Title: Sidebar div position problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Sidebar div position problem

 *  Resolved [digitalmonkey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalmonkey/)
 * (@digitalmonkey)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-div-position-problem/)
 * Hey all, my sidebar which I’ve placed in a div is not moving to it’s correct 
   position but instead is lining up under the main content.
 * here’s the code:
 *     ```
       </div> <--! content end -->
       </div> <--! column-left end -->
   
       <div id="column-right">
       <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
       ```
   
 * Column-right is what I want to put the sidebar into, so that’s why I’ve open 
   the “column-right” div before the “get sidebar php” (however the same problem
   occurs when it’s inside the sidebar php but I’ll get to that later) The “Column-
   right” div is closed inside the sidebar php.
 * **So here’s my question can you open div tags outside let’s say the sidebar but
   have it close inside it? **

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 *  Thread Starter [digitalmonkey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalmonkey/)
 * (@digitalmonkey)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-div-position-problem/#post-1280937)
 *     ```
       <!-- Get Side bar starts -->
                           <em> <div id="column-right"></em>
   
                                     <div id="colours">
   
                                      <p>Pick a colour:</p>
                                      <a id="red" href="" rel="1" onClick="set_style(this);return false;">red</a>
                                      <a id="yellow" href="" rel="2" onClick="set_style(this);return false;">yellow</a>
                                      <a id="green" href="" rel="3" onClick="set_style(this);return false;">green</a>
                                      <a id="blue" href="" rel="4" onClick="set_style(this);return false;"class="on">blue</a>
                                      <a id="pink" href="" rel="5" onClick="set_style(this);return false;">pink</a>
   
                                      <br style="clear:both;" />
                              </div>
                                     <?php 	/* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */
       					if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>
   
                                      <h3><strong>Search</strong> all posts</h3>
                                      <form method="get" id="searchform" action="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/">
                                      <div>
                                        <label class="hidden" for="s">
                                        <?php _e('Search for:'); ?>
                                        </label>
                                        <input type="text" value="<?php the_search_query(); ?>" name="s2" id="s2" />
       	                             <input type="submit" class="button" value=">" />
                                      </div>
                                      </form>
   
                                      <div class="hr"></div>
   
                                      <h3><strong>Featured</strong> posts</h3>
   
                            <em></div></em>
        <!-- Get sidebar ends -->
       ```
   
 * here’s the sidebar code with the “column-right” div inside it but the same thing
   happens.
 *  Thread Starter [digitalmonkey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalmonkey/)
 * (@digitalmonkey)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-div-position-problem/#post-1280938)
 * Also here’s the stylesheet for Column right
 *     ```
       div#container div#column-right{
         float:right;
         width:230px;
         display:inline;
         margin:300px -2px 0 0;
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [digitalmonkey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalmonkey/)
 * (@digitalmonkey)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-div-position-problem/#post-1281040)
 * I have an open div in the header (column-Left) and closes in the main index php
   which could be the the cause but I’m not sure.
 *  Thread Starter [digitalmonkey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalmonkey/)
 * (@digitalmonkey)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-div-position-problem/#post-1281045)
 * Yeah! fixed it, turned out I didn’t end the div tag. but now I’ve got aload of
   random </div>’s that I don’t know are for.. :-S

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