Sidebar + archives not working?

Hello! I've been editing and working with Grawlix on my site since the beginning of this year, and while I've gotten closer to my original idea, I'm still having some trouble with it! (To the point where I basically had to say adios to my deadline and just "debut" the site when it's firmly finished.) I'm taking it step by step though, with a friend who's helping me with the more expert level CSS.

I've written to Ben before, so I uhhhhh apologize for writing in here with more questions? ^^;

Here's my site: test.jadinerhinestudios.com The wrap/content area looks wonky because I'm trying to insert two sidebars on each side. The background image's supposed to help with that illusion of floating sidebar, haha. I've dealt with sidebars a little on Tumblr, and from what I can tell from Google, the CSS should more or less be the same, despite different sites. But all it's doing on my site is pushing the wrap down without really placing the sidebar closer to the center. Anytime I decrease the width, all it does is leave the sidebar content alone and push the wrap up!

Here's the CSS I'm using:

/*!Sidebars */

#sidebar.ara {
background-color: transparent !important;
float: left center;
width:220px;
}

#sidebar #newreader {
margin-left:10px;
top:520px;
}

#sidebar #tapas {
margin-left:10px;
top:560px;
}

--and the HTML:

<div id="sidebar.ara">
<ul>
<div id="newreader">
<a href="http://test.jadinerhinestudios.com/new-readers"><img src="/themes/araceli/images/new%20reader.png"></a>
</div>

<div id="tapas">
<a href="http://tapas.io/series/AraandCeli"><img src="/themes/araceli/images/tapa.png"></a>
</div>
</ul>
</div>

I'm also having trouble with the archives, in that the images aren't appearing. I've tried the solution found here: http://www.getgrawlix.com/forum/discussion/215/archive-upgrade-not-allowing-inline-grid-display But that hasn't worked for me, last I checked. I waited 24 hours for the archive to work, in case it was just a slow update. But nope, nada.


Any help is appreciated - thank you!