Padding or Margin does not work within a div

[vayumahesh]

I am trying to apply padding-top or margin-top to 'style2' and 'style6' definitions but it is not working. What am I doing wrong ?

<div class="FeatureLeft">
<img src="/pic1.jpg" name="photo" width="84" height="68" border="0" id="photo" />
</div>
<div class="FeatureRightMsg">
<span class="style2"><a href="/message1.html" >Message 1</a><br /></span><span class="style6">Message By</span>
</div>

Here is my CSS definition.

.FeatureLeft {
float: left;
margin: 3px 0px 0px 0px;
height: 68px !important;
}
.FeatureRightMsg {
background-color:#526284;
float: right;
width: 132px !important; height: 68px !important;
margin: 3px 0px 0px 0px;
}

.style2 {color: #FFFFFF; font-weight: bold; margin-top:10px;}
.style6 {color: #FFFFFF; padding-top:10px;}

[RyanReese]

Hi, becauase the <span> is an inline element it doesn't acccept vertical padding/margins.

Giving display:block; should work, however if you need thigs on the same line still you can add float:left; to the span.

Edit:

You have a <br> after each span, so remove the <br> and just give display:block; to the spans