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The solo_text & solo_left divs are too close. I would like some more space b/w the two. Depending on the words or the sentence the text and the two divs nearly touch in some instances.

 

I've tried padding and margin, but the results have always pushed one div completely out of focus.

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In general, I try to stay away from setting both a height and top/bottom margins/padding on the same element (or similarly, setting a width and a left/right margins or padding). This avoids some potential browser compatibility issues.

 

Your best bet here is to add a wrapper div within one of the two that will give it the padding you need. For example:

 


   content here...

 

And then the css:

 .left_wrapper { padding-right: 40px; }

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here is one way that I have tested and know that it works...

 

-- I've added a wrapper div surrounding the two columns, giving that the specific width and margin: 0 auto (margin top and bottom 0, margin left and right auto). I also added "overflow:auto" so it would correctly wrap around the two text columns

-- I also added a background color on both the body and the wrapper div to show where the columns were

 

Changing the doctype shouldn't affect the positioning of the columns, though I always use the strict doctype rather than transitional.

 

css:

body { margin:0; background: #ffff00; }

.wrapper {
   width: 780px;
   margin:0 auto;
   background: #fff;
   overflow: auto;
}

.solo_text {
   width: 540px;
   float: right;
   color: #999999;
   font-size: 14px;
   font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;


}
.solo_left {
   width: 240px;
   float: left;
   font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
   font-size: 14px;

}
.left_wrapper {
   padding-right: 30px;   
}

 

html:

br />
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">









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I hate to sound greedy....

 

The above code does work; however, when I try and implement it into the entire page, I am still getting an issue in IE6. I believe there is something small I'm missing:

 

I have attached the "full-webpage" with the wrapper class implemented. Its fine in fireworks but still acts up IE6.

 

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ac6u38

 

I appreciate your time in helping me troubleshoot this matter greatly!!

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