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This is a discussion on "Need help - how to center a website frameset" within the Web Page Design section. This forum, and the thread "Need help - how to center a website frameset are both part of the Design Your Website category.
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Sep 14th, 2006, 01:13
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Need help - how to center a website frameset
Hi. I searched on the forums here first for the answer... the question has been asked in the past... but not really answered.
I'm not incredibly experienced with web design and helped out a friend design a site, so I used frames (* gasp *) because I don't yet know how to design a site like this totally using CSS. http://www.bellchiropractic.com Anyway, index.html defines the frameset and containing frames (side, top, main). How do I center and fixed-width this entire frameset so when viewing on widescreen laptop monitors, the website is not sitting along the left-hand side... ... but instead locks at a maximum width and is centered whatever the web browser size is? Thank you very much. P.S. Yes, I'd love to learn how to do this all using CSS one day because apparently some pages are loading weird in Firefox, etc. Frustrating that using layers doesn't universally work so well.        
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Sep 14th, 2006, 10:23
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Re: Need help - how to center a website frameset
Given other things that are wrong with your code, a probable solution would be to put 'text-align: center' in the <body> tag. This will probaly have a knock-on effect though.
You have forgotten about the other screen option, those still viewing with 800 x 600 screens or even snaller mobile options. At 800 x 600 the user is required to scroll in two directions to view the content. This is an absolute no-no. Below this the site would be unusable. Rethink the whole design and do it in a proper structured, standards compliant and accessible way.
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Sep 14th, 2006, 12:37
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Re: Need help - how to center a website frameset
Take a step back... You really don't want to be using frames... Last time I looked it was 2006 and not 1996.
Last Blog Entry: Giving them what they paid for: A (sort of) Follow-up (Oct 15th, 2008)
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Sep 14th, 2006, 14:03
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Re: Need help - how to center a website frameset
Frames are the stinky dookie. And what is with all the
<p> </p> <p> </p> This site needs to be started over from square one. Using correct coding methods and semantic markup will only make your life easier and the future of the web site brighter. The layout you have is not very complex and you can simulate the frame effect on the main content with CSS if it HAS to be like that. Here is a css layout using a masthead, horizontal nav, 2 columns and a footer you can use for reference to get you started. http://www.newbeginningsdesign.com/s...mn_layout.html And even less complicated is an even more basic layout scheme to get you up and running. http://www.newbeginningsdesign.com/s...mn_layout.html
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Last edited by moojoo; Sep 14th, 2006 at 14:08.
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