Using CSS and XHTML
If you are going to make a website, you need to think about how you are going to structure it or, put simply: what are you going to use to write your pages?
Current best practice is to separate style from content. In a nutshell, this means separating how it looks (style) from what it does - showcases your graphics, sells your products, etc - (content.) Basically, you should use CSS to set out the layout, colours, fonts and so on, (the style); and XHTML markup for your site content.
If you have no idea where to start, 
dont worry. There is plenty of help to be found on the net. JWG has categories devoted to CSS and XHTML in our onsite directory to get you started.
When I first began learning about css and xhtml, I found the following sites to be particularly helpful:
- W3 Schools CSS Tutorial
- Position Is Everything
- Listutorials
- 3Column Layouts
- WaSP Learn Standards
- Web Standards Group
- Evolt.org
I advise you to bookmark these links at least, as you will probably find yourself referring back to them time and time again, (as I do). 
There are other useful links to be found in the directory, and a Google search may well yield hundreds more - of course all the links I have given you here, and put into the directory, have been tried and tested by moi. 
If you have any problems, either let me know; or indeed, email the webpage authors direct. In my experience, most webmasters will go to extraordinary lengths to help newbies, if they can. 
Tip: If you are serious about learning css, why not join the css-discuss mailing list? 
This list is run by the css guru Eric Meyer, 
and is full of extremely knowledgeable and helpful, courteous members. What some folk on this list dont know about css, isn’t worth knowing. It is also very newbie friendly. 
This means you need never feel intimidated, or reluctant to post a fairly basic question. Remember: even the experts were newbies themselves once. 
