Thank-you, Josue, and also David, for your helpful replies.
I've come across this code before, but not - yet - in Eric's book (it's a
pretty dense study, for someone starting from scratch!). I gather that
"{margin 0 " refers to positioning, and (maybe) means the margin should be at
maximum left. But I don't understand how "0" and "auto" work together. I've
also read that "body {text-align: center;}" requires explicit text-align
statements in all children where one doesn't want text to be aligned to centre.
I've experienced a few frustrations with Eric's book: for one, the Index is
pretty sparse -- for example, I can't find any reference to 'centering a block
element vertically'. As well, there are almost no references to how to solve
particular problems (eg, vertically centering a block element) -- I had to find
those in other texts (eg, Web Design In A Nutshell).
That's why I greatly appreciate these replies!
All the best,
Michael
Hey, Michael, create a container for your layout (a div that will house
everything else). Use this code, assuming that div is called container
body {text-align: center;}
#container {margin 0 auto; text-align: left;}
This is covered in the book. Maybe in the chapter on positioning. Hope this
helps.
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