home page and div tag help

Question

i have a theme, in that i dont have a static home page, my latest posts is my home page, but i want to add a drop-down box which i have coded on my starting home page, which should remain static(just for home section), for this i tried to code it in index.php, but the problem is the box outside that(i dont know what it is said) is not coming, i mean that the post is wrapped in a box content, same i want for my drop-down menu just check this image, check for HELLO text

http://i55.tinypic.com/bgvkgx.jpg

normally it is coming in simple line, but i want it to be wrapped in a box, like the posts

i know i just need to put a small div and p tag but i tried, maybe my position is wrong, can anyone help me here

Answer 1

Using a tag might solve your problem, however the tag automatically puts in a line-return or break (
). I would suggest either positioning the tag absolutely (Using position: absolute; in CSS), then float it right (Using float: right;).

Basically:

#div_el{
  position: absolute;
  float: right;
  }

Should help a bit.