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Old 07-October-2006, 04:49 AM
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Default Center the BAUT banners.
If you're on a higher screen resolution (as I am) the forum itself stretches with the browser, but the problem is the banner stays to the left. You can fix this with the center tags in HTML.

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Heh ... That's all Ive ever seen and thought it was just meant to be like that.
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Old 07-October-2006, 12:44 PM
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Yeah. In monitors greater than 17" the forum looks unbalanced. Centering the logo banner wouldn´t hurt at all.
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I think this happened after the latest update, but I can't be sure.

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Old 07-October-2006, 01:59 PM
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I think this happened after the latest update, but I can't be sure.

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Ever since I've been lurking BAUT I've noticed the banner issue.. And lucky for those annoyed by small things, it's an easy fix.
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I saw this thread after banning a spammer, so I thought you were talking about the moderators needing to be more centered.
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I saw this thread after banning a spammer, so I thought you were talking about the moderators needing to be more centered.
That's any easy fix too, just lop off some of their left lobe
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Heh ... That's all Ive ever seen and thought it was just meant to be like that.
Yeah, me too. Centered would look better.
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If you're on a higher screen resolution (as I am) the forum itself stretches with the browser, but the problem is the banner stays to the left. You can fix this with the center tags in HTML.

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Center tags are deprecated. I'd go with:

<div align="center"><img src="blablah.com/blah.jpg" alt="more blah blah" /></div>

...or something along those lines.
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Well, the align attribute is deprecated as well. The banner is in a table. To center a table so that it is properly centered, use

<table style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" ...>

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Am I the only one here who doesn't care, as long as it's there?
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If it can be made to look better with minimal effort and without comprmising effectiveness, why not do it?
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I confess having problems with things out of place. When I see a painting on the wall hanging slightly out of square I have an irresistible impulse to fix it. So, i care with the banner not being centered.

Maybe I´m a neurotic.
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maybe there could be a box to click in to center the banner?
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maybe there could be a box to click in to center the banner?
As long as the box is centred ....
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I confess having problems with things out of place. When I see a painting on the wall hanging slightly out of square I have an irresistible impulse to fix it. So, i care with the banner not being centered.

Maybe I´m a neurotic.
But, whats' out of place? I knida like it off to the side. It look good there.
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I'd like to reopen this so I can weigh in on the issue as well. I looked at the page source, and the segment which handles the banner is a table in the first cell of the main table:

Code:
<table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">
<tr>
	<td align="left">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td width="100%"><nobr><a href="http://www.badastronomy.com"><img src="/images/misc/balogo.jpg" width="135" height="113" alt="Bad Astronomy" border="0"></a>
<a href="http://www.bautforum.com"><img src="/images/misc/bautlogo.jpg" width="497" height="113" alt="BAUT" border="0"></a>
<a href="http://www.universetoday.com"><img src="/images/misc/utlogo.jpg" width="148" height="113" alt="Universe Today" border="0"></a></nobr>
</td>
</tr>
</table></td>
	<td align="right">
		&nbsp;
</td>
</tr>

</table>
The banner table is inside a left-centered cell, so they are justified left no matter what their attributes. My fix:
Code:
<table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">
<tr>
	<td align="center">  etc.
It's not desireable, but it works. I wouldn't mid a centered banner myself.
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