DS wanted a block of html with css that could be dropped in anywhere to provide a two-column GUI element within a larger structure. The simplest deal we could come up with was this html: <div class="container"> <div class="leftcolumn"><p>text for left column goes here</p></div> <div class="rightcolumn"><p>text for right column goes here</p></div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> and this css: .leftcolumn { width: 49%; float: left} .rightcolumn { width: 49%; float: right} .clear { clear: both;}