Centre or align left?

[aloebridge123]

Hi again,

I'd really appreciate your thoughts on whether a website should be centred or aligned to the left?

From previous posts my menu is currently floating across the page and due to its size I have had to put the code in a certain place in the template so that it will load quicker (not quitre sure it does)

However.... Norman suggested I aligned the website to the left and position the menu (thanks Norman) and this will stop it from moving around.

But... I was just wondering whether aligning to the left makes a difference or not?
Thank all :confused:

[Duncan Rounding]

My personal preference is to centre align a fixed width layout. On wide screens layouts can look a bit odd if left aligned.

[aloebridge123]

Thank you - in order to do a fixed width do I just need to change the % in my template code to a number?

[leehack]

If its a % width specified, then it is already a number, you can change that to a set number (px) or a less than 100% width (i.e 96%).

[TraceyHand]

If its a % width specified, then it is already a number, you can change that to a set number or a less than 100% width.

LOL
smart arse, you know what she meant! :p

[leehack]

LOL
smart arse, you know what she meant! :p
I got caught halfway through the post on a phonecall, i was not trying to be a smart arse at all i assure you.

[aloebridge123]

Now I have inserted numbers not % (%numbers thanks Lee) and I was just wondering if people can check if the menu looks aligned properly now please?

www.aloevera-and-you.com

Thanks

[TraceyHand]

looks aligned on in FF and IE7

however, the store section border isn't showing in FF
perhaps because in your class "thinred2" you have

.thinred2 {actinic.css (line 157)
border-bottom:1px solid #FF99CC;
border-color:#FFFFFF rgb(255, 153, 204) rgb(255, 153, 204);
border-left:1px solid #FF99CC;
border-right:1px solid #FF99CC;
}

maybe your border-color (white) is over-riding the individual pink ones?
Why is that line there?

editted to add...the menu is slightly to the right in FF too.

If you have Firefox, download Firebug and have a look.

[aloebridge123]

looks aligned on in FF and IE7

Why is that line there?

editted to add...the menu is slightly to the right in FF too.

If you have Firefox, download Firebug and have a look.

Thanks for checking it for me. With regards to the border color I think I was messing about with the settings the other day but I've just changed it now so that should be okay..

I don't have firefox so can you please explain re which line you mean?

Thanks

[TraceyHand]

it's the border-color line I pasted below

just seems out of place to me but I'm no expert

Word of advice..download Firefox AND the Firebug plug in.
You will come to find it an invaluable tool for bug spotting and fixing! Trust me

[aloebridge123]

Thank you....