This is the Left Column. This is a test of the sidebar. This is only a test.
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Faux Column CSS Layouts

These 2 Column Faux CSS Layouts use a background image to make it look like the left and right columns are equal in height and independent of each other.

Things couldn't be further from the truth. I created a parent column called faux and vertically tiled the image, that contained both the left and right child columns. I then vertically tiled the faux background image and viola.

I first found about this method from the alistapart site by a guy called Dan Cederholm

This is the right Column. This is a test of the sidebar. This is only a test.