diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 726db32..b737c23 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     # TODO: implement this button, and add style='display: none' to the help
     # message DIV
     button = link_to_function(_('Help'), "Element.show('help_message')", :class => 'help_button' )
-    close_button = content_tag("div", link_to_function(_("Close"), "Element.hide('help_message')", :id => 'close_help_button'))
+    close_button = content_tag("div", link_to_function(_("Close"), "Element.hide('help_message')", :class => 'close_help_button'))
 
-    text = content_tag('div', button + content_tag('div', content_tag('div', content) + close_button, :id => 'help_message', :style => 'display: none;'), :class => 'help_box')
+    text = content_tag('div', button + content_tag('div', content_tag('div', content) + close_button, :class => 'help_message', :style => 'display: none;'), :class => 'help_box')
 
     unless block.nil?
       concat(text, block.binding)
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/help.css b/public/stylesheets/help.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a238a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/stylesheets/help.css
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+div.help_message {
+  z-index: 1000;
+  width: 600;
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 50px;
+  left: 50%;
+  margin-left: -300px;
+  background: yellow;
+}
diff --git a/test/functional/application_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/application_controller_test.rb
index 1a646b8..cd020ec 100644
--- a/test/functional/application_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/application_controller_test.rb
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ class ApplicationControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       :attributes => { :class => 'help_box'},
       :descendant => {
         :tag => 'div',
-        :content => /my_help_message/,
-        :attributes => { :class => 'help_message', :style => /display:\s+none/}
+        :attributes => { :class => 'help_message', :style => /display:\s+none/},
+        :descendant => { :tag => 'div', :content => /my_help_message/ }
       }
     })
   end
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ class ApplicationControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       :attributes => { :class => 'help_box'},
       :descendant => {
         :tag => 'div',
-        :content => /my_help_message/,
-        :attributes => { :class => 'help_message', :style => /display:\s+none/}
+        :attributes => { :class => 'help_message', :style => /display:\s+none/},
+        :descendant => { :tag => 'div', :content => /my_help_message/ }
       }
     })
   end
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