Title: Moving Over Left Column…
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Moving Over Left Column…

 *  [yawkaw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yawkaw/)
 * (@yawkaw)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-over-left-column/)
 * Hello everyone, first post here. Just wanted to first thank the WordPress developers
   and community for everything- I’m very happy with my choice.
    My website is: 
   [http://www.yawkaw.net](http://www.yawkaw.net) Still very basic and just has 
   test posts. Now here is my problem: On the left, you’ll notice I have a column
   which is like my menu. Everything was fine and spaced correctly until I gave 
   it a white background and the red border- once I did that, everything got smushed
   a little towards the right and you can’t even see the right border. Does anyone
   know what’s wrong, and how would I fix this? I have a DIV called `#left` which
   handles the stuff for that left menu. This is my code: `#left { float: left; 
   margin: 0; right: 10px; width: 140px; padding: 10px 5px 10px 5px; font-family:
   verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; background: #FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #BB0606;}
   and then I have like #left a{  and #left ul { etc. etc. Any ideas are appreciated,
   thanks.

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-over-left-column/#post-118710)
 * Hmm… there is something funky going on with #rap.
    Using a couple of bookmarklets
   to see what’s where*, the menu divs (both of them) don’t seem to be contained
   properly, and that’s leading to problems.. problems which even if they are sorted
   may reappear once you start on the footer. I would recommend grabbing this template:
   [http://pinksocks.co.uk/trident.zip](http://pinksocks.co.uk/trident.zip) It’s
   a 3 column layout and while I’m not saying that you must use it, it does behave
   well and may be able to help you more than I can with the issue you have. *If
   you are using Firefox, get the Web Developer Extension: [https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=60](https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=60)
   and also get a couple of bookmarklets from: [http://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/webdevel.html](http://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/webdevel.html)
   in particular the ‘Show Blocks’ and ‘Topographic View’ – both are invaluable.
 *  Thread Starter [yawkaw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yawkaw/)
 * (@yawkaw)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-over-left-column/#post-118713)
 * Ah, ok- I was using the 3-column darkness template from [http://www.viewfinderdesign.co.uk/freetemplates/](http://www.viewfinderdesign.co.uk/freetemplates/)—
   all I had done was change colors and add backgrounds/borders. Didn’t even occur
   to me that the template was the problem in the first place.
    Thanks- I’ll make
   a mirror and look into this
 *  Thread Starter [yawkaw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yawkaw/)
 * (@yawkaw)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-over-left-column/#post-118754)
 * Hmm…
    There’s no CSS code that can do that simply, just nudge it over? I don’t
   know what’s wrong with `#rap` Can I just have a screwy `#rap` , and cheat when
   I need to by moving stuff manually? It just doesn’t seem to be working for me-
   if anyone knows a way.

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 * Last reply from: [yawkaw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yawkaw/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-over-left-column/#post-118754)
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