I created a fiddle for anyone that is interested HERE.
Here is the javascript I used also to give the smooth scroll for an article container.
// clicking the links in the article link container
$('#article-links a').click(function() {
var $this = $(this); // save this instance of the click for access inside the loop
// loop through all the article links and store the numeric value
$('#article-links a').each(function(al) {
// if the link being looked at currently matches the html/text of the link that was selected then
if ($(this).html() == $this.html()) {
// set the scroll position by multiplying the article previews height by the ordered number link
// that was selected (i.e 500*1 will scroll the preview div up/down to scrollTop: 500)
var articlePos = parseInt($('#article-preview').height())*al;
// animate the scroll for a smooth scroll
$('#article-preview').animate({ scrollTop: articlePos });
}
});
});