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User Name. 12-16-2006 07:38 PM
HTML help, not centering
 
I know, HTML isn't programing, but it's close enough.

The text isn't centering. You can render it and see for yourself.
[HTML]<html>
<head>
<title>Start a Revolution - Home</title>
<meta name="Author" content="Start a Revolution Crew.">
<meta name="Description" content="It's time to start a revolution!">
<meta name="KeyWords" content="revolution, hack, computers, politics, anarchy, freedom, free, peace, equality, poverty, racist, religion, war, america, bush, 9/11, ">
<style type="text/css">
h1 {text-align: center}
h1 {color: #000000}
h1 {font-size: 70%}

h2 {text-align: center}
h2 {color: #000000}
h2 {font-size: 70%}

h3 {text-align: center}
h3 {color: #000000}
h3 {font-size: 70%}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<body bgcolor="#000000">
<center>
<table id="shell" title="Shell" height="10" width="780"
border="0" bgcolor="black" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0">
<tr height="50">
<td bgcolor="white">
<table title="banner" id="banner">
<tr>
<td>
<h1>
<div style="text-align:center;">
<img src="images/head.png">
</div>
</h1>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr height="25">
<td bgcolor="white">
<table title="quotes" id="quotes">
<tr>
<td>
<h2>
<div align="center">
<font face="courier 10 pitch" size="2">
<SCRIPT>
quote0= "Lets start a revolution.";
quote1= "Come take my hand on the path that sets us free.";
quote2= "Does the rich decide how much we get? It's defentially not the poor. ~ Zearle";
quote3= "The only reason George Washington was liked so much is becuase he never blamed his problems on previous leaders.";
quote4= "Freedom is the freedom to say 2+2=4. After that, all else follows. ~ 1984 by George Orwell";
quote5= "A real soldier fights the system. ~ Zearle";
quote6= "Those who give up freedom for saftey deserve neither. ~ Ben Franklin";
quote7= "Freedom is an internal right, someone can't give it to you. Why did they make us fight for what we already have?";
quote8= "America was founded so they wouldn't have to pay taxes.";
quote9= "You think all those little cameras are for traffic control, don't you?";
quote10= "You can't solve a problem with the same thinking that created it ~ Albert Enstien";
quote11= "It's not who votes that counts, it's who counts the votes! ~ Josef Stalin";
quote12= "A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything. ~ Malcolm X";
quote13= "Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth. ~ Albert Enstien";
quote14= "There are only two things that are endless, the universe, and the human's stupidity. ~ Albert Enstien";
quote15= "If you want peace, work for justice"
quote16= "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtfull committed citizens can change the world: Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. ~ Margaret Head";
quote17= "Only when the last tree has died, the last river has been poisoned, and the last fish has been caught, we will realize that we can not eat money. ~ 19th Century Cree Indian";
quote18= "The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed ~ Steve Biko";
quote19= "We belong to each other, we belong to our time, pushing relentlessly to reshape the world to our vision";
quote20= "Mass media breeds mass deception";
quote21= "Defend the constitution; Repeal the patriot act.";
quote22= "The important thing is to not stop questioning ~ Albert Enstein";
quote23= "Beware of the new world order";
quote24= "Adolf; Bush; If history repeats itself, will we notice?";
quote25= "9/11; Ask questions - Demand Answers";
quote26= "Fear not the path of truth for the lack of people walking on it. ~ JFK";
quote27= "Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices. - Voltaire";
quote28= "During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ~ George Orwell";
quote29= "The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones that do.";
quote30= "It is horrifying to think that we have to fight our own government to save the environment. ~ Ansel Adams";
quote31= "Saying you're not discriminative or racist isn't the solution. Not noticing a difference is the solution.";
quote32= "I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them. ~ Adlai Stevenson";
quote33= "Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear. ~ Alan Coren";
quote34= "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. ~ Emma Goldman";
quote35= "Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right. ~ H.L. Mencken";
quote36= "In a society that abolishes adventure, the only adventure is in abolishing society.";
quote37= "No freedom for the enemies of freedom.";
quote38= "It is only after you have lost everything when you are free to do anything.";
quote39= "During a campaign the air is full of speeches - and vice versa.";
quote40= "Forget everything you've been taught. Start by dreaming.";
quote41= "Justice will only exist where those not affected by injustice are filled with the same amount of indignation as those offended. ~ Plato";
quote42= "Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right? ~ Robert Orben";
quote43= "Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason.";
quote44= "The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them. ~ George Orwell";
quote45= "When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it. ~ Clarence Darrow";
quote46= "Idleness is the failure of any revolution.";
quote47= "When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional compaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale. ~ John Gardner";
quote48= "The destruction of boundries is the first step to world peace.";


var ran_unrounded=Math.random()*48;
var ran_number=Math.round(ran_unrounded);

document.write(eval("quote"+ran_number));
</SCRIPT>
</font>
</div>
</h2>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr height="25">
<td bgcolor="white">
<table title="navigation" id="navigation">
<h3>
<tr>
<td>
<font face="courier 10 pitch">
<div align="center">
| Home | News | Staff | Political | Computers |
</div>
</font>
</td>
</tr>
</h3>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="white">
<table title="Content" id="content">
<tr>
<td>
Content goes here
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</center>
</body>
</html>
[/HTML]
Any ideas?

comprookie2000 12-16-2006 09:00 PM
You may need this;
Code:
<style type="text/css">
      h1 {text-align: center}
      h1 {color: #000000}
      h1 {font-size: 70%}

      h2 {text-align: center}
      h2 {color: #000000}
      h2 {font-size: 70%}

      h3 {text-align: center}
      h3 {color: #000000}
      h3 {font-size: 70%}
      body {text-align: center}
</style>

User Name. 12-16-2006 10:58 PM
But I don't want EVERYTHING in <body></body> centered.

pnellesen 12-16-2006 11:19 PM
Not sure WHAT you want centered, but if it's your nav bar, add an 'align="center"' attribute to the table cell tag just before the '<table title="navigation" id="navigation">' tag.

comprookie2000 12-17-2006 03:37 AM
Try some css;
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/present/graphics.html

introuble 12-17-2006 06:06 AM
Has anyone told you tables for layout is a bad idea?

User Name. 12-17-2006 12:36 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by introuble
Has anyone told you tables for layout is a bad idea?
No, what do you recomend?


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