CSS nav help!

[miba]

Hey guys,

I'm trying to make the navigation on my portfolio a bit more interesting, and I've got a CSS one that I like, but I'm having a few problems with it, and was wondering if you could help. I didn't make/write the code for this, I got it from a website, but changed a few things to fit my portfolio.

If you want to have a look at it, my site is miba designs | Michael Baker Online Portfolio. At the moment, the CSS nav in only on the index page, all the other pages have the old style one.

The problems I'm having with it are;

1. At the moment, the text is aligned to the left, but I want it to be centred, like my old style nav. I've tried using "text-align:left;" in the css, but it doesn't seem to work.
2. In IE, when you resize the window, the nav doesn't move, until you hover over it...any ideas why? Is there a fix or is this IE being awkward as always?

The CSS is;

ul.menu {
list-style-type:none;
width:auto;
position:relative;
display:block;
height:35px;
font-size:11px;
background:url(../images/bg.png) repeat-x top left;
font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
margin: 0;
padding:0;
}

ul.menu li {
display:block;
float:left;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}

ul.menu li a {
float:left;
color:#ffffff;
text-decoration:none;
height:24px;
padding:9px 15px 0;
}

ul.menu li a:hover,.current {
color:#ffffff;
background:url(../images/bg.png) repeat-x top left;
}

ul.menu .current a {
color:#444444;
}


ul.menu.orange{
background-color:#444444;
}
ul.menu.orange li a:hover, .menu.orange li.current {
background-color:#ffffff;
}

and the HTML is;

Home
About Me
Graphics
Websites
Services
Testimonials
Links
Contact Me
    

Thanks guys,
Michael

[Laura Lynne]

Sorry I'm not all that good with code so I'm not sure I can help but if you wanted some really nice premade css menus there's a few here. Hope you get it sorted

Stu Nicholls | CSSplay | Professional horizontal menus