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I'm very new to html and css so feel free to critique any bad practices you see in the code below...
I am trying to create a centered column that's 800 pixels across and the banner will be resized to 800 pixels. When view this page in chrome or firefox it looks great. When I view it in IE8 the font is huge, there is a giant empty spot on the right side of the banner all the way down to the bottom, and the size of the "container" will not change no matter what I do in the css file.
CSS:
body {
font-family: Arial;
font-size: small;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
background-image: url(../images/victorianBackground.jpg);
background-position: top;
background-repeat: repeat;
color: #000000;
}
#container {
margin: -10 auto;
background-color: #D3CDBA;
text-align: left;
}
html>body #container {
width: 800px;
min-height:800px;
padding: 0 0px;
}
#banner {
width:800px;
}
#banner img {
width:800px;
padding:45 0px;
}
#content {
width:500px;
padding: 15px;
background-color: transparent;
}
/* Navigation */
#navigation ul {
list-style-type: none;
width: 800px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#navigation li {
float: left;
background-color: #D3CDBA;
}
#navigation li:hover {
float: left;
color: #4676A4;
background-color: #D3CDBA;
}
#navigation a {
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
color: #000000;
display: block;
padding: 5px;
}
#navigation a:hover {
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
color: #992332;
}
#content a {
color:teal;
}
HTML:
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
<title>Park Avenue Neighborhood Association</title>
<meta name="keywords" content="Park Avenue Neighborhood Association Syracuse New York"/>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../styles/style1.css">
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="banner">
<img src="../images/banner.jpg" id="banner">
<br/>
</div>
<div id="navigation">
<ul>
<li><a href="home.html">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="History.html">History</a></li>
<li><a href="Houses.html">Houses</a></li>
<li><a href="LocalBusiness.html">Local Business</a></li>
<li><a href="events.html">Events</a></li>
<li><a href="Contacts.html">Contacts</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="content">
<h2>Content Header 1 </h2>
<p>Awesome Content </p>
<h2>Content Header 2 </h2>
<p>Awesome Content </p>
</div>
</body>
</div>
</html>
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asked Feb 12 '26 16:02
There are multiple issues I see with your source. Non-exhaustive list:
1) You need a doctype. Otherwise, browsers will render items in a non-standard way.
Example:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC
"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
2) You have a <div> ending after the </body> tag. This is invalid.
Fix:
<p>Awesome Content </p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
3) You don't need the extra <br> in <div id="banner">.
Fix:
<div id="banner">
<img src="../images/banner.jpg" id="banner">
</div>
4) Now, if you want <div id="container"> to be centered and have a width of 800px, try the following.
Centering code that goes in your css (replaces existing):
body { text-align: center; }
#container {
text-align: left;
width: 800px;
margin: auto;
}
5) For your font-size declaration, you're using small. This will behave unpredictably. Instead, consider using either em or px for font size.
Font size with em:
body { font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.125em; }
#container { font-size: 0.875em; }
Font size with px:
body { font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.125em; }
#container { font-size: 12px; }
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