4Well, I copied and pasted the tags, but it doesn't look anything like the example. Where am I meant to put the tags for:
The left (Where I want my links to go)
The right (Where I want my main text and images to go)

Please excuse this probably-easy-question-for-you, but I'm a newbie here, and I'm having a bit of trouble right now. *blush* How embarrasing...

welcome to the forums.
can you explain further a bit please?

which example on what page?
also, if you can post a link to your page having problems.
also, are you using tables or frames?

thank you.

um... ok, well, i experimented a litle, using the Neopets guide instead of the frames one, and I've sort of got it... but here's another question...
on my homepage, www.splotch.0catch.com, is it possible to have it so that the text stays away from the edges of the page? like making the area that the text can go smaller, but still keep the background like that?