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Forgive me if these are dumb questions, but I'm just getting started....

1. I've noticed that other folks' websites seem to have the same font, font-size, overall look, etc. no matter which browser they're displayed in....I use CSS (at a beginner level) but still the browsers seem to do whatever they please with my text. I thought perhaps everyone else did their text as a jpg image, but when I look at the source it's really text, not an image. How do they do that?

2. Is there a way to get a layer to "float" so that it will always be centered on screen, no matter what the screen size?

3. Finally (well, probably not finally), in answer to another question on the board someone said not to use tables for positioning....that's the only way I can get things to go where I want them. How else do you do it?

Thanks for all your help - and yes, I'm signed up for Java and Dreamweaver summer classes at Wake Tech :)

First of all, pick up a book called Stylin' with CSS, Charles Wyke-Smith. It covers all of this stuff. To answer some of your questions:

1.) Browsers will display the text with their default styling unless you explicitly tell them to do otherwise. The more specific you are, the better.

2.) div#your-centered-panel { width:770px; margin: 0 auto; }

3.) see this site: http://www.opendesign... they are all tables-less designs. download them. examine the code.

Good job signing up for the classes. I hope they teach you the correct way of doing things. I don't know why you signed up for java classes... did you mean javascript? They are NOT the same thing.

Oh, and if you want quick answers. I would try another forum. I like:

http://www.webmasterw...