Title: CSS Sidebar Problems
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# CSS Sidebar Problems

 *  [lwatkins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lwatkins/)
 * (@lwatkins)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-sidebar-problems/)
 * I tried so many things, and four hours trying to get this to work and can’t seem
   to get it done: I can’t get my sidebar to move up on the page.
 * Can anyone point out to me what I have wrong in the css or index.php file?
    - [http://aneducationaljourney.com/art](http://aneducationaljourney.com/art)
    - Thanks!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-sidebar-problems/#post-1228547)
 * You have a few [validation errors](http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Faneducationaljourney.com%2Fart%2F)–
   including a missing `</div>`. But the main problem is your #featured div. I think
   it needs to be moved into #headline div with the float and width removed.
 *  [Edward Caissie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cais/)
 * (@cais)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-sidebar-problems/#post-1228553)
 * If you open your style.css file in your active theme folder for editing and look
   around line 287 for #featured and change it to:
 *     ```
       #featured {
         background:#FFFFFF none repeat scroll 0 0;
         padding:10px 10px 9px;
       }
       ```
   
 * The “Featured Art” will move above your sidebar and the sidebar itself will “
   move up”. This may not be the most correct solution but it will give you a point
   to from.
 * PS: I take much too long to compose these replies … [@esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
   has the right idea, too
 *  Thread Starter [lwatkins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lwatkins/)
 * (@lwatkins)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-sidebar-problems/#post-1228669)
 * Sorry. Posted to wrong topic.
 *  Thread Starter [lwatkins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lwatkins/)
 * (@lwatkins)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-sidebar-problems/#post-1228680)
 * Thanks! You were both right. I thought I had checked for missing </div> tags,
   but in all my trying to fix it I must have missed putting on back in. It must
   be in the footer perhaps because when I put it back in everything moves back 
   down.
 * But now that brings up another question…
 * My goal was to move the featured to the left under the headline section. It now
   floats again to the right. If I keep the left float in the featured it pushes
   the side bar down. Without it the sidebar moves to the right.
 * Just when I thought I was comfortable working with CSS it throws me.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-sidebar-problems/#post-1228689)
 * > I think it needs to be moved **into** the #headline div with the float and 
   > width removed.

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