Im not sure if you have the problem fixed, but just a thought, not sure if it would work or not, couldnt you just place all your content in a div and make the div a little smaller in the middle. For example, if your container is 1000px wide, and your 2 side bars are 185px wide each, that leaves your content div to be 630px wide. What you could do, is go ahead and make the content div about 620px wide and try to either position it center or do a text-align: center and it should center it in your container with natural padding from your 2 sidebars. If I understood your question right, I think this could be a possible solution to your problem. You can just add this div if you dont already have it to your stylesheet. Let me know if I confused you lol :P