converting a page to CSS

[ssprouse]

I want to convert my site (www.ccboe.com (http://www.ccboe.com) ) to a CSS site, where I no longer have to rely on tables for positioning. I've been reading The Zen of CSS Design book and it all pretty much makes sense to me.

As I read more and more I find myself wondering how I can best structure the HTML of my homepage (www.ccboe.com (http://www.ccboe.com)).

It's very important that we have a navbar menu and a dropdown form for quicklinks, but the chalkboard and the administrator's names are going to go with the new redesign.

I'm just looking for help because I'm feeling overwhelmed. I want to make the entire website standards-compliant but I'm feeling stuck.

Can someone take a look and help me out?

THANK!

[DaveSW]

I'm not sure what it'll look like when you're finished, but is it some sample layouts you're after?
http://www.bluerobot.com/web/layouts/

[ssprouse]

That certainly does help! I'll look more in depth at this today. I'm basically looking for a way to apply the Zen of CSS's principals and guidelines while staying standards based, but also keeping graphics and javascript in the mix. It might be a problem of me having to keep digging through CSS to do this.

Thanks for that site though!