Thread: How do i centre my page in browser?

hi guys,

can anyone please tell me how to select the option to centre in browser.

i thought i had done it but when i preview it, it is all allligned to the left hand side of the screen with a big white space runnig down the left...

can anyone help?

cheers

troy

Go into Page Properties and under the General tab, the bottom tool in there is a check box for centering.

thanx for that racefan. . yet again!! lol

just one question. . .when you preview the page does it not centre it in the browser as my preview is still on the left??

Right, mine doesn't center either on preview, but works like a charm when published.

That's odd... mine shows centered when I preview. It is all the way to the left in my working page, but when I preview it centers. I guess I'm just lucky. =P

You know what? Mine does too, now. I swear it never did before. I don't preview very often, so maybe downloading the new version of BV fixed it? I dunno.

The center page centers all page content using the page properties dimensions, so if page properties are set to 800x600 the 'center frame' will be 800.


Here are a few tips for the best results:
- Set the Page properties to 800x600
- Enable the Guide Borders and set them to the same size.
- Make sure all page contents stays between the guide borders
- Enable 'Center to browser' in Page Properties

thanx guys...

only problem is when i publish my site i cant actually see it centred. . or when i preview it - am i just the unlucky one again here or being really thick again?

I have selected the centre in browser option under page properties...??

Did you follow up all my tips?
Make sure your webpage is designed to be centered:
- Set the Page properties to 800x600
- Enable the Guide Borders and set them to the same size.
- Make sure all page contents is centered between the guide borders
- Enable 'Center to browser' in Page Properties

Follow Pablo directions exact and you will have no problems. I do a bit different but to each their own. Set quide settings bulid your page within those guide settings. Then under page properties click centre in browser. pet121

Don't know if this will help, but I have just discovered why my pages aren't centred. I set my guide to 800 x 600, but only use this setting to guide the width - all my pages are longer than 600!

If you keep to 600 the page is centred, but if you go over this it stays on the left.

Shame, but that seems to be the way it is.

Trish

This is not true, the height of the page does not have an effect on the page being centered horizontally. Only the width value is used for the 'center in browser' feature.

Don't know what I am doing wrong then - if I do a trial page with blank text the page centres fine. When I try and centre a new page (e.g. www.limebrook.com/xmas.html) it stays stubbornly on the left!

Would something like the template be affecting it?

I obviously know how to get a page centred, but something I am doing is stopping it working!

Any ideas?

Trish

I do not see any 'center HTML code' in the page you mentioned.
Are you sure you've enable 'Center in browser'? Maybe you need to republish?

You were right, I had not published with that box ticked. But now I have, and the page is STILL NOT centred.

page www.limebrook.com/xmas.html

Thanks for the help

Trish

Ok, here what's wrong with your page setup:
Select View->Page Properties from the menubar and change the Page Width from 1765 (the current value) to 800 and everything should be ok.

Pablo - I owe you one! Thanks a million! Guess I was just being very thick!

Cheers
Trish