My search bar is not in the right place when a search is made but aligns itself correctly when the user makes a search.

Any suggestions,

The Site is see24.co.uk

The allignment looks the same to me before and after search in firefox 4 and IE 9. What browser are you using?

I have now got the bar to stay in the right place.

How can I get the bar to be in the middle of the page vertically before a search is made and then when the results are displayed put it to the top.

ie how can I alway vertically center the page??

how can I alway vertically center the page?

I would suggest you try reading our stickies, there are methods there for centering of all types.

They work fine when the page is a static size. But when a search is made the page length grows and I cant seem to get those to work in this case.

It is now centered and stays in the center but you need to scrol down on each page, even when the page is not longer than the window.

How can I stop this?

I have tried many different ways now, none work. I have settled with this, it doesnt work though, obviously;

body {
	margin:0px;
	padding:0px;
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size:75%;
	background-color:#ffffff;
	color:#000000;
}


/* page layout */
#pageSurround {
	position:absolute;
	margin:0px auto 0px auto;
	width:970px;	
	top-margin: 50%;		
}

#page {
	position:relative;
	float:left;
	background-color:#ffffff;
	display:block;
	background-repeat:repeat-y;
	padding:0px 10px 0px 10px;
	
	margin: 0px auto;
	top-margin:50%;
	
}