I'm fairly new at CSS and I have an old site that I built in Dreamweaver. http://www.anthonydellcellars.com I obviously didn't set it up properly to begin with and I would like to redo it in a CSS/html format. It looks simple but I'm not sure where to begin. It's just a centered area with two columns within it, with a header and footer. I use Linux most of the time now, so I've been using Bluefish for my html editor. Any layout help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Go through this tutorial. http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp Thats a very easy design to duplicate with CSS and DIVs instead of your current tables.
not a bad start. I'd stick with dreamweaver and use one of the .dwt template files to create your main template, and then construct your pages off of that template so that you can update them all easily and play around with the design. I'd also attach an external style sheet to the dwt template file and style any tables or hyperlinks with CSS. Also would use a SSI file for your navigation so that the navigation is kept in a separate page and easier to modify. hope that helps.
I'm glad to see someone new giving CSS a try. It will make your life easier! Here is one of my favorite CSS resources. I've been using CSS for several years now, and I still use this site frequently. http://www.pageresource.com/dhtml/cssprops.htm