Posted by BootNic on 11/07/07 00:31

dorayme <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
news:doraymeRidThis-60A2DE.11182207112007@news-vip.optusnet.com.au:

> In article <Xns99E084A4BB118BootNic@216.168.3.70>,
> BootNic <BootNic@bounce.earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> dorayme <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>> news:doraymeRidThis-1ED213.15200405112007@news-vip.optusnet.com.au:
>>
>>> In article <61ada$472e9262$40cba7c6$20756@NAXS.COM>,
>>> "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@centralva.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> dorayme wrote:
>>>>
[snip]
>> Wrap the content of all the div.centring with an inline element.
>>
>> <div class="centring"><span>This is a centred shrink-to-fit div
>> box.</span> </div>

NOTICE: the content needs to be wrapped in a span.

>> Then add a bit of css to correct the display for IE.
[snip]
> I have made some adjustments and added a section and a new page
> to try to incorporate this idea, but it needs more work. I had
> various problems and have given up for a moment... See:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/32n6hm
>
> and the linked page. On my winbox in IE 6 the borders around the
> spans do not appear properly, nor the background colour nor is
> the text left-aligned - though the spans are nicely centered!
> Perhaps I have not implemented the idea properly?
>
> Damn IE!

It appears that you forgot to wrap the div content in a span.

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BootNic Tuesday November 6, 2007 7:30 PM
If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft
touches.
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