after much trial and error with this i figured it out as well…
actually went back in my email and found another ticket / posting where i had a similar question in july of last year… this is what i added to the main.php file
<?php if( $this->countModules(‘ctleft’) ) {?>
<div class=”ja-ctleft”>
<jdoc:include type=”modules” name=”ctleft” style=”xhtml” />
</div>
<?php } ?>
<?php if( $this->countModules(‘ctright’) ) {?>
<div class=”ja-ctright”>
<jdoc:include type=”modules” name=”ctright” style=”xhtml” />
</div>
<?php } ?>
before this line: <div id=”ja-content” class=”column” style=”width:<?php echo $this->getColumnWidth(‘cw’) ?>%”>
i then went in the template.css and added this at the end of the file… in my case i set specific widths for each mod ( i am using front page slide show by joomlaworks and i want to add some images to the left )
.ja-ctleft {
float: left;
width: 120px;
}
.ja-ctright {
float:left;
widht: 520px:
}
…dont forget to add to the template details file as well..
trey