I need help creating a multiple column footer. I have never done it before, and it does not seem to be working very well. What is the best way to do it? Should I make it an inline ul? Should it be floated divs? Is there some site I could go to as a reference point to see it in action, or at least read how to do it?

I've done something similar to this before with floating divs. If you want 3 columns, give them each 33% width - if you want 4, give them each 25% width, etc.

or, you can see how other people do it, and use similar techniques. Nothing teaches quite like tearing someone else's work apart. http://www.edg3.co.uk/ (Christopher's site) seems to accomplish the effect you are after... he seems to have a div tag with a .block class around an unordered list. Just tell each .block to float to the left, with a suitable width and margin-left (use percentages). (Same as What BCwood said, but with an example).