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CSS How to Make a Website CSS: Cascading Style Sheets Center the Wrapper

Posted by andyphan
andyphan
3,082 Points

it's not

for me nothing is centering. can anybody help?

Geoff Parsons
Geoff Parsons
11,679 Points

Can you post the code you are currently working on for us to take a look at?

andyphan
andyphan
3,082 Points

how do you do that?

Geoff Parsons
Geoff Parsons
11,679 Points

Check out this post for some tips on how to post code to the forums.

3 Answers

andyphan
andyphan
3,082 Points
andyphan
andyphan
3,082 Points

this is my code. 

a {
  text-decoration:none;
}
#my div {
  max-width:940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}
Emmanuel Prempeh
Emmanuel Prempeh
1,769 Points
Emmanuel Prempeh
Emmanuel Prempeh
1,769 Points

I think you might want to have a second look at the id selector. If the div element has an id 'my', then consider selecting only that. Do not bring the name of the element after the id selector. 

 #my {
      max-width: 940px;
      margin: 0 auto;
}
andyphan
andyphan
3,082 Points
andyphan
andyphan
3,082 Points

thanks.