Beginner CSS help needed - White space.

Question

So, I'm creating this website...yes im a beginner, and I just dont know how to add white space onto each side of the site as to center it in the browser.
here's what I have...but, when I try and use "float:left;" the div sits outside the container, even though it is definitely inside it? Any recs? Thanks x
body  {
    font: 100% Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    background: #ffffff;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    text-align: center;
    color: #000000;
    height: auto;
#container {
    width: 750px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    border: 1px solid #000000;
    text-align: left;
    background-color: #FFCCE6;
    height: auto;

Answer 1

Code fragments, screenshots, etc.. don't show us the problem.  For best results here, you should upload your test page to your web server and post the URL here.
Using our browser and web developer toolbars, we can see your page, underlying code and trouble shoot what might be going wrong.
As a rule of thumb, build your HTML content logically from top to bottom of page.  Then go back in and add division tags for your CSS to grab onto.  My guess is that you have positioned the left column outside your main wrapper division.  But without seeing your HTML and CSS code, the best we can do is make guesses.
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