Okay, I tried the above divs but they didnt work. My columns and whatnot were being pushed around and settled on top of each other. then I started all over and ended up with a layout 30px bigger on each side. I put a picture together to help with this:
http://www.imagemule.com/uploads/erindoNOc.gif
-The two blue boxes (column-left and column-right) are where content will be. They should expand vertically and move the two divs under them, down (footer & content-bottom).
-The two blue boxes have padding as shown. left & right: 5px
-The whole thing should be centered, all the divs. Maybe with a container div?
Can anyone give this a shot. I'm just looking for structure (floats, widths, margins, paddings.)