alignment

=Alignment=

Definition

 * Alignment means to have all the items (text, images, etc.) lined up together.

Importance

 * Alignment is an important topic because it makes your page look professional, and keeps the reader's eyes from flowing all over the page and getting bored. Alignment also makes the information easier to follow and read, and if the page is presented well, the vistor will stay on the site.

Common Rules

 * Some rules to follow would be to only choose on alignment for the **entire** page (flush left, flush right, or centered), never mix alignments, dont bring text to the extreme edge of the page, erase borders on tables, don't always use centering, and everything should be where it is for a reason.

Guidelines

 * Text lays on an invisible line called the //baseline// which makes the text seem more organized and neater. When you align pages try using more flush left and right because they have set edges and the invisible line is either along the left and right, where in centered it's in the middle.