[88mph]

my footer list is wrapped in a div, with this applied

#footerwrap {
							
							position: inherit;
							clear: both;
							margin: auto;
							display: inline;
							}

but it hasn't cleared the elements above it, and it isn't displaying inline?!?!?

any ideas?

MyDinnerParty.co.uk

[Shiro]

Take away that "display: inline" from div#footerwrap. I believe that's what's screwing you up - it puts that div inline with whatever came before it, where you want it to be its own block of stuff.

[88mph]

i tried removing it, and the margin:auto doesn't seem to centre align the element

also, how can i make the list horizontal without the display: inline?

[Paddy]

A basic grammar lesson

[roto]

Originally Posted by Paddy

A basic grammar lesson

Ha ha! I know that was coming.

[seen.to]

Do you want someone to just make your site for you? 88 questions an hour or what!

[pgo]

Why are you messing with position? Positioning is completely unnecessary on this site. Just use floats!

You're also heavy on the <div>s. There are quite a few there.

Originally Posted by 88mph

i tried removing it, and the margin:auto doesn't seem to centre align the element

Looks centered to me?

If you mean centering the text, you need text-align: center.

Originally Posted by 88mph

also, how can i make the list horizontal without the display: inline?

You're targeting a <div> with display: inline. This won't affect the list. You need to apply the display: inline to the list items.

[Shiro]

I think the problem isn't the CSS commands (is that what they're called?) that you are applying, the problem is that you are applying them to the wrong elements. For example, that display:inline wasn't wrong, but you were applying it to the div, which meant the div would display inline. You wanted the list elements to display inline, which means you either need to apply that to the <li> tags themselves, or the <ul> tag they are in (can't remember which off the top of my head - I'm not that good with CSS)

[88mph]

Originally Posted by seen.to

Do you want someone to just make your site for you?

It would be nice, but they're not going to, not for free.
So instead, when I am stuck and pulling my hair out, I am going for a bit of guidance.

[Coops]

Originally Posted by Paddy

A basic grammar lesson

Nice one - saved me doing it!

[88mph]

Originally Posted by Paddy

A basic grammar lesson

point taken and text emended

[88mph]

Originally Posted by pgo

Why are you messing with position? Positioning is completely unnecessary on this site. Just use floats!

I'm going to be using z-index to position some hovers underneath rollover text, this will need positioning, won't it?

[Shiro]

point taken and text emended

Please tell me that was a joke!

[88mph]

Originally Posted by haku

Please tell me that was a joke!

well, no, i figured he was referring to the several late night typo's and wrong words in my original post


I really love this forum's ability to refrain from insults and stick to the point. True professionals, I can see I am going to learn a lot from you guys.

[roo]

Nothing wrong with having a larrrrf

[88mph]

haha, indeed not!!

[Dusteh]

I can't see why true professionals should hand out endless advice to people who have been here all of five minutes. You seem to be using this forum as a money-saver rather than buying some decent CSS books off amazon like the rest of us did.

[88mph]

Originally Posted by Dusteh

I can't see why true professionals should hand out endless advice to people who have been here all of five minutes. You seem to be using this forum as a money-saver rather than buying some decent CSS books off amazon like the rest of us did.

i wouldn't say it was a money saver, more time saver (which is as precious to me as anyone else).

I do have books, and more on the way. But it's a lot to take in and I guess my attitude to knowledge sharing is quite open, and my preferred method of learning is through trial and error, and discussion. I find big text books difficult to digest.

I think this has been taken a little far, and that maybe my gratitude for any help received has been somewhat masked by my reaction to jibes, which is my own doing. To those who have taken the time to help, and to those who will in the future, I thank you for your support through my learning process.

In fairness, however, this is the 'help me' section of the forum. I haven't posted my queries in irrelevant forums, this is what this forum is here for.