I am trying to create list items that highlight when hovered but when I use inline, it works where the list items are horizontally next to each other but when I use inline block (so I can set height and width), they get pushed vertically below each other.
Can anyone find my issue?
<html>
<head runat="server">
<title></title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="Styles/Master.css" />
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="head" runat="server">
</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div id="navBar">
<img id="imgLogo" src="Images/logo_netflix.png" />
<ul id="navBarRight">
<li id="liLogin" class="navItem"><a runat="server" href="Account/Login.aspx">Login</a></li>
<li id="liRegister" class="navItem"><a runat="server" href="Account/Register.aspx">Register</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</form>
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="body" runat="server">
</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
</body>
</html>
Css:
/* Universal */
body {
font-family: "Arial Black", Gadget, sans-serif;
background-color: #DEDEDE;
margin: 0px;
}
/* Navigation Bar */
div#navBar{
height: 50px;
margin: 0px;
background-color: #000000;
box-shadow: 3px 3px 1px #888888;
}
#imgLogo{
max-height: 100%;
max-width: 100%;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;
}
ul#navBarRight{
height: 50px;
width: auto;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
display: inline;
float: right;
margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
}
li.navItem{
display: inline-block;
color: black;
list-style-type: none;
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
text-align: center;
line-height: 50px;
margin: 0px 20px 0px 20px;
}
a{
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
}
li:hover{
background-color: gray;
}
How about using float instead of inline or inline block. https://jsfiddle.net/37oseq80/2/
ul#navBarRight{
border:1px solid;
width:500px;
height: 50px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
float: right;
margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
}
li.navItem{
float:right;
color: black;
list-style-type: none;
height: 100%;
width: 40%;
text-align: center;
line-height: 50px;
margin: 0px 20px 0px 20px;
}
And ofcourse dont forget use clear:both after the last child of the ul.
You have width: 100% in the CSS rule for li.navItem- that way the nav items will take the whole width of the parent element and get placed below each other as you describe.
Make that width smaller - try 20% (or a fixed pixel value) as a beginning and then gradually change it until it looks the way you want.
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newbie to HTML & CSS here with only 2 weeks learning under my belt. I'm trying to replicate the Google web page and although I have managed to center the "Google" logo and the searchbar underneath it, i've done it using margin-top and margin-left properties. I did try margin: 0 auto; with some other properties but could not get anything to work. The times when I did manage to center the logo using different properties, it wasn't fully central on the page. Basically what i'm saying is that the way i've done it works, but I know it isn't the most efficient way of making these two elements central on the page and it certainly doesn't represent a responsive webpage.
Would anyone mind having a look at the code i've pasted below and offer advice on the best way to go about this? I've included the whole HTML and CSS code, incase anyone wishes to load the site in Notepad etc. Many thanks in advance!
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<title>Google</title>
<link href="stylesheet.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
<div class="nav">
<ul>
<li id="sign-in">Sign in</li>
<li id="grid-list">
<center><img src="grid-list.jpg"/></center>
</li>
<li id="images">Images</li>
<li id="gmail">Gmail</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="main">
<img src="logo.jpg" alt="Google"/>
<p id="searchbar"></p>
</div>
</body>
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
div.nav li {
display: inline-block;
font-family: Helvetica;
font-size: 13px;
width: auto;
float: right;
color: #414042;
}
#gmail {
margin-right: 15px;
margin-top: 7px;
padding: 0;
}
#images {
margin-right: 22px;
margin-top: 7px;
padding: 0;
}
#sign-in {
margin-right: 22px;
padding: 7px 13px;
background-color: #1789E8;
color: white;
border-radius: 2px;
font-weight: bold;
height: auto;
text-align: center;
}
#grid-list {
margin-right: 22px;
margin-top: 7px;
}
.main img {
margin-left: 536px;
margin-top: 182px;
}
#searchbar {
border: 1px solid #E8DAEB;
border-radius: 2px;
padding: 0;
text-align: center;
margin-left: 390px;
margin-right: 375px;
margin-top: 21px;
height: 46px;
width: 585px;
}
To center an image you can use text-align:center; on the parent element. For the searchbar you can use margin:0 auto; as long as the search bar has a defined width:
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
div.nav li {
display: inline-block;
font-family: Helvetica;
font-size: 13px;
width: auto;
float: right;
color: #414042;
}
#gmail {
margin-right: 15px;
margin-top: 7px;
padding: 0;
}
#images {
margin-right: 22px;
margin-top: 7px;
padding: 0;
}
#sign-in {
margin-right: 22px;
padding: 7px 13px;
background-color: #1789E8;
color: white;
border-radius: 2px;
font-weight: bold;
height: auto;
text-align: center;
}
#grid-list {
margin-right: 22px;
margin-top: 7px;
}
.main {
padding-top:182px;
text-align:center;
}
#searchbar {
border: 1px solid #E8DAEB;
border-radius: 2px;
padding: 0;
text-align: center;
margin:21px auto 0;
height: 46px;
width: 585px;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<title>Google</title>
<link href="stylesheet.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
<div class="nav">
<ul>
<li id="sign-in">Sign in</li>
<li id="grid-list">
<center><img src="grid-list.jpg"/></center>
</li>
<li id="images">Images</li>
<li id="gmail">Gmail</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="main">
<img src="https://www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/1x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png" alt="Google"/>
<p id="searchbar"></p>
</div>
</body>
For the searchbar you should be using an input rather than a p(paragraph). Another tip is that instead of defining margin-top, margin-right, margin-bottom, margin-left, you can use the shorthand margin. The first value is the top margin, next is right margin, then bottom, then left.
If you want the top/bottom and right/left margins to be the same, respectively, you can define 2 values(first being top and bottom and second being right and left). If you want to define a different top and bottom margin but use the same margin for left/right you can define 3 values(first being top, second being right/left and third being bottom).
For example:
margin-top:20px;
margin-right:50px;
margin-bottom:20px;
margin-left:50px;
can be written as
margin:20px 50px;
Or the following:
margin-top:50px;
margin-right:100px;
margin-bottom:20px;
margin-left:100px;
can be written as:
margin:50px 100px 20px;
Same thing goes for padding.
you can't use pixels to set margin!
you have to set margin of the main class to 50% of page height and width like this:
(to resolve problems change percent of size and margin to fit 100%)
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
div.nav li {
display: inline-block;
font-family: Helvetica;
font-size: 13px;
width: auto;
float: right;
color: #414042;
}
#gmail {
margin-right: 15px;
margin-top: 7px;
padding: 0;
}
#images {
margin-right: 22px;
margin-top: 7px;
padding: 0;
}
#sign-in {
margin-right: 22px;
padding: 7px 13px;
background-color: #1789E8;
color: white;
border-radius: 2px;
font-weight: bold;
height: auto;
text-align: center;
}
#grid-list {
margin-right: 22px;
margin-top: 7px;
}
.main {
padding-top:50%;
padding-left:50%;
}
#searchbar {
border: 1px solid #E8DAEB;
border-radius: 2px;
padding: 0;
text-align: center;
margin:21px auto 0;
height: 46px;
width: 585px;
}
img{
margin-left:50%;
}
html , body{
height:100%;
width:100%;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<title>Google</title>
<link href="stylesheet.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
<div class="nav">
<ul>
<li id="sign-in">Sign in</li>
<li id="grid-list">
<center><img src="grid-list.jpg"/></center>
</li>
<li id="images">Images</li>
<li id="gmail">Gmail</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="main">
<img src="https://www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/1x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png" alt="Google"/>
<p id="searchbar"></p>
</div>
</body>
I'm wondering why the elements in my nav bar appear to have blank space above them? I've checked the margin and padding and there doesn't seem to be an issue, but there is a large space above my #logo and #searchbox which is messing up my layout, how can I get rid of the space above the elements?
Thanks a lot!
Here's my Code:
li {
display: inline-block;
}
ul {
display: inline-block;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
#main_nav, logo {
display: inline-block;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
}
nav li a:link {
font-weight: bold;
display: inline-block;
text-decoration: none;
font-family: times;
font-size: 24px;
list-style: none;
padding: 5px;
border: 2px solid black;
border-radius: 5px;
color: black;
}
nav li a:visited {
color: rgba(0,0,0,0.7);
}
nav li a:hover {
background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.6);
color: white;
}
nav li a:active {
color: black;
border-color: black;
}
nav {
width: 1000px;
height: 130px;
background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.7);
padding: 10px;
margin: 0px auto;
border-bottom-left-radius: 10px;
border-bottom-right-radius: 10px;
}
input[type=search] {
font-size: 16px;
}
#searchbox {
position: absolute;
right: 0px;
top: 0px;
}
#searchbox_div {
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
padding: 0;
width: 100%;
}
#logo {
display: inline-block;
width: 200px;
font-family: arial;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
font-size: 26px;
}
#logo_jeff, #logo_arries, #logo_website {
margin: 0px;
}
#logo_jeff {
letter-spacing: 35.5px;
}
#logo_arries {
letter-spacing: 11px;
}
#logo_website {
letter-spacing: 4px;
}
#main_content {
width: 1000px;
min-height: 600px;
display: block;
background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.7);
margin: 0 auto;
border-top-left-radius: 10px;
border-top-right-radius: 10px;
position: relative; top: 0px;
padding: 10px;
}
#here_you_can_learn {
font-size: 47px;
color: gray;
margin: 0 auto;
margin-bottom: 10px;
text-align: center;
}
#welcome {
text-align: center;
color: rgb(0, 0, 110);
font-size: 100px;
margin: 0;
padding: 10px 10px 20px 10px;
}
#down_arrow {
height: 50px;
margin: auto;
display: block;
padding: 10px;
}
#most_frequent {
width: 600px;
vertical-align: top;
display: inline-block;
background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
border-radius: 3px;
}
#m_f_heading {
font-size: 30px;
margin: 10px;
padding: 5px;
text-align: center;
background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
border-radius: 5px;
}
#m_f_show_more {
font-size: 20px;
margin: 10px;
padding: 5px;
text-align: center;
background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
border-radius: 5px;
}
#recent_activity {
width: 375px;
display: inline-block;
background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
border-radius: 3px;
}
#r_a_heading {
font-size: 30px;
margin: 10px;
padding: 5px;
text-align: center;
background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
border-radius: 5px;
}
#r_a_body {
font-size: 15px;
margin: 10px;
padding: 5px;
text-align: center;
background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
border-radius: 5px;
}
#r_a_show_more {
font-size: 20px;
margin: 10px;
padding: 5px;
text-align: center;
background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
border-radius: 5px;
}
#r_a_show_more_link:visited {
color: black;
}
#r_a_show_more_link:hover {
color: gray;
background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.9);
}
#r_a_show_more_link:active {
color: black;
}
body {
background-image: url("../pictures/jeff_skiing.jpg");
background-attachment: fixed;
background-position: center;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-size: cover;
min-height: 500px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
aside {
position: absolute;
right: 0px;
background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.9);
width: 170px;
height: 600px;
margin: 0;
border-top-left-radius: 10px;
border-bottom-left-radius: 10px;
padding: 10px;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<title>Home | Jeff's Website</title>
<link href="styles/main_navigation.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="styles/body.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="styles/main_content.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
</head>
<body>
<!--Main Nav-->
<header>
<nav>
<div id="searchbox_div">
<form action="" id="searchbox">
<input id="search_input" type="search" name="searchmysite" placeholder="Search my Site!">
<input type="submit" value="Search!">
</form>
</div>
<div id="logo">
<h1 id="logo_jeff">JEFF</h1>
<h1 id="logo_arries">ARRIES</h1>
<h1 id="logo_website">WEBSITE</h1>
</div>
<div id="main_nav">
<ul>
<li>Home</li>
<li>Blog</li>
<li>Trips</li>
<li>Politics</li>
<li>Pictures</li>
<li>Videos</li>
<li>Computer</li>
<li>Misc</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
</header>
<!--Welcome to jeff's website-->
<div>
<h2 id="welcome">Welcome to my Website!</h1>
<a href="#here_you_can_learn">
<img src="pictures/down_arrow.png" id="down_arrow"/>
</a>
</div>
<!--right side nav-->
<aside>
<p>this is aside</p>
</aside>
<!--Main Content-->
<div id="main_content">
<h2 id="here_you_can_learn">Here you can learn about me and my adventures!</h2>
<!--Most Frequently visited pages: on left side of page-->
<div id="most_frequent">
<p id="m_f_heading">Most frequently visted pages!</p>
<p id="m_f_show_more">Show More</p>
</div>
<!--Recent Activity: on the right side of page-->
<div id="recent_activity">
<p id="r_a_heading">Recent Activity</p>
<p id="r_a_body">test</p>
<p id="r_a_show_more">Show More</p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
Your <nav> element has a padding of 10px.
EDIT: The absolutely positioned search form seems to be causing the problem. I made the following changes and the space went away:
#searchbox_div {
position: relative;
display: block;
padding: 0;
width: 100%;
}
#searchbox {
position: relative;
float: right;
}
#logo {
display: inline-block;
width: 200px;
font-family: arial;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
font-size: 26px;
float: left;
}
#main_nav{
display: inline-block;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
margin-top: 4em;
margin-left: 1em;
}
I noticed that you`re not using a css reset. A CSS Reset (or “Reset CSS”) is a short, often compressed (minified) set of CSS rules that resets the styling of all HTML elements to a consistent baseline.
In case you didn’t know, every browser has its own default ‘user agent’ stylesheet, that it uses to make unstyled websites appear more legible. For example, most browsers by default make links blue and visited links purple, give tables a certain amount of border and padding, apply variable font-sizes to H1, H2, H3 etc. and a certain amount of padding to almost everything. Ever wondered why Submit buttons look different in every browser?
Obviously this creates a certain amount of headaches for CSS authors, who can’t work out how to make their websites look the same in every browser.
Using a CSS Reset, CSS authors can force every browser to have all its styles reset to null, thus avoiding cross-browser differences as much as possible.
Also, sometimes if I have a problem with blank spaces, I run the html all together so there are no blank spaces between the tags. To make it look neat, I insert carriage returns in the middle of the html tag.
By default, most browsers have an 8px or so margin that is built in or "Added" to the page style. The super easy way to eliminate this is through CSS. Simply use:
html,body{
margin:0;
}
You can also add:
padding:0;
If it's still giving you problems!
You appear to need to reset/normalize your css as that
html,body{
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
The <nav> element is configured to have 10 pixels of padding on all sides.
I'm having issues with clearing floats (could be something else?). I want to make the #newsbar div cleared from the previous floats. So, it's width can expand 100% across the page/browser
I think I've done what I can, and am becoming real frustrated with this. This is what it looks like currently:
Current output:
http://postimg.org/image/l2rxf4603/
If someone can look over my HTML and CSS, I'd much appreciate it. Thanks!
HTML & CSS Code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Rob's BBC</title>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1" />
<style type="text/css">
body {
margin: 0;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
#topbar {
background-color:#7A0000;
width: 100%;
height: 45px;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
.fixedwidth {
width: 1050px;
margin: 0 auto;
/* background-color: green; */
}
/* BBC Logo */
#logodiv {
padding-top: 8px;
float: left;
border-right: 1px solid #990000;
padding-right: 15px;
}
/* Sign In Text */
#signindiv {
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 0.9em;
float: left;
padding: 5px 50px 8px 8px;
border-right: 1px solid #990000;
}
/* Sign In Image */
#signindiv img {
position: relative;
float: left;
margin: 6px 0 0 2px;
}
#signindiv p {
float: left;
margin: 10px 0 0 4px;
}
#topmenudiv {
float: left;
}
#topmenudiv ul {
float: left;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#topmenudiv li {
list-style-type: none;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 0.9em;
border-right: 1px solid #990000;
height: 100%;
padding: 15px 20px 10px 20px;
text-align: center;
float: left;
}
#searchdiv {
float: left;
padding: 7px 0 0 10px;
}
#searchdiv input {
height: 25px;
border: none;
font-size: 0.9em;
padding-left: 5px;
padding-right: 22px;
background-image:url('images/magnifyglass.png');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: right center;
}
.break {
clear: both;
}
#newsbar {
background-color:#990000;
width: 100%;
height: 45px;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="topbar">
<div class="fixedwidth">
<div id="logodiv">
<img src="images/bbclogo.png" alt="bbclogo" height="28" />
</div> <!-- logodiv -->
<div id="signindiv">
<img src="images/signinlogo.png" alt="signinlogo" />
<p>Sign In</p>
</div> <!-- signindiv -->
<div id="topmenudiv">
<ul>
<li>News</li>
<li>Sports</li>
<li>Weather</li>
<li>iPlayer</li>
<li>TV</li>
<li>Radio</li>
<li>More...</li>
</ul>
</div> <!-- topmenudiv -->
<div id="searchdiv">
<input type="text" placeholder="search" />
</div> <!-- searchdiv -->
<div class="break"></div>
<div id="newsbar">
<div class="fixedwidth">
</div>
</div> <!-- newsbar -->
</div> <!-- fixedwidth -->
</div> <!-- topbar -->
</div> <!-- container -->
</body>
</html>
JsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/1f030av9/
Ok, no floating problem, you just have to get the <div> outside of it's parent ( another <div> with classname "fixedwidth"). Also removed some paddings in order to make the search bar not go to the 2nd line.
Changed css:
#searchdiv {
float: left;
padding: 7px 0 0 10px;
}
Became:
#searchdiv {
float: left;
padding: 7px 0 0 0px;
}
Removed line padding-right: 22px; from #searchdiv input
Here's a fiddle.
Your <div class="fixedwidth"> is set to a width of 1050px; and your div class="newsbar"> is a child of class="fixedwidth". You've set 'newsbar' to 100% but it cannot override the attributes of the parent div class="fixedwidth"
your fiddle
It works for me
It is stretching to 100%
with slight edits not relating to your issue though
#newsbar {
background-color:#990000;
width: 100%;
height: 45px;
color: #FFFFFF;
clear:both;
}
#searchdiv {
float: left;
padding: 7px 0 0 0px;
}
Removed padding-right too from #searchdiv input too
I am having trouble vertically centering my labels/fields in my form. I have centered the content horizontally but now would also like to add vertical centering. When I run my code i can see that the fieldset padding is off. The value of the padding on the top is less than the value on the bottom. I figure for the vertical centering to occur they should be equal. Here is my code...
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Contact</title>
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:400,700' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="contact.css">
</head>
<body>
<header id="pageHeader">
</header>
<nav class="mainNav">
<ul>
<li>Home</li>
<li>Photos</li>
<li>About</li>
<li>Contact</li>
</ul>
<img src="NewLogo3.png">
</nav>
<div class="contact">
<h1>Get In Touch</h1>
<form action="index.php" method="POST" >
<fieldset class="boxShadow">
<label>Name:</label>
<input type="text" name="name" placeholder="Enter your name" class="boxShadow"/>
<label>Email:</label>
<input type="email" name="email" placeholder="Enter your email address" class="boxShadow"/>
<label>Message:</label>
<textarea name="message" placeholder="What's on your mind?" class="boxShadow"></textarea>
<input type="submit" value="Send message" />
</fieldset>
</form>
</div>
<footer id="pageFooter">
<p>Thanks for visiting my website</p>
<span>© 2013</span>
</footer>
</body>
</html>
html, body, h1, h2 , ul, nav, img{
margin:0;
padding: 0;
font-size: 1em;
font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
font-weight: 400;
}
body{
background: #777777;
height: 100%;
}
nav{
background: #40B3DF;
height: 100px;
font-size: 2em;
width: 100%;
border-bottom: 1px solid black;
}
nav ul{
position: absolute;
top: 55px;
white-space:nowrap;
margin-left: 100px;
}
nav li{
display: inline-block;
background: #A8CB17;
padding-bottom: 0;
border-radius: 8px 8px 0 0;
border-bottom: 2px solid #A8CB17;
margin-right: 10px;
-webkit-box-shadow: -5px 0px 7px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.75);
-moz-box-shadow: -5px 0px 7px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.75);
box-shadow: -5px 0px 7px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.75);
}
nav a{
text-decoration:none;
color: #004158;
padding: 10px;
}
nav img{
position: absolute;
right: 50px;
top: 15px;
}
nav li:hover{
background: #17649A;
border-bottom: 2px solid #17649A;
}
p{
padding-top: 3em;
color: #454545;
text-align: center;
}
h1{
color: #393939;
font-size: 3em;
padding: 1em 0 0 1em;
text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px rgba(23, 23, 23, 1);
margin-bottom: 1em;
}
footer{
border-top: 2px solid #393939;
background: #40B3DF;
position:relative;
bottom:0;
height: 60px;
width: 100%;
text-align: center;
}
footer p{
display:inline-block;
margin: 0 auto;
padding-top: 1.5em;
color: #004158;
}
footer span{
position: relative;
top: 7px;
right: -45px;
}
textarea{
height: 150px;
width: 200px;
padding: 1em;
}
label, input[type=submit]{
text-transform: uppercase;
}
input, label{
display: block;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 1em;
width: 200px;
}
input[type=submit] {
margin-top: 2em;
border-radius: 8px;
font-weight: 700;
}
fieldset {
height: 550px;
position: relative;
width: 60%;
text-align: center;
background: #676767;
margin: 0 auto;
margin-bottom: 2em;
/*border: 0;*/
}
The gap at the bottom of the form is due to the fact that your fieldset has a height of 550px, but your content does not fill that height. Remove the height, and adjust margin/padding from there.
As for the padding on the fieldset, browsers add padding to fieldsets by default. To make your site more consistent across browsers, use a CSS reset, like the HTML5 reset style sheet. That essentially overrides all of a browser's default styling. When using it, apply it above all of your other CSS styles. As for the padding itself, there are a few ways to manage it.
To adjust a certain side, you can use padding-top, padding-bottom, padding-right, or padding-left.
You can adjust top/bottom, left/right using padding: 10px 15px;, which would give you 10px on top and bottom, and 15px on the left and right.
You can also specify top, left/right, and bottom with padding:10px 15px 5px.
Margins are set the same way, just replace "padding" with "margin".
I'm very new to all of this and am trying to build this website, but the main image on the page is not centering. I've tried all sorts of centering things but they don't work. Also, the width percentage is ignored too.
I've readjusted margin/padding to 0. don't know what it could be.
css for the picture:
#pictures img{
width:"70%";
margin: 0 auto;
padding-bottom: 80px;
padding-top: 20px;
}
and the html div that has to do with it:
<div id="pictures">
<img src="img/homepage.png" alt="HomePage"></div>
FULL HTML
<!DOCTTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
<title>Jacobs Bookeeping</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style-no-grid.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
</head>
<body>
<div class="container clearfix">
<div id="main">
<div id="header">
<img src="img/logo.png" alt="Jacobs Bookkeeping Logo" width="248">
</div>
<div id="twitter">
<img src="img/twitter.jpg" alt="Twitter">
</div>
<div id="facebook">
<img src="img/facebook.jpg" alt="Facebook">
</div>
<ul class="nav">
<li>About Us</li>
<li>Services</li>
<li>Contact Us</li>
<li class="last">Resources</li>
</ul>
<div id="pictures">
<img src="img/homepage.png" alt="HomePage">
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="copyright">
<p>K. RONI JACOBS, <em>KEEPER OF THE BOOKS</em> — EMAIL JACOBS BOOKKEEPING — CALL 206.861.5664 — © 2013 JACOBS BOOKEEPING    </p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
FULL CSS
html {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
body {
font-family:'Futura', sans-serif;
color: #FFFFFF;
font-size: 13;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
#main {
border-top: 10px solid #EAE1C9;
border-right: 10px solid #EAE1C9;
border-left: 10px solid #EAE1C9;
padding-bottom: 20px;
background: url('../img/bg-jacobs.jpg') repeat;
background-color:#96B9BF;
}
a {
color: #FFFFFF;
text-decoration: none;
}
#facebook img{
float: right;
padding: 45px 5px 10px 10px;
position: static;
}
#twitter img{
float: right;
padding: 45px 50px 20px 0px;
position: static;
}
#header img {
padding: 40px 0px 0px 40px;
float: left;
position: static;
}
ul.nav {
margin-top: 45px;
list-style: none;
text-transform: uppercase;
float: right;
position: relative;
}
ul.nav li {
margin: 0px 50px 0px 60px;
display: inline;
}
ul.nav li a {
color: #FFFFFF;
}
#pictures img{
width:"80%";
margin: 0 auto;
padding-bottom: 80px;
padding-top: 20px;
display: block;
text-align: center;
}
#copyright {
text-align: right;
background: #867131;
border-top: 10px solid #EAE1C9;
position: fixed;
bottom: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 30px;
font-size: 10px;
letter-spacing: 2px;
color: white;
}
.container{
width: auto;
margin: 0 auto;
}
.clear{clear:both;display:block;overflow:hidden;visibility:hidden;width:0;height:0}.clearfix:after{clear:both;content:' ';display:block;font-size:0;line-height:0;visibility:hidden;width:0;height:0}* html .clearfix,*:first-child+html .clearfix{zoom:1}
Put display: block; on it. By default, images are inline.
To center inline —default for image— or inline-block elements, just center it as text. This means, you will need to use text-algin on the parent element:
div#pictures {
text-align: center;
}
The other solution is the one from #One Trick Pony, and display the image as a block element and just then apply the automatic margin.
#pictures img{
display:block;
}
Add this code then i will be centered
i know this is an old post, but wanted to share how i solved the same problem.
My image was inheriting a float:left from a parent class. By setting float:none I was able to make margin:0 auto and display: block work properly. Hope it may help someone in the future.
You have two options:
Remove img from #pictures and then put the image inside that div.
Add the #pictures to the image Tag in html (inline style).
You might remove the display tag in #pictures.
Good luck with that.