CSS Float: Floating an image to the left of the text

Question

For each post box, I want the thumbnail to float to the left and the text to float to the right. I do not want the thumb to wrap around the text.

Here is my html code:

<div class="post-container">                
   <div class="post-thumb"><img src="thumb.jpg" /></div>
   <div class="post-title">Post title</div>
   <div class="post-content"><p>post description description description etc etc etc</p></div>
</div>

I've tried a few ways and still can't get it to work... the text won't show on the right...

Here's my CSS code:

.post-container{
    margin: 20px 20px 0 0;  
    border:5px solid #333;
}

.post-thumb img {
    float: left;
    clear:left;
}

.post-content {
    float:right;
}

Answer 1

Is this what you're after?

• I changed your title into a h3 (header) tag, because it's a more semantic choice than using a div.

Live Demo #1
Live Demo #2 (with header at top, not sure if you wanted that)

HTML:

<div class="post-container">                
    <div class="post-thumb"><img src="http://dummyimage.com/200x200/f0f/fff" /></div>
    <div class="post-content">
        <h3 class="post-title">Post title</h3>
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   </div>
</div>

CSS:

.post-container {
    margin: 20px 20px 0 0;  
    border: 5px solid #333;
    overflow: auto
}
.post-thumb {
    float: left
}
.post-thumb img {
    display: block
}
.post-content {
    margin-left: 210px
}
.post-title {
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 200%
}