In Mint Condition: 2013

[TwistedNadine]

GOT MY TRACKING NUMBER!!
YAHOO!

Thanks Shannon!

[Shannon]

I wanted to put this link up yesterday, but the page itself wasn't perfect. For the life of me, I couldn't figure out how to center parts of the page. I think of myself as pretty webpage savvy, but it's ... just ... not ... working. I don't know. I'll fix it later. But, I didn't want to wait any longer, so here you go, the order page for the Ambannon Books Stephen King Collection:

http://www.ambannonbooks.com/ABSKC.htm

I will begin taking orders at 10am Pacific Time (about a half hour from now). Thank you!

[Randall Flagg]

Your first thought is probably to include the align="center" property/value pair to your image tag. After all, it works for paragraphs, tables, and other elements:

<p align="center">paragraph content here</p>
<table align="center">table content here</table>
<div align="center">div content here</div>
<h2 align="center">header content here</h2>

The content inside those tags centers reliably across browsers because they're block-level tags. But the IMG tag is an inline element, so it displays relative to the content around it. That's why the only supported ALIGN values are those that indicate how text and other page elements should display in relation to the image.
You can move an image to the left or right on the Web page or control its vertical placement with the ALIGN property, but you can't center it using the ALIGN attribute. align="center" isn't valid HTML. All browsers ignore align="center" when it's part of an IMG tag.
Learn more about valid ALIGN values in a previous Webmaster Tip: Wrapping Text Around Images.
Deprecated Alignment Strategies
The simplest way to center an image is to place it inside opening and closing CENTER tags:

<center><img src="imgName.gif" alt="image description" height="100" width="100"></center>

Unfortunately, the CENTER tag is also deprecated and becoming somewhat unreliable in the most recent browser versions.
Another simple solution is to enclose the image inside a page element that CAN be aligned to the center - such as a paragraph or a DIV tag:

<p align="center"><img src="imgName.gif" alt="image description" height="100" width="100"></p>

<div align="center"><img src="imgName.gif" alt="image description" height="100" width="100"></div>

That solution works in all browsers, but you'll have to contend with the extra spaces that browsers automatically place above and below block-level tags. You'll have less control over page layout and display with this method. And remember that both rely on a deprecated HTML tag or attribute.
But a more pressing problem is that once an element or attribute is deprecated there are no firm rules governing how browsers should display it. Most browsers continue to recognize the tag or attribute, but you'll probably encounter display differences between browsers and browser versions.
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) offer more alternatives, but also have their own set of browser display problems.



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[CRinVA]

Three copies of the paperback vesion of In Mint Condition 2013 received in the mail today!!!!!
One to remain pristine, one to read, one for my little sister!

Can't wait to see the hardback version!!!!

[Jean]

congratulations!

[Shannon]

Some quick news, not sure if anyone cares, but the hardcovers will be shipping this week.

That is all.

[Ben Staad]

What hardcovers?

Some quick news, not sure if anyone cares, but the hardcovers will be shipping this week.

That is all.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Some quick news, not sure if anyone cares, but the hardcovers will be shipping this week.

That is all.

That sounds pretty awesome.

Spoiler:

Of course it sounded good all the other times too.

[Heather19]

Some quick news, not sure if anyone cares, but the hardcovers will be shipping this week.

That is all.

Excellent news! Can't wait. My mom keeps bugging me for her copy

[mattgreenbean]

Awesome! Worth the wait man.

[Merlin1958]

Great News!!!

[Jimimck]

Sa-Weet!

[Merlin1958]

Sa-Weet!

LOL Ummmm, why is my book not already here? LOL

[Jimimck]

Shannon emailed the rest of us to say yours would be shipped last, and asked us all if we could email you photos of ours over the next month or so.

I thought it was a rather cruel thing to do, but he threatened not to send mine if I didn't agree, so hey, what can you do?

[jhanic]

Shannon emailed the rest of us to say yours would be shipped last, and asked us all if we could email you photos of ours over the next month or so.

I thought it was a rather cruel thing to do, but he threatened not to send mine if I didn't agree, so hey, what can you do?

John

[woodpryan]

Excellent. Glad to hear that.

[Merlin1958]

Shannon emailed the rest of us to say yours would be shipped last, and asked us all if we could email you photos of ours over the next month or so.

I thought it was a rather cruel thing to do, but he threatened not to send mine if I didn't agree, so hey, what can you do?

[Shannon]

Firstly, signing and numbering almost 150 books in a row killed about half of my hand strength. I don't know how they big-leaguers do it.

Secondly, bubblewrapping numbered books and then remembering which one is which is easy once you have a system, but man oh man, if that system fails, go kill yourself. I ended up writing the numbers on the bubblewrap itself, lol.

Thirdly, I need to get my printer working. Writing out the TOs and FROMs on the boxes killed the other half of my hand strength. Seriously, it hurts to smoke.

Fourthly, I washed my hands with soap before I touched any of the books as to not leave any fingerprints or smokefingers on the books. Very careful.

Fifthly, I'm tired.

Sixthly, mailed 26 orders today. I think tomorrow will be about 50 orders and then the rest will be on Saturday.

Seventhly, just sent the 26 order-people their tracking numbers. Fingers ouch, smoke ouch but yay!

[Jimimck]

<---------------------------------- Goes to check inbox for tracking number. None there. Bugger.

[Brice]

None for me yet.

[CRinVA]

Nuthin, Nada, Zilch, no tracking numbers for me,...........................yet!

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Nothing for me, maybe I will be in today's batch.

[Merlin1958]

I got mine!!!!

[Shannon]

In Mint Condition: 2013 will be featured in a week-long showcase on Literary Escapism in mid-January. More news coming soon.

[Randall Flagg]

Firstly, signing and numbering almost 150 books in a row killed about half of my hand strength. I don't know how they big-leaguers do it.

It takes stamina baby. Just ask Ron Jeremy...