I really don't want to use a template and would prefer to just use a div, BUT when I do that and say name it #left then I get an error that says cannot find editable area left??

Hello Phil,

You need to enter the IDs of the divs you want to be editable. Example:

<div id="editable"> ... </div>

So you enter "editable" /without the quotes/ in the Online Page Editor GUI.

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NOTE: your div container should not have any other parameters like class, style etc entered - just the ID.

exactly my problem, had class style in the div.. thanks