My $text_view and $text_checkout are set to 'Basket' and 'Checkout'
I changed ~/catalog/view/default/template/module/cart.tpl
From:
<div style="padding-top:5px;text-align:center;clear:both;"><a href="<?php echo $view; ?>">
<?php echo $text_view; ?></a> | <a href="<?php echo $checkout; ?>"><?php echo $text_checkout; ?></a></div>
To:
<div style="text-align: center; margin-top: 10px; float:right">
<a href="<?php echo $view; ?>" class="button" style="text-decoration: none;"><span><?php echo $text_view; ?></span></a>
<a href="<?php echo $checkout; ?>" class="button" style="text-decoration: none;"><span><?php echo $text_checkout; ?></span></a>
</div>
Which looked encouraging but the box collapses when I use it (like most of my code
