Posted by Ed Jay on 09/08/05 20:17

Mark Parnell <webmaster@clarkecomputers.com.au> wrote:

>Previously in alt.html, Ed Jay <edMbj@aes-intl.com> said:
>
>> Thank you very much. That certainly worked; however, I'm having trouble
>> centering the full menu. Something else for me to learn with. ;-)
>
>Centring the menu as a whole?

Yes.
>
>#topmenu ul {margin: auto;)

This turns out to be an Opera-only issue. Margin:auto in Opera (8.02)
caused the menu to lock to the left margin. I've tried
margin-left/right:auto. NG. I've tried putting it in a centered container.
NG. It works fine in FF and IE.
>
>> I don't know about foregoing px though.
>
>I assume we're talking about font sizes here?

No, I was referring to layout.
>
>> Most of the site is text and I
>> laid it out for readability, not compatibility with every screen.
>
>Luckily I don't use IE, because the font size you have chosen is
>certainly not readable for me. Using Firefox, I can resize the font to
>something readable (though I shouldn't need to). Using IE I can't
>(except by using a well-hidden accessibility option). If you set the
>font size to 100%, it will always be at the size your visitor has chosen
>to set as the default in their browser - not whatever happens to work
>for you. Remember, the site is there for your visitors, not for you.

I've now changed all font sizes to %.

Ed Jay (remove M to respond)

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