Title: CSS NOT CENTERING
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# CSS NOT CENTERING

 *  [Atkinson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atkinson/)
 * (@atkinson)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-not-centering/)
 * I;m not sure what’s going on. My website displays correctly in all browsers, 
   but not IE, of course. Any ideas what the fix/hack is to make it work? The Stylesheet
   is below. [http://englewoodlandscapes.com](http://englewoodlandscapes.com)
 * /*
    Theme Name: Trendy Theme URI: [http://www.makequick.com](http://www.makequick.com)
   Version: 1.0 Description: 2 Column theme Author: Make Quick Author URI: [http://www.makequick.com](http://www.makequick.com)*/
 * /* Links */
 * a:link { text-decoration: none; color: #2F3D5E; }
 * a:visited { text-decoration: none; color: #2F3D5E; }
 * a:hover, a:active { color: #666699; }
 * /* Headings */
 * h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { font-family: Georgia, Times, Serif; font-weight: normal;
   margin: 20px 0 10px; }
 * h1 { font-size: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 10px;}
 * h2 { font-size: 20px; }
 * h3 { font-size: 18px; }
 * h4, h5, h6 { font-size: 18px; }
 * /* Other Html Elements */
    .titles { font-weight: normal; border-bottom-width:
   0; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; underline: none;} .titles a:link, .
   titles a:visited, .titles a:active { text-decoration: none; underline: none; 
   font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; border-bottom-width: 0; }
 * pre, blockquote
    { overflow: auto; padding: 0 10px; margin: 20px 30px; line-height:
   1.8em; background-color: #B2DBB3; border: 1px solid #ffffff; }
 * pre:hover, blockquote:hover
    { background-color: #B2DBB3; border: 1px solid #
   ffffff; }
 * pre { padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; }
 * code { color: #779900; font-family: Consolas, Verdana, Sans-Serif; }
 * ul, ol { line-height: 2.0em; }
 * ul { list-style-image: url(images/bullet.gif); }
 * abbr, acronym { font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px dotted #333333; cursor:
   help; }
 * del { text-decoration: line-through; color: #999999; }
 * ins { text-decoration: none; color: #009977; }
 * /* Structure */
 * body
    { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin: 0; padding: 0; color: #
   222222; background-image: url(images/bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-y; background-
   position: center; background-color: #93B9A6; font: normal 76% “Trebuchet MS”,“
   Lucida Grande”, Verdana, Georgia, Sans-Serif; }
 * #wrapper2 {
    width: 768px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } #header {
   float: left; width: 768px; clear: right; background: url(images/header.swf); 
   background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: left; height: 350px; }
 * #wrapper
    { clear: both; float: center; width: 760px; color: #5c8c478; background:#
   cef4d8; }
 * #content-wrapper
    { width: 65%; float: center; }
 * #content
    { float: left; padding: 0 0px 10px 30px; }
 * #sidebar-wrapper
    { width: 35%; float: right; }
 * #sidebar
    { float: right; padding: 20px 15px 10px 10px; width: 210px; background-
   color: #BADDC3; border: 1px solid #ffffff; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 20px;
   margin-bottom: 15px; }
 * #footer
    { clear: both; float: left; width: 740px; text-align: left; padding-
   left: 20px; background: #BADDC3; color: #003300; font-size: 11px; }
 * #footer a {
    color: #003300; font-size: 11px; }
 * #footer a: visited {
    color: #003300; } #footer a:hover { color: #993019; border-
   bottom: 1px dashed #E18A77; } #extras { float: left; width: 780px; color: #444444;
   text-align: left; padding: 0 10px 10px; margin: 10px 12px 20px; background-color:#
   f5f5f5; border-top: 1px solid #e0e0e0; border-bottom: 1px solid #e0e0e0; }
 * /* Header */
 * #header h1 { padding-left: 30px; float: left; clear: both; margin-top: 5px;}
 * /* Navigation */
 * #navigation3 {
    background: url(images/nav-bg.gif); height: 35px; width: 100%;
   float: left; }
 * #navigation3 ul { font-family: Georgia, Times, Serif; font-variant: small-caps;
   list-style-type: none; list-style-image: none; float: center; padding: 0px 25px
   0px 25px; margin-top: -0px; }
 * #navigation3 li { float: left; }
 * #navigation3 li a:link,
    #navigation3 li a:visited { float: center; color: #ffffff;
   display: block; display: inline; padding-left: 18px; padding-top: 8px; margin-
   right: 18px; height: 30px; font-size: 14px; }
 * #navigation3 li a:hover,
    #navigation3 li a:active { color: #666699; font-size:
   14px;
 * }
 * #navigation3 li.active a
    { color: #425C36;
 * }
 * /* Wrapper */
 * #wrapper a:link { font-weight: bold; }
 * #wrapper a:visited { font-weight: bold; }
 * #wrapper a:hover, #wrapper a:active { }
 * /* Content */
 * #content .post-title a { border-bottom-width: 0; }
 * #content .post p.img { float: left; margin: 0 15px 0 0; }
 * #content .post p.img img { padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #d0d0d0; background-
   color: #eeeeee; }
 * #content .post-footer
    { font-size: 90%; color: #425C36; margin-bottom: 5px; 
   padding:5px 5px 5px 15px; background-repeat: none; background-color: #5c8c47;
   border: 1px solid #ffffff; }
 * /* Sidebar */
 * .sideblock
    { padding: 5px 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; }
 * .sideblock ul { }
 * .sideblock h3 { margin-top: 5px; font-size: 14px; color: #2F3D5E; font-weight:
   bold; }
 * #sidebar dt { margin: 0; padding-top: 5px; font-weight: bold; color: #666666;}
 * #sidebar dd { margin: 0 0 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; line-height: 1.8em; }
 * #sidebar dd a:link { border-bottom-width: 0; font-weight: normal; border-bottom:
   none; text-decoration: none;}
 * #sidebar dd a:visited { border-bottom-width: 0; font-weight: normal; border-bottom:
   none; text-decoration: none; }
 * #sidebar dd a:hover, #sidebar dd a:active { border-bottom: none; text-decoration:
   none;}
 * /* Extras */
 * #extras h6 { font-size: 14px; text-transform: uppercase; color: #425C36; }
 * #friends
    { float: left; width: 150px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 10px;}
 * #links
    { float: left; width: 275px; margin-right: 50px; }
 * #about
    { float: left; width: 250px; margin-right: 20px; }
 * #friends ul { padding-left: 20px; }
 * #links dl, #links dt, #links dd { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
 * #links dt { font-weight: bold; padding-top: 5px; }
 * #links dd { margin-bottom: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; border-bottom: 1px dotted#
   999999; }
 *  /* Comments Styling */
    #commentlist li { margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom:
   1em; border-bottom: 1px solid #700000; }
 * #commentform {
    margin: 1em 0; background: #ADAA7C; width: 280px; }
 * #commentform textarea {
    background: #C8C59F; border: 1px solid #A3A06F; width:
   280px; } #commentform textarea:hover { background: #C3C09A; border: 1px solid#
   A3A06F; } #commentform textarea:focus { background: #ADAA7C; border: 1px solid#
   A3A06F; }
 * #commentform #email, #commentform #author, #commentform #url {
    font-size: 1.1em;
   background: #C8C59F; border: 1px solid #A3A06F; width: 280px; } #commentform #
   email:hover, #commentform #author:hover, #commentform #url:hover { font-size:
   1.1em; background: #C3C09A; border: 1px solid #A3A06F; width: 280px; } #commentform#
   email:focus, #commentform #author:focus, #commentform #url:focus { font-size:
   1.1em; background: #ADAA7C; border: 1px solid #A3A06F; width: 280px; } #commentform
   input{ margin-bottom: 3px; }
 * .date {
    background: url(images/date.gif) no-repeat; height: 54px; margin-bottom:
   0px; width: 54px; text-align: center; float: left; margin-top: 15px; } .date .
   month { display: block; color: #C1BE97; padding: 2px 0px; text-align: center;
   text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 4px; font-weight: bold;}.
   date .day { display: block; color: #7A7A93; font: 2.3em Georgia; padding-top:
   0px; text-align: center; margin-top: -8px; }
 * #left {
    width: 60px; float: left; }
 * .slogan {
    font-size: 13px; color: #BAA085; text-transform: lowercase; margin-
   right: 30px; margin-bottom: 2px; float: right;
 * }

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 *  [Christine Rondeau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crondeau/)
 * (@crondeau)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-not-centering/#post-1117812)
 * There’s a weird character at the top of your header.php
 * `Ôªø` It’s right above the doctype.
 * Not sure what it’s doing there, but maybe it shouldn’t be there.
 * In your style sheet try adding
 * `body {text-align:center;}`
 * and then in the `#wrapper2 {text-align:left;}`
 *  Thread Starter [Atkinson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atkinson/)
 * (@atkinson)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-not-centering/#post-1117841)
 * I can’t find those characters at all. There’s nothing before the doctype. I’ve
   examined header.php, index.php and style.css with a fine-toothed comb. Any help
   would be greatly appreciated.
 * The styles seemed to help, but it’s still a little off. Thanks for the suggestion.

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