 1 '08
I'm having trouble centering an image and a embedded video... Its centered on Safari and FF... but for some reason IE is being annoying... heres the code:

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  1.  
  2. <head>
  3.  
  4. <style type="text/css">
  5.  
  6. body {
  7.        text-align:center;
  8.        background-color: black;
  9.         }
  10.  
  11. #container {
  12.     margin: 0 auto;   
  13.     text-align: left; 
  14.     position:absolute; 
  15.     width:100%; 
  16.     margin-left: auto;
  17.  
  18.  }
  19. </style>
  20.  
  21. </head>
  22.  
  23. <body>
  24.  
  25. <DIV id="container">
  26. <DIV style="position: absolute; top:0px; left:0px; width:00px; height:0px;">
  27.     <table>
  28.       <tr>
  29.            <td><img src="entirepage3.jpg" alt="About Us Pic" name="aboutus">
  30.  
  31.         </td>
  32.       </tr>
  33.     </table>
  34.   </DIV>
  35.  
  36. <div style="position: absolute; top:290px; left:300px; width:0px; height:0px;">
  37.     <table>
  38.       <tr>
  39.         <td><object><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" >
  40. <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" >
  41. <param name="movie" value="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=890103&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1">
  42. <embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=890103&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1"
  43.  type="application/x-shockwave-flash" 
  44. allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="240">
  45. </embed>
  46. </object>
  47.         </td>
  48.       </tr>
  49.     </table>
  50.   </DIV>
  51. </DIV>
  52. </body>
  53.  

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Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 15
#2: Jul 1 '08

re: CSS Centered in FF, Safari... not in IE


i think i figured it out... let me know if there's any bugs.... here it is

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  1. <html>
  2. <head>
  3.  
  4. <style type="text/css">
  5.  
  6. body {
  7.        text-align:center;
  8.        background-color: black;
  9.         }
  10.  
  11. #container {
  12.     margin: 0 auto;   /* align for good browsers */
  13.     text-align: left; /* counter the body center */
  14.     position:relative; 
  15.     width:1009px; 
  16.     height:800px;
  17.     margin-left: auto;
  18.     margin-right: auto;
  19.  }
  20.  
  21.  
  22. </style>
  23.  
  24.  
  25. </head>
  26. <body>
  27.  
  28. <DIV id="container" class="container>
  29. <DIV style="position: absolute; top:0px; left:0px; width:00px; height:0px;">
  30.     <table>
  31.       <tr>
  32.            <td><img src="entirepage3.jpg" alt="About Us Pic" name="aboutus">
  33.  
  34.         </td>
  35.       </tr>
  36.     </table>
  37.   </DIV>
  38.  
  39. <div style="position: absolute; top:290px; left:300px; width:0px; height:0px;">
  40.     <table>
  41.       <tr>
  42.         <td><object><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" >
  43. <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" >
  44. <param name="movie" value="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=890103&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1">
  45. <embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=890103&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1"
  46.  type="application/x-shockwave-flash" 
  47. allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="240">
  48. </embed>
  49. </object>
  50.         </td>
  51.       </tr>
  52.     </table>
  53.   </DIV>
  54. </DIV>
  55.  
  56.  
  57.  
  58.  
  59. </body>
  60.  
  61. </html>
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