[e.boal]

Ok. Simple problem I am sure.

A div 750px wide with two divs inside it: 510px div floated left and 240px div floated right. Both of these divs have a background image that looks seamless. Above the background image in the left div is some text. When I try and put a margin-left in to bring the text inwards or try padding left, the right div goes below?

There must be a simple solution!

[february.stars]

yes there is, subtract any padding/margin value from the floated divs width/height.

adding 10px padding means subtracting 10px from the width

With background images, you should be using padding so that it doesnt shift the background image the amount you margin-ing

[e.boal]

You star. Thank you very much