Hi All:

Im having a difficult time trying to center a menu on my site (horizontally). ANy help greatly appreciated.

Here is the temporary page margueritewedwardsartist. com / home1. htm

and here is the css code im using.
all i changed was thew text-align:center on the 2nd line. all other code was generated by the menu maker. Any help is greatly appreciated.

chris

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.bg {background: url(images/button4.gif);}
.menu {text-align:center; margin:0; list-style:none; height:40px; background:#fff url(images/button1a.gif) repeat-x; position:relative; font-family:arial, verdana, sans-serif; }
.menu li.top {display:block; float:left; position:relative;}
.menu li a.top_link {display:block; float:left; height:40px; line-height:33px; color:#bbb; text-decoration:none; font-size:11px; font-weight:bold; padding:0 0 0 12px; cursorpointer;}
.menu li a.top_link span {float:left; font-weight:bold; display:block; padding:0 24px 0 12px; height:40px;}
.menu li a.top_link span.down {float:left; display:block; padding:0 24px 0 12px; height:40px; background:url(images/down.gif) no-repeat right top;}
.menu li a.top_link:hover {color:#000; background: url(images/button4.gif) no-repeat;}
.menu li a.top_link:hover span {background:url(images/button4.gif) no-repeat right top;}
.menu li a.top_link:hover span.down {background:url(images/button4a.gif) no-repeat right top;}

.menu li:hover > a.top_link {color:#000; background: url(images/button4.gif) no-repeat;}
.menu li:hover > a.top_link span {background:url(images/button4.gif) no-repeat right top;}
.menu li:hover > a.top_link span.down {background:url(images/button4a.gif) no-repeat right top;}

.menu table {border-collapse:collapse; width:0; height:0; position:absolute; top:0; left:0;}

.menu a:hover {visibility:visible;}
.menu li:hover {position:relative; z-index:200;}

.menu ul,
.menu :hover ul ul,
.menu :hover ul :hover ul ul,
.menu :hover ul :hover ul :hover ul ul,
.menu :hover ul :hover ul :hover ul :hover ul ul {position:absolute; left:-9999px; top:-9999px; width:0; height:0; margin:0; padding:0; list-style:none;}

.menu :hover ul.sub {left:2px; top:40px; right:2px; background: #fff; padding:3px 0; border:1px solid #999999; white-space:nowrap; width:200px; height auto;}
.menu :hover ul.sub li {display:block; height:20px; position:relative; float:left; width:250px;}
.menu :hover ul.sub li a {font-weight:normal;display:block; font-size:11px; height:20px; width:192px; line-height:20px; text-indent:5px; color:#000; text-decoration:none; border:3px solid #fff; border-width:0 0 0 3px;}
.menu :hover ul.sub li a.fly {background:#fff url(images/arrow.gif) 80px 7px no-repeat;}
.menu :hover ul.sub li a:hover {background:#999999; color:#fff;}
.menu :hover ul.sub li a.fly:hover {background:#999999 url(images/arrow_over.gif) 80px 7px no-repeat; color:#fff;}
.menu :hover ul li:hover > a.fly {background:#999999 url(images/arrow_over.gif) 80px 7px no-repeat; color:#fff;}

.menu :hover ul :hover ul,
.menu :hover ul :hover ul :hover ul,
.menu :hover ul :hover ul :hover ul :hover ul,
.menu :hover ul :hover ul :hover ul :hover ul :hover ul
{left:90px; top:-4px; background: #fff; padding:3px 0; border:1px solid 999999; white-space:nowrap; width:93px; z-index:200; height auto;}

text-align is used to, well, align text. If you want to center the entire box, use margin:0px auto. I assume that you want to center the menu along the top.

I can't really understand your source code (style1, style2, style3??), but I suggest that you put all the list items (li-s) in a div which has margin:0px auto; on it.

text-align is used to, well, align text.

Not strictly true. text-align also sets the alignment of inline child elements in the parent container.

and "margin:0px auto" will only affect fixed width block elements.

Have you checked out the sticky notes for absolute positioning or how to center your website in this forum? They are at the top of every forum page. there are a lot links in there that might help

http://tycoontalk.freelancer.com/css-forum/