Divs will not float

Question

I been trying every way possible to try and float the sidebar to the left and have it fit beside the content div, but it seems IMPOSSIBLE for me. Please help.

HTML:

  <div class="index-page">    

      <img src="images/hosting-header.png" width="458" height="179" alt="Hosting Header">
        <h1> Welcome to Elektrik Host! </h1>
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        placerat eleifend leo.</p>
        <h1> A little about us </h1>
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        egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante.
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        placerat eleifend leo.</p>
    </div><!-- //index-page -->
    <div class="sidebar">

      <img src="images/sidebar-stickers.png" width="150" height="634" alt="Sidebar Stickers">

    </div><!-- //.sidebar -->

CSS:

.index-page { color: #000; width: 462px; }
.sidebar { float: right; width: 200px; }

clearfix :

    .clearfix:after {
   content: ".";
   visibility: hidden;
   display: block;
   height: 0;
   clear: both;
}

Answer 1

You can follow this tutorial: http://css.maxdesign.com.au/floatutorial/index.htm

CSS CODE

.floatright { float: right; }

HTML CODE

<p>
<img class="floatright" src"images/sidebar-stickers.png" width="150" height="634" alt="Sidebar Stickers">
<p>

you dont need to do just apply the class straight to the image.

PK

Answer 2

I always find it easier to put the float-ing content ahead of the content that makes way for it, so I switched your sidebar to come ahead of the index-page div, and used the following CSS:

  .sidebar {
    width: 200px;
    float: left;
  }

Demo over at JS Bin.

Answer 3

1. .sidebar { float: left; width: 200px; } not right
2. To make them beside:
      - index-page also need floatleft too index-page{ float: left;} (FF need, IE not)
     - move sidebar to before of index-page