Two floated columns - one fixed, one loose width

Question

I\'ve looked around SO, but I cannot find one that matches my occurrence, I basically have two columns one fixed width (185px) and the other column has no fixed wid

Answer 1

Have a look at this. There aren't any demos, but I've used tutorials from this guy before so I assume it works fine. I gather from the article that the main content is liquid. The side content may also be liquid, but I think you can just give it a fixed width and leave it at that. The trick here is to place the main content first.

Answer 2

There's actually an easier way to do it than using floats:

.container {
    position: relative;
}

.left {
    width: 185px;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
}

.right {
    margin-left: 185px;
}