Center multiple divs?

**fredep57** · Apr 28, 2011 08:27

OK, I have a page (code below) that I would like to have work by having the images displayed in rows. However, there may be not be enough images to complete the row - go all the way across the displayed area. I would like (1) all the rows to be more centered horizontally in the display and (2) all the "excess" images (not able to fill the row) be centered horizontally.

Tried some things I found on the web, but nothing seems to work.

Please tell me where I went wrong.

Oh, this is not live yet - still on development machine

F

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html >
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>Picture Page</title>


  <style type="text/css">
  @charset "utf-8";
  /* CSS Document */
  
  img {
    margin: 0 auto;
  }
  
  a {
    text-decoration: none;
    border: none;
    }
    
  div#albumJPG {
    display: block;
    margin: 5px auto;
    width:220 px; 
    font-size:80%; 
    font-color: magenta; 
    text-align:center; 
    float:left;
  }
  #header {
      /*    background-color: #FF3;  */
         color:#000;
      margin: -5px 0px 0px -10px;
  /*    height: 150px;   */
      font-size: 1.1em;
      padding: 10px 10px;
      border: solid 1px green;   
      text-align: center;
      vertical-align:middle;
      background-color:#0C3;
  }
  
  #mainContent {
      padding-left: 10px;
      padding-top: 2px;
      /*    background-color: #567;  */
  /*    border: solid 1px green;  */
      margin: 0 175px;
      position: relative;
  }
  
  .clear {
      clear: both;
  }
  
  .Mission p {margin-bottom: 10px; }
  
  h2, h3 {text-align:center; padding-top: 5px;}
  
  
  </style>

</head>
<body id="PagePictures" >
<div  id="Wrapper" class="Container">
       <div id="leftcol">
			<?php include_once('inc/MainNav.php'); ?>

       </div>
       <!-- end left column -->
       <div id="center-col">
          <div id="header">
              <h1 class="Welcome">Pictures </h1>
              <div class="Mission">
                  <p>Below are some of the albums we have for you to view</p>
                  <p></p>
                  <p style="font-size:.8em;">Click on an image view each ablum<br><br> We hope you enjoy these historical views!!</p>
              </div>
          </div>
<-- start of image(s) display   -->
          <div style="text-align: center;">
            <div id="albumJPG">
              <a href="Pictures/display.php?album=1">
              <img src="images/2010Flyer.jpg" width="220" > 2010 Show Pictures
              </a>
            </div>
            <div id="albumJPG">
              <a href="Pictures/display.php?album=1">
              <img src="images/2010Flyer.jpg" width="220" > 2010 Show Pictures
              </a>
            </div>            
            <div id="albumJPG">
              <a href="#">
              <img src="images/flyer09.jpg" width="220"> 2009 Show Pictures
              </a>
            </div>
            <div id="albumJPG">
              <a href="#">
              <img src="images/flyer08.jpg" width="220"> 2008 Show Pictures
              </a>
            </div>
            <div id="albumJPG">
              <a href="#">
              <img src="images/flyer07.jpg" width="220"> 2007 Show Pictures
              </a>
            </div>
          <div>
<-- end of images display , I hope!  -->
 <!-- oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo -->        
 <!-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -->
       </div>
       <!-- end center column -->
   
</div>
<!-- Container / Wrapper -->

</body>
</html>

**Paul O'B** · Apr 28, 2011 08:48

HI,

Use display:inline-block as you can't center floats.

Something like this.

Code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html >
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>Picture Page</title>
<style type="text/css">
@charset "utf-8";
/* CSS Document */
  
img,a img {
    border:none;
}
a {
    text-decoration: none;
    border: none;
}
.images{
    width:100%;
    text-align:center;
    margin:90;
    padding:0;
}
.images li {
    display:inline;
}
.images li a{
    margin: 5px;
    width:220px;
    display:inline-block;
    font-size:80%;
    font-color: magenta;
    text-align:center;
    vertical-align:top;
}
.images a img{
    background:red;/* for testing*/
    height:200px;/* for testing */
    width:220px;/* for testing */
    display:block;/* for testing */
}
#header {
    /*background-color: #FF3;  */
  color:#000;
    margin: -5px 0px 0px -10px;
    /* height: 150px;   */
  font-size: 1.1em;
    padding: 10px 10px;
    border: solid 1px green;
    text-align: center;
    vertical-align:middle;
    background-color:#0C3;
}
#mainContent {
    padding-left: 10px;
    padding-top: 2px;
    /*    background-color: #567;  */
  /*    border: solid 1px green;  */
  margin: 0 175px;
    position: relative;
    min-height:0;
    zoom:1.0;
}
.clear {
    clear: both;
}
.Mission p {
    margin-bottom: 10px;
}
h2, h3 {
    text-align:center;
    padding-top: 5px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body id="PagePictures" >
<div  id="Wrapper" class="Container">
    <div id="leftcol">
        <?php include_once('inc/MainNav.php'); ?>
    </div>
    <!-- end left column -->
    <div id="center-col">
        <div id="header">
            <h1 class="Welcome">Pictures </h1>
            <div class="Mission">
                <h2>Below are some of the albums we have for you to view</h2>
                <p>Click on an image view each album</p>
                <p>We hope you enjoy these historical views!!</p>
            </div>
        </div>
        <!-- start of image(s) display   -->
        <ul class="images">
            <li><a href="Pictures/display.php?album=1"><img src="images/2010Flyer.jpg" width="220" > 2010 Show Pictures</a></li>
            <li><a href="Pictures/display.php?album=1"><img src="images/2010Flyer.jpg" width="220" > 2010 Show Pictures</a></li>
            <li><a href="#"><img src="images/flyer09.jpg" width="220"> 2009 Show Pictures</a></li>
            <li><a href="#"><img src="images/flyer08.jpg" width="220"> 2008 Show Pictures</a></li>
            <li><a href="#"><img src="images/flyer07.jpg" width="220"> 2007 Show Pictures</a></li>
        </ul>
        <!-- end of images display , I hope!  -->
    </div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Use a list for the images and no need for a class on every list as they can all be targetted via the parent.

**ralph.m** · Apr 28, 2011 08:50

You could try something like this:

Code:

div.albumJPG {
    display: inline-block;
    margin: 5px auto;
    width:220 px; 
    font-size:80%; 
    font-color: magenta; 
    text-align:center; 
    /* float: left;  remove this */
  }

But note that I've changed div#albumJPG to div.albumJPG, as you have multiple instances of that div, and you should never use an id more than once on a page, so change each

Code:

<div id="albumJPG">

to

Code:

<div class="albumJPG">

EDIT: Better answer by Paul above.

**fredep57** · Apr 28, 2011 11:46

Thanks Paul. That works - was trying to do something that could/should not be done???

ralph.m - tried yours and it did not work. Will use Paul's solution for now.

R

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