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Centering Both a Background Layer and Text Layers in css

Hi- I am trying to center a web page. It seems like this should be very simple to do, but apparently it isn't my day. I have successfully centered the background by calling it in the css body tag:
body
{ font-family: Trebuchet MS, Arial;
cursor : default;
background:#000000 url("Images/long-template.jpg");
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position: center;
background-attachment:scroll;
height: 1228px;

}

but the text layers on top of this background seem to be all over the page, depending on the monitor and browser used to view.
Is there a simple way to keep the layers on top of the centered background safely contained within its boundaries?

I am sure this is very simple and I have missed this in googling, but any help is greatly appreciated!!!
Here is its temp url: http://conceptmoxie.com/annie/junkpage.htm
Thanks.
Sep 27 '07 #1
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NeoPa
32,496 Expert Mod 16PB
You've posted this in the Lounge (for general rather than technical discussions) but this would surely be better in the HTML / CSS forum so I'll move it there for you.
Sep 27 '07 #2
Death Slaught
1,137 1GB
Hi- I am trying to center a web page. It seems like this should be very simple to do, but apparently it isn't my day. I have successfully centered the background by calling it in the css body tag:
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  1. body 
  2. {    font-family: Trebuchet MS, Arial; 
  3.     cursor : default;    
  4.     background:#000000 url("Images/long-template.jpg");
  5.     background-repeat:no-repeat;
  6.     background-position: center;
  7.     background-attachment:scroll;
  8.     height: 1228px;
  9.  
  10. } 
but the text layers on top of this background seem to be all over the page, depending on the monitor and browser used to view.
Is there a simple way to keep the layers on top of the centered background safely contained within its boundaries?

I am sure this is very simple and I have missed this in googling, but any help is greatly appreciated!!!
Here is its temp url: http://conceptmoxie.com/annie/junkpage.htm
Thanks.
Sup ayamopamo, Welcome to TSDN!, please use proper code tags when posting code, and please read the posting guidelines .

Post all of your CSS so we can look for errors, usually we could find them in the link you gave us. but your CSS is in an external style sheet.

instead of centering your text move it using margins like
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  1. margin-left: 20%;
in your CSS. That way you can potition your text exactly where you want it inside of the area in your "background so to speak" that you think looks best.

Hope it helps, and Thanks, Death
Sep 27 '07 #3
drhowarddrfine
7,435 Expert 4TB
Well, just to get you started, change this:
<div id="Div1" style="z-index: 1; left: 275px; width: 700px; position: absolute; top: 145px">

to:
<div id="Div1" style="z-index: 1; margin: 145px auto 0 auto; width: 700px;">

I don't know that the z-index is necessary and I didn't take the time to look at the graphic on top. The top margin may not be necessary depending on where it's coming from. id names should be lower-case.
Sep 27 '07 #4
samaar
1
Why not using a code like this:

[HTML]
{ font-family: Trebuchet MS, Arial;
cursor : default;
background:#000000 url("Images/long-template.jpg");
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position: center;
background-attachment:scroll;
height: 1228px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
[/HTML]

Just add the
[HTML]Margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
[/HTML]

..hope this helps
Sep 28 '07 #5
Well, just to get you started, change this:
<div id="Div1" style="z-index: 1; left: 275px; width: 700px; position: absolute; top: 145px">

to:
<div id="Div1" style="z-index: 1; margin: 145px auto 0 auto; width: 700px;">

I don't know that the z-index is necessary and I didn't take the time to look at the graphic on top. The top margin may not be necessary depending on where it's coming from. id names should be lower-case.

Hi- thanks for replying to my post. I did as you suggested, and it did indeed center the text on the page, however, now the top margin is a little screwy. Before, both ie and ff recognized it as 145 pixels from the top and that was consistent with both browsers--- the wild card was the horizontal alignment. Now they are both horizontally correct, but ff is pulling my nav bar way up high. is there anything i can do to fix this problem?
Here is what I changed my css file to:
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  1. html {
  2. margin: 0px;
  3. padding: 0px;
  4. }
  5.  
  6. body 
  7. {    font-family: Trebuchet MS, Arial;  
  8.     cursor : default;    
  9.     background:#000000 url("Images/background-template.jpg");
  10.     background-repeat:no-repeat;
  11.     background-position: center;
  12.     background-attachment:scroll;
  13.     height: 950px;
  14.     margin-left: auto;
  15.     margin-right: auto;    
  16. } 
  17.  
***I have posted the entire css file at the bottom of this post. Be warned-- it is long. (sorry)

and here is how i changed the <div> tag based on what you suggested.
<div id="Div1" style="z-index: 1; margin: 140px auto 0 auto; width: 700px;">

Here also, is the link to where the page is sitting currently:
http://conceptmoxie.com/annie/junkpage.htm

Correct in IE, not in FF. Thank you for helping me.

(entire css file)
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  1. html {
  2. margin: 0px;
  3. padding: 0px;
  4. }
  5.  
  6. body 
  7. {    font-family: Trebuchet MS, Arial;  
  8.     cursor : default;    
  9.     background:#000000 url("Images/background-template.jpg");
  10.     background-repeat:no-repeat;
  11.     background-position: center;
  12.     background-attachment:scroll;
  13.     height: 950px;
  14.     margin-left: auto;
  15.     margin-right: auto;    
  16. } 
  17.  
  18.  
  19. input, select, textarea 
  20. { 
  21.     font-family: 
  22. Trebuchet MS; font-size: 12pt; text-transform: uppercase;}
  23.  
  24. a { font-family:  Century Gothic, Trebuchet MS, arial;  color:#ffffff; font-size:11pt;
  25.  text-decoration: none; font-weight:bold; } 
  26. a:hover { text-decoration: none; color:#F4944B; font-weight:bold; } 
  27. .text { font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight:normal; } 
  28. .textnote { font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; color: #ffffff; } .info { font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; } 
  29. .datetext { font-family: Lucida Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight:bold; } 
  30. .datetext2 { font-family: Lucida Sans-Serif; font-size: 16pt; color: #000000; font-weight:normal; } 
  31.  
  32. .nav { font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  33.     padding-left:0px; 
  34.     padding-right: 0px;
  35.     background-color:#6D5000;
  36.     width: 200px; 
  37.  
  38.     } 
  39.  
  40. .HeaderText { font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  41.     padding-left:0px; 
  42.     padding-right: 0px;
  43.     color: #F4944B;
  44.     font-family: Trebuchet MS;
  45.     font-weight: bold;
  46.     font-size: 14pt;
  47.  
  48.     }
  49.     .HeaderTextb { font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  50.     padding-left:0px; 
  51.     padding-right: 0px;
  52.     color: #027FC2;
  53.     font-family: Trebuchet MS;
  54.     font-weight: bold;
  55.     font-size: 14pt;
  56.  
  57.     }
  58.     .HeaderTextc { font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  59.     padding-left:0px; 
  60.     padding-right: 0px;
  61.     color: #4DBB38;
  62.     font-family: Trebuchet MS;
  63.     font-weight: bold;
  64.     font-size: 14pt;
  65.  
  66.     }
  67.  
  68. .SubHeader 
  69. {
  70.     font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  71.     font-size: 11pt; 
  72.     color: #F4944B; 
  73.     font-weight:bold;
  74. }
  75.  
  76.     .ScriptText { font-family: Montotype Corsiva; 
  77.     color: #68CEF6;
  78.     font-weight: bold;
  79.     font-size: 14pt;
  80.  
  81.     }
  82.     .LifeTable 
  83.     {
  84.     background-color:#ffffff;    
  85.     font-family: Monotype Corsiva; 
  86.     font-size: 16pt;
  87.     padding-left:10px; 
  88.     padding-right: 10px;
  89.     text-align: center;
  90.     border-top: #000000 3px solid;     
  91.     border-bottom: #000000 3px solid; 
  92.     border-left: #000000 3px solid;
  93.     border-right: #000000 3px solid;
  94.     width: 350px;
  95.     height: 45px; 
  96.  
  97.     } 
  98.     .DecoStyle1 
  99.     {
  100.     background-color:#000000;    
  101.     border-top: #ffffff 3px solid;     
  102.     border-bottom: #ffffff 3px solid; 
  103.     border-left: #ffffff 3px solid;
  104.     width: 365px;
  105.     height: 65px; 
  106.  
  107.     } 
  108.  
  109.  
  110.     .DecoStyle2 
  111.     {
  112.     border-top: #ffffff 3px solid;     
  113.     border-left: #ffffff 3px solid;
  114.     border-right: #ffffff 3px solid;
  115.     width: 295px;
  116.     height: 152px; 
  117.  
  118.     }
  119.  
  120. .Table1 
  121. {     
  122.     width: 750px;
  123.  
  124.  
  125.     }
  126. .Table2 
  127. {     
  128.     width: 474px;     
  129.     }
  130.  
  131.  
  132.     .Column1 
  133. {     
  134.     width: 400px;
  135.  
  136.     }
  137.         .Column2 
  138. {     
  139.     width: 350px;
  140.     padding-left:10px;
  141.     padding-right:10px;
  142.     vertical-align:top;
  143.     font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  144.     text-align:justify; 
  145.     font-size: 11pt; 
  146.     color: #6D5000; 
  147.     font-weight:normal; 
  148.     }
  149.  
  150.     .Column2a 
  151. {     
  152.     width: 300px;
  153.  
  154.     vertical-align:top;
  155.     font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  156.     text-align:justify; 
  157.     font-size: 11pt; 
  158.     color: #000000; 
  159.     font-weight:normal; 
  160.     }
  161.  
  162.     .Column3 
  163. {     
  164.     width: 175px;
  165.     padding-left:10px;
  166.     padding-right:10px;
  167.     vertical-align:top;
  168.  
  169.     }
  170.  
  171.     .Column4 
  172. {     
  173.     width: 500px;
  174.     padding-left:10px;
  175.     padding-right:10px;
  176.     vertical-align:top;
  177.  
  178.     }
  179.  
  180. .Column5 
  181. {     
  182.     width: 850px;
  183.     padding-left:10px;
  184.     padding-right:10px;
  185.     vertical-align:top;
  186.  
  187.     }
  188. .Column6 
  189. {     
  190.     width: 250px;
  191. }
  192.  
  193. .Column7 
  194. {     
  195.      width: 650px;
  196.      padding-left:10px;
  197.      padding-right: 10px;
  198. }
  199. .Column8
  200. {     
  201.      width: 650px;
  202.  
  203. }
  204.  
  205.  
  206. .Column8
  207. {     
  208.      width: 700px;
  209.  
  210. }
  211.  
  212. .TSpacer
  213. {     
  214.     width: 50px;     
  215.     }
  216.  
  217.     .VSpacer
  218. {     
  219.     height: 50px;     
  220.     }
  221.  
  222.     .VSpacer2
  223. {     
  224.     height: 400px;     
  225.     }
  226.  
  227.     .VSpacer3
  228. {     
  229.     height: 135px;     
  230.     }
  231.  
  232.     .VSpacer4
  233. {     
  234.     height: 35px;     
  235.     }
  236. .Table2 
  237. {     
  238.     width: 474px;     
  239.     }    
  240.  
  241.  
  242. .SubTable
  243. {    
  244.     BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff;
  245.     WIDTH: 730px;
  246.     BORDER-TOP: #000000 5px solid;     
  247.     BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 5px solid; 
  248.     border-left: #000000 5px solid;
  249.     border-right: #000000 5px solid;
  250.     height: 450px;
  251. }
  252. .SubTableV2
  253. {    
  254.     BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff;
  255.     WIDTH: 730px;
  256.     BORDER-TOP: #000000 15px solid;     
  257.     BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 15px solid; 
  258.     border-left: #000000 15px solid;
  259.     border-right: #000000 15px solid;
  260.     height: 450px;
  261. }
  262.  
  263. .BlackSubTable
  264. {    
  265.     BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff;
  266.     WIDTH: 740px;
  267.  
  268.     height: 465px;
  269. }
  270.  
  271. .NavBar
  272. {    
  273.  
  274.     WIDTH: 750px;
  275.  
  276. }
  277.  
  278.  
  279. .text1 { font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  280.     padding-right:10px; 
  281.     padding-left:10px; 
  282.     text-align:justify; 
  283.     font-size: 11pt; 
  284.     color: #000000; 
  285.     font-weight:normal;
  286.     vertical-align: top; 
  287.     } 
  288.  
  289.     .Quote { font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  290.     padding-right:10px; 
  291.     padding-left:10px;
  292.     padding-top: 15px; 
  293.     text-align:justify; 
  294.     font-size: 11pt; 
  295.     color: #6D5000; 
  296.     font-weight:normal;
  297.     font-style: italic; 
  298.     }
  299.  
  300.  
  301.  
  302. .text2 { font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  303.     font-size: 9pt; 
  304.     color: #6D5000;
  305.     font-weight:bold;
  306.     text-align: justify; 
  307.     }
  308.  
  309.     .textQa { font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  310.     font-size: 9pt; 
  311.     color: #EA3E30;
  312.     font-weight:bold;
  313.     text-align: justify;
  314.     font-style: italic; 
  315.     }
  316.  
  317.     .textQb { font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  318.     font-size: 9pt; 
  319.     color: #027FC2;
  320.     font-weight:bold;
  321.     text-align: justify;
  322.     font-style: italic; 
  323.     }
  324.     .textQc { font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  325.     font-size: 9pt; 
  326.     color: #4DBB38;
  327.     font-weight:bold;
  328.     text-align: justify;
  329.     font-style: italic; 
  330.     }
  331.  
  332.  
  333.     .text2c { font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  334.     font-size: 9pt; 
  335.     color: #000000; 
  336.     font-weight:bold;
  337.     text-align: center;
  338.     vertical-align: top; 
  339.     }
  340.  
  341.  
  342.     .Quoter { font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  343.     font-size: 11pt; 
  344.     color: #6D5000; 
  345.     font-weight:bold;
  346.     text-align: right; 
  347.     }
  348.  
  349.     .Quoter2 { font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  350.     font-size: 9pt; 
  351.     color: #6D5000; 
  352.     font-weight:bold;
  353.     text-align: right; 
  354.     }
  355.     .Quoter2a { font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  356.     font-size: 9pt; 
  357.     color: #EA3E30; 
  358.     font-weight:bold;
  359.     text-align: right; 
  360.     }
  361.     .Quoter2b { font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  362.     font-size: 9pt; 
  363.     color: #027FC2; 
  364.     font-weight:bold;
  365.     text-align: right; 
  366.     }
  367.     .Quoter2c { font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  368.     font-size: 9pt; 
  369.     color: #4DBB38; 
  370.     font-weight:bold;
  371.     text-align: right; 
  372.     }
  373.  
  374.  
  375. .text3 
  376. { 
  377.     font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  378.     padding-right:10px; 
  379.     padding-left:10px; 
  380.     text-align:justify; 
  381.     font-size: 10pt; 
  382.     color: #000000;
  383.     font-weight:normal;
  384.     vertical-align: top; 
  385.     } 
  386.  
  387.     .text3b 
  388. { 
  389.     font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  390.     padding-right:10px; 
  391.     padding-left:10px; 
  392.     text-align:justify; 
  393.     font-size: 10pt; 
  394.     color: #6D5000;
  395.     font-weight:bold; 
  396.     }
  397.  
  398. .text4 { font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  399.     padding-right:5px; 
  400.     padding-left:5px; 
  401.     text-align:justify; 
  402.     font-size: 10pt; 
  403.     color: #6D5000; 
  404.     font-weight:normal; 
  405.     }
  406.  
  407.     .text4Right { font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  408.     padding-right:5px; 
  409.     padding-left:5px; 
  410.     text-align:right; 
  411.     font-size: 10pt; 
  412.     color: #6D5000; 
  413.     font-weight:bold; 
  414.     } 
  415.  
  416.     .text4b { font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  417.     padding-right:5px; 
  418.     padding-left:5px; 
  419.     text-align:justify; 
  420.     font-size: 10pt; 
  421.     color: #9EBF3D; 
  422.     font-weight:bold; 
  423.     }
  424. .text5 { font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
  425.     padding-right:5px; 
  426.     padding-left:5px; 
  427.     text-align:justify; 
  428.     font-size: 12pt; 
  429.     color: #6D5000; 
  430.     font-weight:bold; 
  431.     }
Sep 28 '07 #6
drhowarddrfine
7,435 Expert 4TB
I'm off to my son's performance but, no, FF is performing correctly. Looking at it quickly, I believe it's an IE bug where it is expanding an element improperly, but I can't look at it again until late tonight or tomorrow sometime.
Sep 28 '07 #7
Does anyone have any suggestions for this? My client is viewing through IE, and while I could certainly fix this to be correct in her browser, anyone using FF would see a very misaligned page, at least vertically. I understand there is an IE/FF glitch, which causes a bit of difference btw. the two, but what can I do to minimize this so the page is within reason?

Thanks to all of you who have replied so far, and to anyone who can help me.
Oct 1 '07 #8
Use
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  1. margin:auto
for your body tag in CSS
Aug 23 '13 #9

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