Simple .css coding…

Hello! Can anyone provide some insight on how to make the categories and the date/comments/views portion show up on the same line?

I want the categories text on the left formatted one way and the date/comment/views information on the right on the same line formatted another way.

This is the relevant index.php code:

<div class="clearfloat">
	<div class="title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></div>
	<h3 class=cat_title><?php the_category(' | '); ?> &raquo</h3>
	<div class="meta">[<?php the_time('j M Y') ?> | <?php comments_popup_link('No Comment', 'One Comment', '% Comments');?> | <?php if(function_exists('the_views')) { the_views(); } ?>]</div>

And, this is the style.css code:

/* HTML Elements */
* {
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
	}
body {
	font: 100% Arial, Helvetica;
	background: #000000 url(images/diag_stripe.gif);
	color: #333;
	}
p {
	margin: 15px 0;
	}
a:link, a:visited {
	color: #FF0000;
	text-decoration:none
	}
a:hover, a:active {
	color: #FF0000;
	text-decoration:underline;
	}
a img {
	border:0;
	}
code {
	font: 1.0em 'Courier New', Courier, Fixed;
	background:#ececec;
	}
acronym, abbr, span.caps {
	font-size: 0.9em;
	letter-spacing: .07em;
	cursor: help;
	}
acronym, abbr {
	border-bottom: 1px dashed #999;
	}
blockquote {
	padding: 10px 10px 0 10px;
	border-top: 1px solid #ddd;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
	background: #eee;
	font:1.0em Arial;
	line-height:1.5em;
	margin:10px 0px;
	}
select {
	width: 130px;
	}	

table{
  margin: .5em 0 1em;
  border: 1px solid #ebebeb;
}

table td, table th{
  text-align: left;
  padding: .2em .4em;
  border: 1px solid #ebebeb;
}

table th{
  background: #ebebeb;
  border: 1px solid #ebebeb;
}

table tr.odd{
  background: #ebebeb;
}

p{
  line-height: 140%;
  margin: .4em 0 1em;
}

/* Structure */
#head {
	width:960px;
	margin:0px auto;
	margin-top:15px;
	padding:0px;
	font-size:0.7em;
	}
#page {
	width:940px;
	margin:0px auto;
	padding:10px;
	background: #2C2C2C url(images/grey_diag.png);
	font-size:0.7em;
	}
.left, .alignleft {
	float:left;
	}
.right, .alignright {
	float:right;
	}
/* Text*/
h1 {
	font:3.5em Arial;
	font-weight:bold;
	letter-spacing:-0.08em;
	}
h2 {
	font:2.3em Georgia, "Times New Roman";
	}
h3 {
	font:1.3em Arial;
	margin-bottom:3px;
	color:#FF0000;
	font-weight:bold;
	}
h4 {
	font:1.0em Arial;
	}
H3.CAT_TITLE, h3.cat_title a {
	color:#333;
	letter-spacing:-0.05em;
	font-size:0.85em;
	}</strong>h3#respond {
	margin-top:0px;
	padding-top:20px;
	}
h3#comments {
	margin-top:32px;
	padding-left:0px;
	}
h3.authors {
	margin-top:15px;
	}
/* Index Page*/
#logo {
	width:350px;
	}
#tagline {
	margin-top:5px;
	font-size:1em;
	color:#333;
	}
#top {
	padding:0;
	}
#headline {
	width:590px;
	height:306px;
	float:left;
	background:#FFFFFF;
	background-image: url('images/pbox_content_bg.gif');
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-position: top;
	padding:10px;
	font-size:1.05em;
	line-height:1.5em;
	margin:0;
	}
#headline div.title {
	font:1.3em Arial;
	margin-bottom:3px;
	font-weight:bold;
	color:#333;
	letter-spacing:-0.05em;
	padding-bottom:2px;
	}
#headline div.meta {
	display:block;
	margin-top:-5px;
	padding-bottom:2px;
	}
#headline p {
	padding-bottom:15px;
	}
#featured {
	width:300px;
	height:306px;
	background:#FFFFFF;
	background-image: url('images/pbox_content_bg.gif');
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-position: top;
	float:right;
	padding:10px 10px 9px 10px;
	}
#featured div.title {
	background: url(images/twitter.png) top right no-repeat;
	font:1.3em Arial;
	margin-bottom:3px;
	font-weight:bold;
	color:#333;
	letter-spacing:-0.05em;
	padding-bottom:8px;
	}
#featured .clearfloat {
	margin-top:7px;
	margin-bottom:8px;
	}
#featured .info {
	margin-top:5px;
	padding-top:5px;
	float:right;
	width:180px;
	}
#featured .title {
	font-weight:bold;
	}
#headline a img, #featured a img {
	border:1px solid #ccc;
	margin-top:5px;
	margin-right:10px;
	padding:2px;
	}
#middle {
	width: 920px;
	background:#fff;
	float:right;
	padding:10px;
	margin:10px 0;
	}
.category {
	width:164px;
	float:left;
	margin:0px;
	padding:5px 10px 10px 10px;
	background:#333;
	}
.category p {
	margin:0;
	}
.category span.cat_title, #front-popular h3, #front-list .cat_title, #archive .cat_title {
	text-transform:lowercase;
	margin:0;
	font-weight:bold;
	font-size:1.5em;
	letter-spacing:-0.05em;
	}
#front-popular h3 {
	color:#fff;
	}
.category a {
	color:#fff;
	display:block;
	background: none;
	}
.category a:hover {
	background:none;
	color:#fff;
	text-decoration:none;
	}
#cat-1:hover, #cat-3:hover, #cat-5:hover {background:#FF0000; color:#fff; }
#cat-2:hover, #cat-4:hover {background:#FF0000; color:#fff; }
#cat-1:hover a, #cat-3:hover a, #cat-5:hover a {background:#FF0000; color:#fff; }
#cat-2:hover a, #cat-4:hover a {background:#FF0000; color:#fff; }
#bottom {
	width: 940px;
	}
#front-list {
	width:590px;
	background:#fff;
	padding:10px;
	font-size:1.05em;
	line-height:1.75em;
	float:left;
	}
#archive {
	padding-top:15px;
	font-size:1.05em;
	line-height:1.75em;
	}
#front-list blockquote {
	padding: 0px 10px 0 10px;
	}
#front-list .title, #archive .title {
	font-weight:bold;
	font:2.0em Georgia;
	letter-spacing:-0.05em;
	}
#front-list .clearfloat, #archive .clearfloat {
	background-image: url('images/pbox_content_bgb.gif');
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-position: bottom;
	padding-bottom:10px;
	border-bottom:1px dotted #ccc;
	margin-bottom:10px;
	}
#front-list .spoiler, #archive .spoiler {
	display:block;
	margin-top:3px;
	}
#front-list p, #archive p {
	margin:0px;
	padding:0px;
	}
.author {
	font-size:0.8em;
	font-weight:bold;
	}
.META {
	font-size:0.8em;
	color:#333;
	}
.meta a {
	color:#333;</strong>
}#headline p, #featured p {
	margin:0;
	}

I know it has to do with getting the span tagging correct, but I just can’t seem to get it. I bolded the code segments I have tried to work on. I am new to .css and php obviously. I have posted before on the forum and never received any help. I have searched this topic and still cannot find a solution.

Please help.