Centering a layers-built site in a browser

Question

I'm new to Dreamweaver 8 and I began building my site in
layers. My problem is, I can't get the site to remain in the center
of the browser's window. What I want is when the window is
maximized, the page will be centered. ...when the window shifts to
a smaller size, the page will still be centered. The site, however,
will remain the same width. All I'm able to change now is the
coordinates of the layers ... but what I guess I want is for all
the elements to be controlled by a "master" layer?

Answer 1

You are using absolutely positioned div. At least that is
what I assume
since you mentioned changing coordinates. The easiest patch
would be to wrap
everything in a "wrapper" div. Position this wrapper div
relatively, not
absolutely. Give it a defined width and set the margins to 0
for top and
bottom and auto for left and right. Something like this:
#wrapper {
width: 780px;
margins: 0 auto;
If you want to support the centering in IE5 you will need to
text-align the
body center and text-align the wrapper back to left.
#body {
text-align: center;
#wrapper {
width:780px;
margins: 0 auto;
text-align: left; /* Kill centering of text cascade */
Bryan Ashcraft (remove brain to reply)
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Wright Medical Technologies, Inc.
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> I'm new to Dreamweaver 8 and I began building my site in
layers. My
> problem is,
> I can't get the site to remain in the center of the
browser's window. What
> I
> want is when the window is maximized, the page will be
centered. ...when
> the
> window shifts to a smaller size, the page will still be
centered. The
> site,
> however, will remain the same width. All I'm able to
change now is the
> coordinates of the layers ... but what I guess I want is
for all the
> elements
> to be controlled by a "master" layer?
>
>
>