Text positioning and appearence

Hi all, I’m not sure what code I need to post for this so if any is needed, just ask! 🙂

Basically, here’s my blog: http:www.thewebsiteofdaniel.net/blog – I am trying to create a custom theme so that it “integrates” smoothly and looks like this: http://www.thewebsiteofdaniel.net…

So first of all, any ideas how I can change the margin of the main text so that it lines up with the edge of the transparent box?

Second, does anyone know how I can get the text to appear over the top of the transparent box? Maybe sticking a z-index in there?

BTW I’D ADVISE YOU LOOK AT THIS PAGE IN FIREFOX OR CHROME – for IE I have to add conditional comments and haven’t done that yet…

Any help would be most appreciated