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Murguz Tagiev
1,921 PointsCouldn't center the page.
I did everything as it was instructed on the video, but the page remained as wide as it had been before. Could you tell me where is the problem? Thank you in advance
3 Answers
Adam Moore
15,825 PointsNot sure where you are in the code... But to center a container you need to make sure to give your wrapping container a width and a margin of 0 auto.
div { width: 1024px; margin: 0 auto; }
If you're setting the margin but not the width it will always be 100%. If you set the width but not the margin it will constrain to the width but be stuck to the left if the page instead of being centered.
Hope that helped. If not, show some code with Codepen or paste in here.
Dave McFarland
Treehouse TeacherYou need to wrap the page content in a container div -- see 1:20 into the video (https://teamtreehouse.com/library/build-a-simple-website/creating-a-website-structure/working-with-grids). An opening <div class="container"> goes just after the <body> and a closing </div> goes just before the closing </body> at the bottom of the page.
There's a class in the CSS for that project (see 2:30 into the video) that sets the width and centers the page:
.container {
width: 1000px;
margin: auto;
}
Just make sure you add the <div> correctly. Make sure you spelled everything correctly and placed the opening and closing <div> tags in the correct place (just after opening <body> and just before closing </body>.
Murguz Tagiev
1,921 PointsOk, thanks. Will try to get everything right.