A bit of Background centering help?, Please? Options

[tealeafkitty]

So, I've got this layout, and basically, I want the image, blog text and the background to be centered.

So, after much work, I found that I can center the background (using top center), but found myself unable to do the same for the image and the blog text.

Being the ever flexible person, I figured to do it the other way around, and fix my image and blogtext at left: 300px.

Unfortunately... I can't do the same for my background. Hmm...

Some help?

This be my Background and Blog Text code:

<!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --><br /><br /><br />body {<br />overflow-x: visible;<br />margin-top: 600px;<br />margin-left: 300px;<br />background: #E2DDB5;<br />overflow:-moz-scrollbars-vertical;<br />background-image: url(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b271/leafgreentea/Back.jpg);<br />background-repeat: repeat-y !important;<br />background-position: absolute;<br />top:0px; left:300px; z-index: 1;<br /><br />}<br /><!-- end code provided by createblog.com -->

This be the image/header code

<!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --><br />LASTN_WEBSITE<=<br /><img src="http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b271/leafgreentea/Headercopy.jpg" border="0" usemap="#Map" class="x" style="<br /> visibility: visible; <br /> position: absolute;"><br /><map name="Map"><br />    <area shape="rect" coords="102,279,153,304" href="http://green-tea-river.livejournal.com/profile"><br />  <area shape="rect" coords="167,279,215,304" href="http://green-tea-river.livejournal.com/friends"><br />  <area shape="rect" coords="223,279,289,304" href="http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=green_tea_river"><br /></map><style type="text/css"><br /><!--<br />.x {<br />position:absolute; left:300px; top:0px; z-index: 1; }<br /><!-- end code provided by createblog.com -->

Any help will be MUCHLY appreciated.

Thanks!

[Mulder]

1. please give a link to your lj.
2. do you have GLOBAL_HEAD<= at the beginning of your stylesheet?
3. im still a little confused. maybe its because im tired... but why would you want to center the background? i can help you center the entries/layout...

but the background?

[*Libertie*]

<!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --><br /><br /><br />body {<br />overflow-x: visible;<br />margin-top: 600px;<br />margin-left: 300px;<br />background: #E2DDB5;<br />overflow:-moz-scrollbars-vertical;<br />background-image: url(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b271/leafgreentea/Back.jpg);<br />background-repeat: repeat-y !important;<br />background-position: absolute;<br />top:0px; left:300px; z-index: 1;<br /><br />}<br /><!-- end code provided by createblog.com -->

I'm a little confused too, but I think maybe what you're trying to do is position the background 300 px from the left?

You would change your body code to:

body {
overflow-x: visible;
margin-top: 600px;
margin-left: 300px;
background: #E2DDB5;
overflow:-moz-scrollbars-vertical;
background-image: url(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b271/leafgreentea/Back.jpg);
background-repeat: repeat-y;
background-position: 300px;

[tealeafkitty]

1. please give a link to your lj.
2. do you have GLOBAL_HEAD<= at the beginning of your stylesheet?
3. im still a little confused. maybe its because im tired... but why would you want to center the background? i can help you center the entries/layout...

but the background?

I'm trying to center the background, because I'm too lazy to create tables and such, so I make a false table, to make it look like the text is enclosed in a white box, but it's actually the background. So if the background and the text aren't at the same place, it looks all wacky.

And about the global head: yes, I have one ^_^

Hope this cleared things up a little.

[Mulder]

oh. ok. sorry. i havent slept in like... well, a while.

try what danielle said to do.

[tealeafkitty]

I'm a little confused too, but I think maybe what you're trying to do is position the background 300 px from the left?

You would change your body code to:

Yay! It worked! Thanks so much!

@Insomniac: Yeah, your username pretty much gives it away You really should try to sleep more. Your body goes pretty wack when you don't give it what it wants. May I suggest some yougurt, or a glass of hot milk? They're nature's natural tranquilizers ^_^

[*Libertie*]

Haha. I don't sleep much either (takes me forever to fall asleep), but I've heard that before, maybe I should try it.

Anyway, glad that fixed it. Welcome to CB, feel free to come back with any more questions. :D

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