i understand what you're saying..

the trouble with padding is that IE subtracts the padding pixels from the actual width, and firefox does it correctly by adding to it.. so whilst it will work with firefox, IE will not be the same result.

could try margin-right: 1px; in td#leftcolumn and margin-left: 1px; in the td#rightcolumn

failing that you could be really messy and add an extra column.



same with right column but add it b4 the 1st but make sure it's inside the 'if' statement.

Adding margin-right to td#columnleft does nothing in either ff or ie. I will try to add another cell as suggested.

The way the html is laid out in the default theme seems really screwy to me so maybe I can get the effect I want from another theme. Are there any css templates out there that allow for the option of 1,2 or 3 columns?

Adding cells worked...sloppy but works.
Thank you