Bootstrap - Giving Small Spacing Between Columns - html

Question

I am trying to adapt a layout on Bootstrap that I got from the designer. Two columns in the content has a small spacing, that I couldn't achieve with direct column-spacing (as it gives too much gap). Thus, I tried wrapping everything into a row and adding sub-columns inside my main columns. Here in the code, it's more clear:
<div class="container">
<div class="col-md-12 banner"></div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-8">
<div class="col-md-12 leftSide">
</div>
<div class="col-md-12 leftSide">
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-4 rightSide">
<div class="col-md-12">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Now the spacing seems good but as I wrapped it in a row (I think), the right panel overflowed more then the banner.
It can be seen more clear on the fiddle: http://www.bootply.com/gMBrLvaK5C
The problem is the 'rightSide' panel.
How can I keep that spacing between 'leftSide' and 'rightSide', and fix the overflowing of the right column (because the spacing gets too much if I try achieving spacing with columns)? Or what is the best way to achieve that?

Answer 1

this is my personal solution, instead of add a class on the columns, create a div inside of a column, then you can place a div.banner and div.block like my example:
http://www.bootply.com/PEIiDnp9VD
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<div class="banner"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-8">
<div class="block"></div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-4">
<div class="block"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
if you want less space between the columns you can simply override Bootstrap col-md-* class by adding a class on the columns changing the padding left and right.

Answer 2

First of all, you need to follow proper wrapping of rows and columns. If you want consistency you need to make sure all columns are wrapped into a row.
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-8 leftSide">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-4 rightSide">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Then apply custom margins and styling to elements inside of the columns, not columns themselves.
http://www.bootply.com/g6eLHRd1tH