I use the following code:
<table class=“image” align=“center”>
<tr>
<td><img src=“images/find.jpg” height=“695” width=“500” border=“4” alt=“Latest Where to Find Treasure Book”>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
It is centered in IE, but not Firefox…? How can I get this consistently centered?
Also, is there workaround to correct the font size being so large in Firefox?
I use IE, and all looks good, but in FF it’s much larger.
Please supply the “image” class CSS details.
What is centered in IE and not in Firefox?
You could use the following styles to fix the font and center the image in <TD>
<table class="image" style='text-align:center; font-size:12px; color:#f00'>
<tr>
<td style='text-align:center'>
<img src="images/find.jpg" height="695" width="500" border="4" alt="Latest...">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
Here is a link to some good tutorials and also CSS parameter, etc that you may find helpful http://w3schools.com/
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style type=“text/css”>
table {
margin: 20px;
}
img {
border: 4px solid black;
padding-left: 30px
padding-right: 50px;
margin: 20px;
body{font-family: Verdana; impress;}
h1 {font-size: 25;}
h2 {font-size: 35;}
h3 {font-size: 30;}
text {font-weight: bold;}
The image “find” is not centered in FF,but it is in IE
You have errors in your HTML and CSS scripts.
Please validate your scripts using these tools:
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator.html.en
I believe that once the errors and warnings are removed then your image will be centered in both browsers.
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Is the font still appearing large? Try clicking Ctrl+0 while you’ve got FF open. That will correct any zoom on the text size.
Did nothing.
Validating your scripts did nothing? Or CTRL+0 did nothing?
Control+O did nothing, nor did validating my script.
Is the font size of all text larger in FF than in IE? Or is it the font size of things in header text?
All the text is larger.
Control-0 (ZERO and not capital o) resets the font to your browser default fonts.
If you want the font-size to be the same then set the font-size in your body and/or maybe your table:
<body style='font-size:22px'>
Pleae supply the script for full page.
Your supplied CSS script has errors that you can see on this screen dump:
Here is the corrected CSS script:
td {border : dotted #f00;}
table {margin : 20px;}
img {border : 4px solid black; padding-left : 30px; padding-right : 50px; margin : 20px;}
body {font-family : Verdana;}
h2 {font-size : 35px;}
h3 {font-size : 30px;}
text {font-weight : bold;}
.
yeah, John’s on the right track. And yeah, that CTRL+0 is control and zero.
Sorry, tried all these and text is still quite large, and images are not centered.
Appreciate the help…I will stare it down eventually.
Basically you are wanting to centre align a TABLE which is a block-level element, and the inline image IMG element contained within it, am I correct? Well, it will be on the lines of; table {margin: 0 auto; } and such.
You will get slight-differences in font size but if both machines system fonts are set at around 96 dpi they should generally default display setting 1 em at approx. 16px. within the browsers.
You need to check for HTML and CSS errors first. Next select a font size for your BODY element, for example within the CSS:
body {font-size : 16px;}
In fact do you have a web address for the page; as I suspect by now you have conflicting CSS or HTML attributes sitting there at the moment if you have been following the suggestions.
This is the page where the images are not centered in Firefox.
I will work on your suggestions for the “large” text…
Thanks,
Hi Barnum,
If you created the site yourself then “I take my hat off to you”.
As far as the content is concerned then I think it is relatively simple and I volunteer to rewrite your research.html page, optimise your images and create the page using DIV’s.
If there are other forum members who would also like to volunteer to rewrite a page then all your problems will be solved.
Let me know what you think.
Happy treasure hunting.
Cheers,
John_Betong
I did put this site together, and I know the coding is not up to par. I am learning on the fly, and trying to retain things. Would love to see how you would do this page as well. Always apprecate help. Curious if you viewed this page in Firefox? I cannot get it to come out even close to right in that browser.
Not sure if the “hats off” comment was a compliment or not?
Also, I am not looking for everyone to write my site…that would take away from the fun I’m having working on it. Frustrating for sure, but still fun.
Good! It appears your resources for how to write html are sadly out of date. Go to htmldog.com for a very easy to comprehend tutorial (take them in order, which alternates html and css). This site also offers a plethora of information.
As a simple example for comparison purposes, I remarked about a third of your research page. Study it, compare to your original, and to what the up-to-date references are trying to teach. As you say about treasure hunting, it’s not rocket science.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xml:lang="en"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
lang="en">
<head>
<meta name="generator"
content=
"HTML Tidy for Linux/x86 (vers 25 March 2009), see www.w3.org" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Research is Key</title>
<base href="http://www.stoutstandards.com" />
<style type="text/css">
/*<![CDATA[*/
body {
background-color: #deb887;
color: black;
font: 100% verdana, sans-serif;
line-height: 1.5;
}
p {
font-size: 1em;
font-style: italic;
font-weight: bold;
margin: 1.5em 0;
}
h1, h2, h3 {
text-align: center;
}
img {
border: 4px solid black;
}
.illusv1 {
clear: left;
float: left;
margin: 0 1.5em 1.5em 0;
text-align: center;
}
.illusv2 {
clear: right;
float: right;
margin: 0 0 1.5em 1.5em;
text-align: center;
}
/*]]>*/
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Research is key to successful treasure hunting</h1>
<p class="illusv1"><img src="images/Research2.jpg"
height="800"
width="550"
alt="Photo of author studying a topographical map" /></p>
<p>Research is, in my estimation, the most important part of your
treasure hunting success. I don't care how much you spent on your
detector, or how well you know its functions. If you want to find
old and valuable items, you must do your homework and find those
areas that contain them. It's really not rocket science!</p>
<hr />
<h2>In the early days of detecting</h2>
<p>When I first started detecting I had a few places in mind.
There wasn't a lot of competition in the late 70's, and about the
only people I saw with metal detectors were those at the beach in
New Jersey. As a result I was lucky enough to get my feet wet at
local parks, athletic fields, schools, and found silver coins
with some regularity. As time went on others entered the pastime,
and the competition to find older sites firts begin. That's when
I started researching in earnest. The best part? I actually
enjoyed it.</p>
<p>When I wasn't able to detect (winter time, night time) I was
at the local library, learning all I could about my town, my
county and my state's history. The physical act of doing this
made me feel like I was still in the field. I was envisioning the
finds that must be present in some of the areas mentioned.
Whether it was an old one room school, or a church social in the
grove, I was making plans, and couldn't wait to get there to
recover them. I made lists, and then more lists. I made notations
about places that sounded promising, but needed more research. I
copied whatever info I could at the library, especially old
maps.</p>
<p>After the reading part I began visually checking out the
promising sites by driving the roads in my town, my county and my
state. I made notations of those that looked like they could be
searched without much difficulty, and also those that I knew
needed more work. In other words would I need to find the
landowner, write an introductory letter, or knock on doors.
Rural, undeveloped sites offered some relief in that most likely
the landowner wouldn't mind my detecting. Other, more manicured
sites demanded more effort and finesse.</p>
<hr />
<h2>Collect your resources</h2>
<p class="illusv2"><img src="images/topo.jpg"
height="600"
width="400"
alt="Early Dallas Plat" />
<br />
Find plats from the early days, such as this
<br />
of a young Dallas, Texas.</p>
<p>I started collecting maps, both old and new, and became
extremely interested in topographical maps. Not sure where I
first read about them, but the information they offered about
potential places to detect had me salivating. I could find old
schools, churches, cemeteries, mines, and by comparing older
topo's with those of today, I could ascertain where old homesites
once stood. Needless to say I purchased as many <a href=
"http://topomaps.usgs.gov">topo maps Of my area</a> as
possible.Today, I use <a href="http://earth.google.com/">Google
Earth</a> to do a lot of my research. Learn it's features, and
put them to work for you. Lots of data available, and in many
instances actually see what the site looks like before you leave
your house.</p>
<p>Two books I found very useful in the beginning were
<i>Advanced Coin Shooting</i> by Patrick Fahey, and <i>Eastern
Treasure Hunter</i>, by Dave Redina. Not sure if they are
available today, but I suspect someone, somewhere, has them for
sale on the internet. Small booklets, but with lots of good
material.</p>
<hr />
<h2>Go exploring for treasure</h2>
<p class="illusv1"><img src="images/trees.jpg"
height="400"
width="600"
alt="photo of a circle of trees in a field" />
<br />
These trees surround what was once an old homesite</p>
<p>I would urge any of you who live in big metropolitan areas, to
get out of town when possible, and drive the rural back roads.
There are a great many areas available for you detect, if you
know what to look for. One thing I learned early on was to look
for a cluster of trees in what otherwise is an open field. These
might have enveloped or surrounded a homesite. If you are able to
walk the area look for remnants of early life (foundation stones,
oyster shells, colored glass, pieces of brick, pottery shards,
etc.). If you cannot locate an actual foundation, look for a
slight depression in the ground.....an indication that one was
present previously. Likewise the trees or shrubs in the
depression will typically be shorter than those surrounding it.
Also remember to look for any vegetation that is not native to
the surrounding area. That would indicate someone probably
planted it there, and another validation of prior habitation.</p>
<p>You might also look for a lane or road that seemingly goes
nowhere. Perhaps it leads to a homesite that has, over the years,
disappeared.</p>
<p>Look for road name clues. Keywords like grove, school, grange,
park, lake, church and reunion. Roads years ago were typically
named after their predominant use or purpose.</p>
<hr />
<h2>Talk to small town residents</h2>
<p>When driving through small communities, look for schools,
churches, athletic fields, town squares, parks and empty lots. If
you stop at a school or church, try to locate the cornerstone to
get an idea of how old they are. If you have the time, stop at
what appears to be the local gathering spot/watering hole, and
ask a few questions. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Here in
Texas the Dairy Queen is a terrific source of information in that
many old-timers congregate there to shoot the breeze and tell
stories. They not only know local history. They lived it!</p>
<p>See what appears to be a really old home that you'd like to
detect? If you are dressed decently, stop and knock on the door.
Introduce yourself, tell the owners about your pastime, and then
very politely ask if you might be able to return sometime and
detect their yard or area. Telling them you will return at a
later date will give them time to consider your request and tells
them that you are prepared to be checked out. If you have a
business card, all the better. Remember you only get one chance
to make a good first impression, and if you don't ask you will
never know. I say this a lot, but if you cannot hunt a site now,
asking and getting a "no" changes nothing. You couldn't hunt it
before, and you cannot hunt it now. Try to look at it that way,
and you will see it's simply <i>status quo</i>.</p>
<hr />
<h2>Search for clues to the treasure</h2>
<p>Use Google to check out surrounding areas and communities.
Type in the name of the town, and then add key words like park,
school, grove, events, community center, carnival, football,
baseball, etc.</p>
<p>Find the closest scout camp. Boy Scout, Cub Scout, Girl Scout
camps are all over, and finding them just might offer a great
place to detect. I detected one particular scout camp back in New
Jersey by giving detecting presentations or classes to the scouts
in exchange for detecting the camp itself. It proved to be a very
profitable site, and my wife Fay and I hunted it for some time.
It dated back to late 30's.</p>
</body>
</html>
What I’ve done isn’t the only way, nor is it likely the best way to mark this up, but it should give you a better idea of the direction to take.
cheers,
gary
Thanks Gary, appreciate the time you put in reworking my code. I will study what you offered. I am still stymied by the centered photos that work in IE, but not in FF. I have tried everything and cannot figure it out.
Also metal detecting is not rocket science. Trying to produce a decent website is. Why the many variables is beyond me. Like we say at work…someone has to earn their salary, and I guess it’s the same here.
I can see no reason that browsers should not adopt a universal, stand code.
JMO.