Title: Firefox/Explorer problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Firefox/Explorer problem

 *  [ulrikp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ulrikp/)
 * (@ulrikp)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firefoxexplorer-problem/)
 * My homepage [http://www.ulrikdk.com](http://www.ulrikdk.com)
 * 1. Looks fine in Explorer.
    2. In Firefox the main container is not centered…..
 * Please help.
 * Thanks.

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 *  Thread Starter [ulrikp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ulrikp/)
 * (@ulrikp)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firefoxexplorer-problem/#post-691961)
 * I think its the css page.
 * //*
 * Theme Name: MistyLook
 * Theme URI: [http://wpthemes.info](http://wpthemes.info)
 * [Moderated: Too much code. Please consider placing the code in a text file on
   your site with a link here -or- use a pastebin service such as [http://wordpress.pastebin.ca](http://wordpress.pastebin.ca).
   Thanks!]
 *  Thread Starter [ulrikp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ulrikp/)
 * (@ulrikp)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firefoxexplorer-problem/#post-692005)
 * I cant get the flash to be centered in firefox…
 * But fine in Explorer.
 * I think its the css.
 * [http://www.ulrikdk.com/css.htm](http://www.ulrikdk.com/css.htm)
 * Please help.
 * Ulrik
 *  [lap-dog-shuffle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lap-dog-shuffle/)
 * (@lap-dog-shuffle)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firefoxexplorer-problem/#post-692006)
 * Without looking at the code the stylesheet probabbly uses text-align:center; 
   to center content in ie. This is actually incorrect and does not work on any 
   modern standards-complient browser.
 * Try using this method alongside your original code:
 * [http://bluerobot.com/web/css/center1.html](http://bluerobot.com/web/css/center1.html)
 * If all else fails the old-school <center></center> HTML tags work on most browsers(
   but aren’t officially supported – so may behave erraticly)
 *  Thread Starter [ulrikp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ulrikp/)
 * (@ulrikp)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firefoxexplorer-problem/#post-692007)
 * Thanks.
 * Doesnt seem to work.
 * Look at [http://www.ulrikdk.com](http://www.ulrikdk.com)
 * Thanks.
 * Ulrik
 *  [irocket](https://wordpress.org/support/users/irocket/)
 * (@irocket)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firefoxexplorer-problem/#post-692008)
 * Ulrik, There is a lot of incorrect code formatting and usage in your page. You
   have a opening <center> tag for the <div id:”container”> but no closing tag </
   center>. You also have a paragraph align right <p align=”right”> with a <div>
   tag. This is mixing CSS with HTML in an unorthodox fashion that will only be 
   translated by browsers based on the ability of the individual browsers.
 * This is a very common problem as browsers are not created by any industry “standard.”
   They are created by individual companies to best translate CSS and X/HTML the
   way they think it should be. Without an industry standard that all browser will
   conform to in translating markup language, you will have some browsers interpret
   the markup differently than others.
 * First order of business is to recode your page using the most basic universal
   markup that will make “most” browsers the happiest in translating.
 * After that you can experiment with your code to get your page translated best
   in the browser you feel “most” of your viewers will be using. You will never 
   reach a 100% perfect translation by all browsers because there is no agreed upon
   industry standard for markup.
 * Good Luck

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 * [Firefox](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/firefox/)

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 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [irocket](https://wordpress.org/support/users/irocket/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firefoxexplorer-problem/#post-692008)
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