my sites www.dealsneaker.com i started learning CSS from a sitepoint book i got from my library. What do i got to learn to be able to put ads on the right side of my site without screwing up my left side im just having a lot of trouble figuring it.

heres my index.html (homepage file) and (style1) .css file

Ok, you got a book on CSS but you're still using tables for layout ???
Which Sitepoint book did you get ?

well im not using tables im using borders i think i might of just figured it out, i just got to use div align to move everything in the right place

well i use div but whenever i try to place the ads on the right it always pushes down everything on my right side can anyone help me?

You are using tables, at least based on that code you posted.

if you're getting something that's 'dropping' it's usually because your columns are too wide to fit in the defined area.

so just make my tables smaller? right now this is what i got it set to

padding: 15px;
width: 500px;
border: 0px dashed gray;
position: left;

heres a example of what happens to my site when i try to put ads on the right side

Also: the book i got was Build Your Own Web Site The Right Way Using Html & CSS By: Ian Llyod

padding: 15px;
width: 500px;
border: 0px dashed gray;
position: left;

There is no such thing as position: left.
There is no such thing as border: 0px dashed grey - it either HAS a border or it doesn't.
width: 500px with 15px of padding equals a TOTAL width of 530 pixels.

You got a good book, one I often recommend, but the idea is to NOT use tables.

You've got a lot of problems there. You've got style blocks out of place and all over the place.

If you're going to use floats, then you need to learn to CLEAR your floats and you need to learn what all the IE bugs are and how to kill them. http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer.html

I would advise you to use a 'wrapper' div that will contain all of the rest of the page structure.

http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=CssLayouts

thanks a lot, ill post here if i got anymore questions