Is there a way to do two side-by-side blocks of type rather than a block of type next to an image (in the template). (I am imagining that doing it with the advanced CSS will probably mess up the template)

If you only want text in a template, but in dual columns, you can accomplish this by selecting the 'Text Only' template.  Then, when you are editing text, insert a table with two columns.  If you click on the HTML editor (denoted by the <> symbol at the bottom of the editor), make the width of each column 50%.  You can add any html markup you want through the html editor - controlling alignment and other formatting.

Hope that helps,

'Kris

Thanks Kris,

 I'll give it a shot.

 

M