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DIV does not centre on page

I have recreated our website for test purposes but have a DIV issue.

The site consists of header, flash, content and bottom section (in that order). The header section does not centre on page despite CSS margin:auto. All others do, pulling hair out for a few days.

Checked all DIVs, cannot see the obvious error..

Site is here
{have coloured header pink to highlight it

As you can see it pushes to the left.

Any help would be appreciated to save balding cranium.

thx
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You have position:fixed on the header.  With no specification of left, it defaults to zero.  Either remove the fixed position, or calculate the left value you need.


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thx, Cd&

Hm, that makes sort of sense but the DIVs contained within do not work either.

I have removed the position statement for the header entirely.

The Logos and phone number using absolute but hang off the left side too.

How can I have a fixed DIV at the top to allow the navigation to always stay on top whilst the content scrolls up?
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It is almost as if the DIV #wrapper is ignored, I also should not need margin:auto for every container in the wrapper either...
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Also I would give the outer wrapper a high z-index like 30 or 40 so the scrolled content stays under it, and it may be necessary to use a z-index of -1 on the flash.

Cd&
Oh and the disclaimer... You are using spry, and spry has a history of overriding styling and screwing up all attempts to get creative.

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Thanks again Cd&, will play with this later.
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Ok, have played for a while and used a similar technique than you described.

Not the #wrapper is set to fixed but a new container #top which holds the #header.

Now all elements seem to hang correctly and the site centres, bar the bottom.

I am sure this is to do with the relative positioning of the container but cannot quite get there.

Any ideas?
I don't understand.  What is still not correct? It looks about the way I expect when I look at it in firefox.

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Hi Cd&

Sorry, I had continued to work on this and the file got updated. I replaced column layout positions with floats and all came to life

Thanks for looking though.
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Thanks
All good lizards deserve help when the wander into a tech area. :^)

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