Can't get line items on same vertical plane

Question

I am having some trouble getting elements to line up on the
same vertical plane. I am not sure if I am even going about it
correctly. Take this page for example:
http://visualidentity.iu.edu/media/standards.shtml
I want to acheive something similar to the top of the page
where it has visual identity on the left and then a search box on
the right. However, whenever I do it, the visual identity part is
always a little higher than than the search box. What I did was
make a div called "header" then 2 divs inside header called
"sitename" and "search". I floated sitename to the left and search
to the right but it seems the text in the sitename div is slightly
higher than the text in search. Is this the correct way to do this
or is there another way? Also,should I set a static height on the
header div and then "auto" widths on the sitename and search divs?
Also, how in dreamweaver do I enter a search box? Do I do
Insert-->form-->form and then modify the code?
thank you.

Answer 1

Try adding a margin or some padding to the search div. That
should expand the layer enough to make it the same height as your
other layer.
As far as a search box is concerned you do exactly what you
already have. You could insert a text box as that is the same as a
search box. So you wouldn't need to code that if you didn't want
to.