XHTML and Dreamweaver Layouts

Question

Hi Guys,
Another one of those newbie questions. Ive designed many
sites in Dreamweaver, using the layout pane, with the Layout table
and Draw Layout Cell tools to divide and arrange the page the way I
want it. Im going to be looking into producing valid xhtml &
CSS sites, as that seems to be the best way to go forwards (until
something new comes out) and from the what I read, the Layout table
and Draw Layout Cell is going to produce sites that aren't valid.
I'm quite comfortable with understanding how to use
Dreamweaver with a CSS stylesheet, using the properties pane on the
right of the screen. How on earth do I split the page design up
without using Draw Layout Cell/Layout table tool though? I'd
basically like to start with a header, left bar, content area and
then footer. When I've mastered this, the layout I want to create
is alot more complex. Can this be done in dreamweaver using one of
the drag and drop tools or am I going to have to get my hands dirty
and learn code, which i'm despertaely trying to avoid at this
point?
Many Thanks to all that reply!
Jalz

Answer 1

Try this
http://css.maxdesign.com.au/floatutorial/
But you'll have to get your hands dirty.. but don't worry it
really not
that difficult. I recommend split view so you can see what
happens while
you work your way through tutorial 8
HTH
Kim
Jalz skrev:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Another one of those newbie questions. Ive designed many
sites in Dreamweaver,
> using the layout pane, with the Layout table and Draw
Layout Cell tools to
> divide and arrange the page the way I want it. Im going
to be looking into
> producing valid xhtml & CSS sites, as that seems to
be the best way to go
> forwards (until something new comes out) and from the
what I read, the Layout
> table and Draw Layout Cell is going to produce sites
that aren't valid.
>
> I'm quite comfortable with understanding how to use
Dreamweaver with a CSS
> stylesheet, using the properties pane on the right of
the screen. How on earth
> do I split the page design up without using Draw Layout
Cell/Layout table tool
> though? I'd basically like to start with a header, left
bar, content area and
> then footer. When I've mastered this, the layout I want
to create is alot more
> complex. Can this be done in dreamweaver using one of
the drag and drop tools
> or am I going to have to get my hands dirty and learn
code, which i'm
> despertaely trying to avoid at this point?
>
> Many Thanks to all that reply!
>
> Jalz
>