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I can see how simplifying it is better, thanks for your replies. Simple is always good with me!

Thanks for taking the time out for that; I will give that a try. Thanks again

Hi all; It's been a long while since I last used this forum (and a long while since I even looked at my website, life is busy!) I am hoping that some one can help my rusty brain that can't seem to figure this out by itself. I am trying to center a horizontal menu but whatever I do it just aligns left. I am not good with css at the best of times but this is beyond me! See below for what I am using - I have no idea at all which bits I might need to change or what to change them too .menu{margin:0 auto; padding:0; height:30px; width:100%; display:block; background:url('topMenuImages.png') repeat-x;} .menu li{padding:0; margin:0; list-style:none; display:inline;} .menu li a{float:left; padding-left:15px; display:block; color:rgb(5,5,5); text-decoration:none; font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; cursor:pointer; background:url('topMenuImages.png') 0px -30px no-repeat;} .menu li a span{line-height:30px; float:left; display:block; padding-right:15px; background:url('topMenuImages.png') 100% -30px no-repeat;} .menu li a:hover{background-position:0px -60px; color:rgb(255,255,255);} .menu li a:hover span{background-position:100% -60px;} .menu li a.active, .menu li a.active:hover{line-height:30px; font:12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background:url('topMenuImages.png') 0px -90px no-repeat; color:rgb(3,1,5);} .menu li a.active span, .menu li a.active:hover span{background:url('topMenuImages.png') 100% -90px no-repeat;} <ul class="menu"> <li><a href="http://winemakingemporium.co.uk" class="active"><span>Home</span></a></li> <li><a href="http://winemakingemporium.co.uk/winemaking.html"><span>Wine</span></a></li> <li><a href="http://winemakingemporium.co.uk/beer-making.html"><span>Beer</span></a></li> <li><a href="http://winemakingemporium.co.uk/cider-making.html"><span>Cider</span></a></li> <li><a href="http://winemakingemporium.co.uk/make-spirits.html"><span>Spirits</span></a></li> <li><a href="http://winemakingemporium.co.uk/resources.html"><span>Resources</span></a></li> <li><a href="http://winemakingemporium.co.uk/contact.html"><span>Contact</span></a></li> </ul> Any help would be mega appreciated

Thanks for the pointers guys, there is so much info out there it can be difficult to know what is relevant unless you already know what you are doing. I'll take a look over the evening; thanks again.

I don't know if i'm posting in the right place but I need for some one to spell this out,lol. My website doesn't look so good on mobile devices and I am majorly confused as to how I would make it compatible. Would I need to have a completely separate site? Would it work off the same url as my desktop site? Also, how important do you think it really is to go mobile?

Thanks for all your answers; it's good to know i've got something right!

Well thanks 4 that, it puts my mind at rest knowing that it seems ok on another random computer. Odd though that it loads slowly my end - my laptop is probably more the cause,lol! Thanks again.

The file size is 9.83kb and its a .jpg file. Here's a link Maybe it loads better for you?

Hi all! I have recently tried to make my site look better and It seems nicer looking but the background jpg image I have used seems to load so slowly - not sure if its just my computer but I am a bit worried. any suggestions?

Thanks for your replies guys; all good points. I know its been ages since i posted the question but I had clean forgot (crazy life and 2 babies,lol!). I had thought i'd posted back because i actually found out that it had been a google webmaster tools error and wanted others to know too. All sorted now thoug, and my links seem unharmed.

My webmaster tools data shows that my site has lost over 200 inbound links and just under half of my internal site links. All my pages still show that they are indexed. Can any one guess at what may have happened? I know backlinks can be lost but I find it odd that internal site links appear to have gone too! There has been no use of "black hat" techniques or un-natural link building. Why on earth has this happened and what should I do? My site had been given a pr2 for the homepage within the last two weeks...

I'll remember that one, thanks for that.

Should website headers be background images then? I am new to this and just winging it basically so I really wouldn't know,lol.

Thanks. The name of my site is part of the graphic so i will just use that for the alt text. Cheers guys.

Just wondering if there's any one who knows if I should be using alternate text for my websites' header? I am currently using it but feel It may not be correct/appropriate-the header consists of a pink banner containing a picture of a rose and the name of my site.