Use CSS to alter content alignment from centre to left

May 10, 2008 01:40pm pdt

1. hielo 250,135
2. Steggs 196,170
3. Kravimir 182,270
4. GreenGhost 89,090
5. VirusMinus 78,850
6. TName 73,385
7. glumlun 49,405
8. jason1178 46,815
9. Rouchie 44,310
10. Eternal_... 40,393
11. zkeown 39,775
12. mplungjan 39,485
13. b0lsc0tt 32,814
14. xberry 31,800
15. darron_c... 31,450

1. VirusMinus 1,286,130
2. GrandSch... 1,081,204
3. Steggs 1,034,760
4. seanpowell 807,340
5. TName 772,768
6. Roonaan 478,352
7. Eternal_... 418,370
8. COBOLdin... 415,775
9. hielo 267,603
10. oceanbeach 262,232
11. mreuring 241,546
12. Batalf 232,544
13. GoofyDawg 183,739
14. Kravimir 182,270
15. brunobear 180,148

03.27.2008 at 12:12PM PDT, ID: 23275246

	[x] Attachment Details

[x]

The Solution Rating System

With so many solutions, how can you tell which solutions are most likely to help you and which ones are not? To provide you with a tool to use, we rate our solutions based on various elements that most accurately determine if a solution is a quality solution. To explain what factors affect the solution rating, here are the elements we take into consideration when formulating our solution rating.

The Grade of the Solution
The Zone Rank of the Expert Providing the Solution
The Number of Author and Expert Comments
The Number of Experts Contributing
The Feedback of the Community

Your Input Matters
Because of the way the system is set up, the most important variable in this equation is you. As a member of Experts Exchange, you are able to cast your vote on the quality of the solutions in regard to how complete, accurate, helpful and easy to understand each solution is. When you provide your feedback, each rating is adjusted accordingly. So, if you see a solution that has a poor rating that you think is a good solution, let us know by rating it. As you do, the rating will be adjusted and will become more accurate for other members of our site.

If you have any suggestions that you would like to make for our rating system, please ask a question in the Suggestions Zone of Community Support.

Thank you!

8.6

Use CSS to alter content alignment from centre to left

Zone: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

from teh included code my page content is centre aligned, what can i change or add the the css to make it left aligned?

         
           
             1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
8:
9:
10:
11:
12:
13:
14:
15:
16:
17:
18:
19:
20:
21:
22:
23:
24:
25:
26:
27:
28:
29:
30:
31:
32:
33:
34:
35:
36:
37:
38:
39:
40:
41:
42:
43:
44:
45:
46:
47:
48:
49:
50:
51:
52:
53:
54:
55:
56:
57:
58:
59:
60:
61:
62:
63:
64:
65:
66:
67:
68:
69:
70:
71:
72:
73:
74:
75:
76:
77:
78:
79:
80:
81:
82:
83:
84:
85:
86:
87:
88:
89:
90:
91:
92:
93:
94:
95:
96:
97:
98:
99:
100:
101:
102:
103:
104:
105:
106:
107:
108:
109:
110:
111:
112:
113:
114:
115:
116:
117:
118:
119:
120:
121:
122:
123:
124:
125:
126:
127:
128:
129:
130:
131:
132:
133:
134:
135:
136:
137:
138:
139:
140:
141:
142:
143:
144:
145:
146:
147:
148:
149:
150:
151:
152:
153:
154:
155:
156:
157:
158:
159:
160:
161:
162:
163:
164:
165:
166:
167:
168:
169:
170:
171:
172:
173:
174:
175:
176:
177:
178:
179:
180:
181:
182:
183:
184:
185:
186:

           
           
             <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> 
<head>
	<title>Title</title>
	
	<META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache" />
	<META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="-1" />
	<meta http-equiv="" content="English" />
	<meta name="TITLE" content="" />
	<meta name="DESCRIPTION" content="" />
	<meta name="OWNER" content="" />
	<meta name="AUTHOR" content="" />
	<meta name="RATING" content="General" />
	<meta name="ROBOTS" content="index,follow" />
<style type="text/css">
body{
	margin: 0;    
	text-align:center;
	width:959;
}
 
.divClearFloat{
	clear:both;
}
 
#divContentWrapper{
	width:959px; /* change this width to desired page width; contents will scale */	
	margin:auto;	
	text-align:left;	
	border:1px solid green;	
}
 
#divPageHeader{
	position:relative;
	width:100%;
	height:200px;
	text-align:center;
	color:#000000;
	border:1px solid green;
}
 
#divLogoLeft{
	position:absolute;
	left:0;
	top:0;
	border:1px solid green;
}
 
#divLogoRight{
	position:absolute;
	right:0;
	top:0;
	border:1px solid green;
}
 
 
#divMainNav{
	height:35px;
	position:absolute;
	text-align:center;
	left:0px;
	bottom:0px;
	width:100%;
	z-index:100;
	border:1px solid green;
}
 
#divMainContent{
	position:relative;
	width:100%;
	border:1px solid green;
	z-index:80;
}
 
#divSideNav{
	width:20%;
	color:#000000;
	float:left; /* left side menu layout */
	border:1px solid green;
}
 
#divPageContentNarrow{
	width:77%;
	color:#000000;
	padding: 3px;
	float:right; /* left side menu layout */  
	border:1px solid red;   
}
 
#divPageContentWide{
	width:98%;
	color:#000000;
	padding: 3px 0 0 3px;
	float:right; /* left side menu layout */  
	border:1px solid red;   
}
 
#divPageFooter{
	position:relative;
	width:100%;
	height:200px;
	text-align:center;
	color:#000000;
	border:1px solid green;
}
 
#divCopyright{
	position:absolute;
	bottom:0px;
	left:0;
	color:#00008B;
	text-align:center;
	width:100%;
	border:1px solid green;
}
 
 
 
tr{
	vertical-align:top;
}
 
 
</style>
 
 
<!-- *** IMPORTANT STYLESHEET SECTION - Change the border classes and text colours *** -->
 
 
</head>
<body>
	<div id="divContentWrapper">
                <div id="divPageHeader">
						<div id="divLogoLeft">
							<img src="/images/companyLogo.jpg" width="160px" height="100px" alt="Company Logo">
							<div id="divTagLineLeft">
								Company Tag Line
							</div>
						</div>
						<div id="divHeadername">
							Company Name
						</div>
						<div id="divLogoRight">
							<img src="/images/companyLogo.jpg" width="160px" height="100px" alt="Secondary Logo">
							<div id="divTagLineRight">
								Company Tag Line 2
							</div>
						</div>
                        <div id="divMainNav">
							
                        </div><!-- end divMainNav -->
                </div><!-- end divPageHeader -->
                
                <div id="divMainContent">
						
                        <div id="divSideNav">
							Side navigation
 
                        </div><!-- end divSideNav -->
                        <div id="divPageContentNarrow">
						
						<div id="divBreadCrumbs">
							breadcrumbs
							
						</div>
                                
                        
 
<div id="divPageContent">
	some content
</div>
 
</div><!-- end divPageContent -->
                        <div class="divClearFloat"></div><!-- clear the float from previous divisions -->
 
                </div>
		
		<div id="divPageFooter">
					footer text and or images
                        <div id="divCopyright">
                                &copy;  copyright statement                
                        </div><!-- end divCopyright -->
                        
                </div><!-- end divPageFooter -->
        </div><!-- end divContentWrapper -->
</body>
</html>

           
         

Start your free trial to view this solution

Question Stats

Zone: Web Development

Question Asked By: Jester_48

Solution Provided By: dante_regis

Participating Experts: 2

Solution Grade: A

Translate:

Loading Advertisement...

Microsoft

Internet Protocols
Applications

Development
OS

Hardware
Windows Security

Apple

Operating Systems
Hardware

Programming
Networking

Software

Internet

Search Engines
File Sharing
WebTrends / Stats
Spy / Ad Blockers

Web Browsers
New Net Users
Web Development
Chat / IM

Anti Spam
Web Servers
Anti-Virus
Email Clients

Gamers

Tips
Online / MMORPG
Puzzle
Emulators

Action / Adventure
Role Playing
Consoles
Game Programming

Strategy
Sports
Misc
Computer Games

Digital Living

Hardware
New Net Users
New Users

Software
Digital Music
Gaming World

Home Security
Apple
Networking Hardware

Virus & Spyware

Vulnerabilities
IDS
Encryption
Anti-Virus

Operating Systems Security
Software Firewalls
WebApplications
Cell Phones

Operating Systems
Internet
Hardware Firewalls

Hardware

Handhelds / PDAs
Displays / Monitors
Components
Networking Hardware

Peripherals
Laptops/Notebooks
Storage
Servers

Desktops
New Users
Misc
Apple

Software

System Utilities
Industry Specific
Network Management
Photos / Graphics
Page Layout
VMWare
Misc
Web Development

OS
CYGWIN
Voice Recognition
Message Queue
Quality Assurance
Security
Firewalls
MultiMedia Applications

Development
Database
Office / Productivity
Business Management
OS/2 Apps
Server Software
Internet / Email

ITPro

OS
Storage
Encryption
Operating Systems Security
Apple Hardware
Laptops & Notebooks
Servers
Networking Hardware
Peripherals

Devices
Displays / Monitors
WebTrends / Stats
Search Engines
Firewalls
WebApplications
IDS
Vulnerabilities
Email Clients

File Sharing
Spy / Ad Blockers
Web Browsers
Web Servers
Networking
Anti-Virus
Chat / IM
Anti Spam

Developer

Web Servers
Web Browsers
Game Programming
Dev Tools
Industry Specific
Office / Productivity

Database
CYGWIN
Web Development
Search Engines
File Sharing
WebTrends / Stats

Programming
Content Management
Application Servers
Protocols

Storage

Removable Backup Media
Storage Technology
Servers

Grid
Remote Access
Backup / Restore

Misc
Hard Drives

Miscellaneous
Security
Development
Linux
VMWare

MainFrame OS
Unix
Apple
OS / 2
AS / 400

BeOS
Microsoft
VMS / OpenVMS

Database

Oracle
Miscellaneous
MySQL
Software
Sybase
Contact Management
PostgreSQL
Data Manipulation
Clarion
InterSystems Cache

Siebel
MUMPS
OLAP
SQLBase
SAS
GIS & GPS
4GL
Berkeley DB
DB2
Informix

Interbase / Firebird
FoxPro
Reporting
LDAP
Filemaker Pro
MS SQL Server
dBase
MS Access

Security

Misc
Web Browsers
Software Firewalls
Operating Systems Security
File Sharing

Spy / Ad Blockers
Vulnerabilities
WebApplications
IDS
Anti-Virus

Encryption
Anti Spam
Email Clients
VPN
Chat / IM

Programming

Editors IDEs
Installation
Handhelds / PDAs
Multimedia Programming
System / Kernel

Algorithms
Game
Signal Processing
Project Management
Open Source

Database
Misc
Languages
Processor Platforms
Theory

Web Development

Scripting
Blogs
Web Servers
Software
Search Engines
Web Graphics
Images

Internet Marketing
Images and Photos
Components
Document Imaging
Web Languages/Standards
Illustration
WebApplications

Fonts
WebTrends / Stats
Authoring
Digital Camera Software
Miscellaneous

Networking

Protocols
Apple Networking
Network Management
Message Queue
Application Servers
Content Management
File Servers
Email Servers
Misc
Java Editors & IDEs

Wireless
Networking Hardware
Backup / Restore
System Utilities
ISPs & Hosting
Web Servers
Storage Technology
Removable Backup Media
Servers
Broadband

Grid
OS / 2
Novell Netware
Unix Networking
Windows Networking
Security
Telecommunications
Operating Systems
Linux Networking

Other

Community Advisor
Lounge
Community Support
New Net Users

Philosophy / Religion
Math / Science
Miscellaneous
URLs

Expert Lounge
Politics
Puzzles / Riddles

Community Support

Suggestions
New to EE
New Topics
Community Advisor

CleanUp
Announcements
General

Feedback
Input
EE Bugs

03.27.2008 at 12:30PM PDT, ID: 21224949

dante_regis:

Hello there!

Just removing margin:auto from the divContentWrapper (line 27) makes the page align to the left without loosing the internal layout.

Margin:auto will automatically change the margin of the container to make it centered. So, just remove it to go left. If you want some space between the screen border and the page content, place a margin-left:10px or any value you like!

Accepted Solution

03.27.2008 at 12:33PM PDT, ID: 21224975

Rank: Guru

Kravimir:

It's the auto left and right margins on "#divContentWrapper" that are centering it.

Change

#divContentWrapper{
width:959px; /* change this width to desired page width; contents will scale */
margin:auto;
text-align:left;
border:1px solid green;
}

to

#divContentWrapper{
width:959px; /* change this width to desired page width; contents will scale */
margin:0;
text-align:left;
border:1px solid green;
}

P.S. Why are you mixing HTML and XHTML?

Assisted Solution

20080206-EE-VQP-25 / EE_QW_EXPERT_20070906