How do I center a fixed header and body text?

December 22, 2022

I’m trying to make a small website, and I’ve figured out how to make a header and footer. The issue is, the header stops on the left side of the page and does not stop on the right. The footer stops in both direction. I want both the header and footer to reach the edges of the page. How do I do this? Additionally, how do I ensure body text is an equal distance from both the header and footer? Thanks!

body {
  padding-top: 150px;
  /*dear god. save yourself. ALWAYS have padding you actual fool.>*/
  padding-bottom: 40px;
}

p {
  color: black;
  margin-left: 50px;
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size: medium;
}

.fixed-header {
  width: 100%;
  position: fixed;
  background: black;
  color: white;
  text-align: center;
  font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
  font-size: large;
  top: 0;
}

.footer {
  bottom: 0;
  height: 100px;
  width: 100%;
  padding-bottom: 0%;
  background-color: black;
  text-align: center;
  line-height: 100px;
  /*set line height=height to center text vertically!*/
  color: white;
  font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
}

a:link,
a:visited,
a:hover,
a:active {
  text-decoration: none;
}

.container {
  width: 100%;
  margin: 0;
}

nav a {
  color: #fff;
  text-decoration: none;
  padding: 5px 35px 10px;
  display: inline-block;
  width: 15%;
  height: auto;
}

a {
  color: white;
}

<DOCTYPE! html>
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <html lang="en-US">

  <head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css-attempt.css">
    <title>Hmm</title>
  </head>

  <body>
    <div class="fixed-header">
      <h1><a href="index.html">Hmm</a></h1>
      <div class="container">
        <nav>
          <a href="#">About</a>
          <a href="#">Resources</a>
          <a href="#">Projects</a>
          <a href="#">Connect</a>
          <a href="#">Donate</a>
        </nav>
      </div>
    </div>
    <p> Took way too long to understand why this text wasn't showing up. 6 hours of my life I'm never getting back.</p>
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    <p> Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?</p>
    <div class="container">
      <div class="footer">This is a footer. It's here because the content ends here.</div>
    </div>
  </body>

I’ve tried adjusting padding, margins, and basically everything I could think of, given I have maybe two weeks of experience with coding.

>Solution :

Your body has a margin from the user agent stylesheet. Override this by setting margin to zero for the body.

body {
  padding-top: 150px;
  /*dear god. save yourself. ALWAYS have padding you actual fool.>*/
  padding-bottom: 40px;
  margin: 0;
}

p {
  color: black;
  margin-left: 50px;
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size: medium;
}

.fixed-header {
  width: 100%;
  position: fixed;
  background: black;
  color: white;
  text-align: center;
  font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
  font-size: large;
  top: 0;
}

.footer {
  bottom: 0;
  height: 100px;
  width: 100%;
  padding-bottom: 0%;
  background-color: black;
  text-align: center;
  line-height: 100px;
  /*set line height=height to center text vertically!*/
  color: white;
  font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
}

a:link,
a:visited,
a:hover,
a:active {
  text-decoration: none;
}

.container {
  width: 100%;
  margin: 0;
}

nav a {
  color: #fff;
  text-decoration: none;
  padding: 5px 35px 10px;
  display: inline-block;
  width: 15%;
  height: auto;
}

a {
  color: white;
}

<DOCTYPE! html>
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <html lang="en-US">

  <head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css-attempt.css">
    <title>Hmm</title>
  </head>

  <body>
    <div class="fixed-header">
      <h1><a href="index.html">Hmm</a></h1>
      <div class="container">
        <nav>
          <a href="#">About</a>
          <a href="#">Resources</a>
          <a href="#">Projects</a>
          <a href="#">Connect</a>
          <a href="#">Donate</a>
        </nav>
      </div>
    </div>
    <p> Took way too long to understand why this text wasn't showing up. 6 hours of my life I'm never getting back.</p>
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    <p> Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?</p>
    <div class="container">
      <div class="footer">This is a footer. It's here because the content ends here.</div>
    </div>
  </body>