Header banner centre div, Trying to make the main header banner of my site central Options

[aBhorsen]

Basically I want my site centre aligned so that no matter the browser the inherent properties are that the header is central and the content divs are central.

I appreciate that the banner will be too big at 750px for some browsers but assuming the user has a browser that fits the page in it's entirety, how do I have the banner and site central?

That feels like a poor explanation.

My css for my header currently looks like:

#header {
width:750px;
height:154px;
background-position:center;
color:white;
background-image:url(../images/header.jpg)
}

As it stands, the background-position is doing nothing.

[Darin McGrew]

As it stands, the background-position is doing nothing.

Technically, it is centering the background image within the #header element. But my guess is that the header element size (specified by the width and height properties) is the same as the image size. Centering a 750px image within a 750px div isn't going to look very different from left-aligning (or right-aligning) a 750px image within a 750px div.

To center the div elements (both for your header and for your content), see:
http://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/007/center.html
http://dorward.me.uk/www/centre/

Since this is about CSS rather than markup, I'm moving it to the CSS forum.

[aBhorsen]

As it stands, the background-position is doing nothing.

Technically, it is centering the background image within the #header element. But my guess is that the header element size (specified by the width and height properties) is the same as the image size. Centering a 750px image within a 750px div isn't going to look very different from left-aligning (or right-aligning) a 750px image within a 750px div.

To center the div elements (both for your header and for your content), see:
http://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/007/center.html
http://dorward.me.uk/www/centre/

Since this is about CSS rather than markup, I'm moving it to the CSS forum.

Magic,

Thank you Darin. That gives me a good place to start. Cheers for the links.