CSS center column that works in FF and IE9? - css

I am totally a beginner at CSS layouts, but I am trying to just start a basic one that is simply a 'fixed width' center column (just one div), so that the sides are flexible. I know this is not responsive/reactive, but I am just starting.
So I have tried googling tons of examples, but I can't find a starting point that works on both FF and IE9? I mean just getting started and they are different??
Here is latest example of simple style I tried:
* { padding: 0; margin: 0; }
body {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
background: #f5f5f5;
}
#wrapper {
margin: 0 auto;
width: 922px;
}
#content {
width: 900px;
color: #333;
border: 0px solid #f5f5f5;
background: white;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
padding: 10px;
height: 600px;
}
so this is the very beginning but already FF shows this aligned to the center and IE doesn't. So already everything I try (i.e. left:50% and margin-right:-461px, as an example I found) affects these differently. I read all over the place this is a very common challege, but I fear there is some foundation logic here that I am unaware of?
any help with this is greatly appreciated!
EDIT: Thanks for the comment! I do have the following, which again works in IE (and in chrome) but not FF?
css:
* { padding: 0; margin: 0; }
body {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
background: #f5f5f5;
}
#wrapper {
margin: 0 auto;
width: 922px;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
}
#content {
width: 900px;
color: #333;
border: 2px solid #f5f5f5;
background: white;
padding: 10px;
height: 600px;
position:absolute;
left:50%;
margin-left:-461px;
}
#welcomeBanner{
text-align:center;
font-family:"segoe ui light","segoe ui","segoe";
font-size:18pt;
padding-top:20px;
padding-bottom:20px;
margin-top:0px;
}
html: is literally only:
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="content">
<div id="welcomeBanner">Attempting to Learn This Stuff<div>
</div>
</div>
so in IE9 and Chrome I get the title in the center, big box center fixed with back ground color, etc. In FF nothing. I like there is not style applied to the page at all? I am using a link tag in the head, but it is obviously there and working for the others?

body {
width:100%
}
div {
width: 900px;
margin:0 auto;
}
should work
cf Centering a Div in IE9 Using margin:auto

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CSS makes div unequal in firefox and chrome

I've made two divs for navigation with given css:
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It seems like the font is influencing that. I've tried making font by percentage (100.01%), however it makes it look nice in firefox, but then ruins the view in IE and Chrome.
how could I fix this?
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how to center my text that has background-color of limited width and absolute position

Maybe I am trying to much but What I want to do is to put the post title above the featured image on my page. I got it to work by possitioning the text, but of course this stops my page from being a responsive page.
What I am looking for is to have text with a background colour of a certain width (so not spread from left to right) to be automatically centered and in absolute position.
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Thx!
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width:100%;
text-align:center;
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font-family: sans-serif;
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color: #fff;
width:auto;
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margin:auto;
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border-radius: 2px;
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Does this answer your question?
Groet, Jeroen
Could THIS work for you?
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margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
}
.post_title {
font-family: sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
color: #fff;
text-align:center;
background-color: #0E0EFF;
display:table;
margin:auto;
width: 40%;
padding: 3px;
border-radius: 2px;
}
HTML
<div class="center_title">
<div class="post_title">test</div>
</div>
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Fixed the issue with visibility. They still display sometimes in wrong places, but that`s a different issue.
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Fixed the issue with visibility. They still display sometimes in wrong places, but that`s a different issue.
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This was working fine for me in few projects.
I hope this helps.

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