Banner Art question

Hello!
I've a problem with our banner art. We created the banner to the iTunesU specs, but found it was bit too large and hitting the left side of the site. So, I reduced to 600 pixels, but it is still left justifying. I've been looking at the options to refine the site's layout, but can't find how to justify the block.
Any tips?
Thanks,
Harris

I grabbed a copy of your banner image by "guessing" your base URL from your domain name (it took a couple of tries and one swiftly placed right-click on the redirect page to get the image ... but I got it!). The image looks fine to me. It's 600 x 262 ... that should be spiffy so far as Apple is concerned. I think the rounded corners should work so long as your background is the same color (white) ... though they may look a bit odd, left-justified.
Are you asking how to center the banner image?

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I *think* I've figured out the problem. I was a bit thrown by the note that there wasn't a media file associated with the new Rhetoric episode since I had certainly uploaded one, but thanks to your prodding, I went back and figured out (probably) what the source of confusion was.
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Welcome to Apple Discussions!
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bfollowell wrote:
I even unchecked the box under My ipod that says "show album art" (maybe mistakenly thinking that was referring to synching album art.
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