One of the main benefits of CSS is an advantage over tables when it comes to laying out a page. The <DIV> tag can be used to separate (DIVide) your page into segments, which can be placed adjacently, far apart, or even overlapping each other. Pre-made layouts can be found on many different websites, usually separated into "Fluid-Width" (scales with browser window) and "Fixed-Width" (maintains the same size. The following page offers many different CSS layouts for you to begin with:
http://layouts.ironmyers.com/
After selecting a layout for your site, open up your favorite text-editor and brainstorm an outline (i.e. Site Map) of the pages you would like to make. After sorting that out, you can move on to selecting a menu structure for your site...
