need help buffing out some issues on my first site.

[turpentine]

http://becomearobot.com/corppage3.png is my mockuphttp://becomearobot.com/wptest/ is my test blog.the things I am currently working on and need help with,how do i set a margin for the post background so the text doesn't get so close to the edges? i tried both margin and padding and neither did anything.

[notclive]

padding: 0px 5px;

should put a 5px indent on the left and right

[turpentine]

padding: 0px 5px;

should put a 5px indent on the left and right

it indents the whole thing. not just the text. http://becomearobot.com/wptest/wp-content/...fault/style.css is the css file.Is there an obvious way to make the center align correctly?

[turpentine]

http://becomearobot.com/wptest/Search bar doesn't stay lined up...and how can I make it the same grey as the search box thing.

[aquatsr]

Shorten the search box if you want it to stay lined up, also add this code to change the colors.

<INPUT TYPE="text" SIZE="20" STYLE="background:00BFFF" STYLE="color:00ff00" VALUE="This text appears in the box">

Also see http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/css/article.php/3470361 for more information.