Table alignment not possible?

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  samocean · Member · Dec 27, 2009 at 2:17 am

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  I was adding pictures to my posts using tables and wanted them to be centered, but when I add the source code it won’t change anything, the table is still aligned to the right. The content of the table i can perfectly align just not the table itself so it would appear in the middle of the screen with text on top and below of it.
  I am using chrome, but have the same issue with IE and Firefox. refreshing and deleting cookies/history/etc won’t change anything.

  table align=”center’ won’t work

  my blog post: http://sanshiru.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/a-christmas-carol-or-how-you-do-not-wish-to-spend-christmas/

  I even made a test post with

  table align=”center”
  tr
  td
  blargh
  /td
  /tr
  /table

  but won’t work

  thanks for the help in advance

  ps: (p align=”center”) table (/p) won’t work either and the center tag neither

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Dec 27, 2009 at 3:30 am

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  I am not sure why, but it appears that the tables must be centered in a div.
  odd…

  <div align="center">
  <table align="center">
  <tbody>
  <tr>
  <td style="padding-right:.5em;">LEFT_IMAGE_HERE</td>
  <td style="padding-left:.5em;"> RIGHT_IMAGE_HERE</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td style="padding-right:.5em;">LEFT_CAPTION_HERE</td>
  <td style="padding-left:.5em;">RIGHT_CAPTION_HERE</td>
  </tr>
  </tbody>
  </table>
  </div>

  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  <div align="center">
  <table align="center">
  <tbody>
  <tr>
  <td style="padding-right:.5em;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/lh/photo/Ut-o6ghvftEYR8t8FCF9dw?authkey=Gv1sRgCKG5mPvbsq6y6gE&feat=embedwebsite"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_O34L-02nMwE/SzOef0F-N9I/AAAAAAAAAVM/kz5XW66naX4/s144/December%202009%20095.JPG" alt="" width="144" height="108" /></a></td>
  <td style="padding-left:.5em;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/lh/photo/pwSKvaGDR2lfTehzTfujNg?authkey=Gv1sRgCKG5mPvbsq6y6gE&feat=embedwebsite"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_O34L-02nMwE/SzOhUi2HDBI/AAAAAAAAAZs/BTIC-r18c4c/s144/December%202009%20173.JPG" alt="" width="144" height="108" /></a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td style="padding-right:.5em;font-family:lucida sans unicode;font-size:11px;text-align:center;line-height:.9em;width:144px;">Chicago Skyline from outside Shed Aquarium</td>
  <td style="padding-left:.5em;font-family:lucida sans unicode;font-size:11px;text-align:center;line-height:.9em;width:144px;">Chicago Skyline from inside Shed Aquarium Restaurant</td>
  </tr>
  </tbody>
  </table>
  </div>

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  timethief · Member · Dec 27, 2009 at 3:41 am

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  Bookmarked!

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  samocean · Member · Dec 27, 2009 at 2:18 pm

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  oh thanks so much specially for all the work with the source code! :)