Adding a text layer over a sliced PS image

Having trouble positioning a text layer over a PS sliced
image.
The sliced image is positioned relative to the center of the
page (so it appears in the same place regardless of monitor size or
resolution, and that's where I want it).
I can position the layer in Dreamweaver, but when previewed
in the browser, the test layer moves to the left -- apparently
being positioned relative to the left side of the screen.
Is there any way to position a text layer so that it is
position relative to the center of the page (and therefore reliably
will appear on top of an image also positioned relative to the
center of the page)?
Any suggestions?

This is a bad approach. Consider what will happen to your
careful alignment
if someone resizes their text in their browser. If you must
place text over
an image, the best way to do it is to make the image the
background of some
container, and then use CSS (margins or padding) to nudge the
text into the
desired location location. You will still have the same
problem, though.
> I can position the layer in Dreamweaver, but when
previewed in the
> browser,
> the test layer moves to the left -- apparently being
positioned relative
> to the
> left side of the screen.
That's how absolutely positioned elements work when they are
not within some
other positioned element. The zero coordinates default to the
<body> tag,
i.e., the upper, left-hand corner of the browser viewport.
> Is there any way to position a text layer so that it is
position relative
> to
> the center of the page (and therefore reliably will
appear on top of an
> image
> also positioned relative to the center of the page)?
Certainly, but you will have to understand CSS positioning to
accomplish it.
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> Having trouble positioning a text layer over a PS sliced
image.
>
> The sliced image is positioned relative to the center of
the page (so it
> appears in the same place regardless of monitor size or
resolution, and
> that's
> where I want it).
>
> I can position the layer in Dreamweaver, but when
previewed in the
> browser,
> the test layer moves to the left -- apparently being
positioned relative
> to the
> left side of the screen.
>
> Is there any way to position a text layer so that it is
position relative
> to
> the center of the page (and therefore reliably will
appear on top of an
> image
> also positioned relative to the center of the page)?
>
> Any suggestions?
>

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