If your text is in

webwiz — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:28:34 +0000

If your text is in paragraphs and lists, you can also add side margins to push them away from the side. Put this in your CSS :

p, ul, ol (
margin-left: 1.5em;
margin-right: 1.5em;
}

(or any size you fancy.)

Useful if you are using the BODY as a container, or if the container DIV needs a specific width.

There are other alternatives, too. Post a link as Megan suggests so we can see your problem for ourselves. Best wishes.

Could you post a working

Megan — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:55:11 +0000

Could you post a working link to the page you're having problems with? You probably need to add some padding to the box containing the text (use CSS).