Side Bars

[Fewski]

I'm trying to find out how to get side bars (Gradients) - not columns for text, just gradients.

I've tried putting my forum in a table, but I can't get the gradients close enough to the forum itself.

Here's a quick example:

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/1442/image22oc0.gif

I would like to try to get the orange bars on my forum.

Any help?
Thanks