wesite advice

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Lo all,

I taught myself HTML about 3-4 years ago and only really used it for a while, since then things have moved on....a lot. Ive been asked to come up with a basic website for my g/fs company. Basically a home page, news and contacts page to start with.

Then as i feel more confident i would like to move onto a ordering area (without payment) for existing customers. Each customer has different discounts so each would need a different list to order from and for the order to then be sent to the g/f so it can be copied onto their system.

Id also like a catalogue featuring the entire range of products.

Ive just started reading up on HTML/XTML and CSS and will move onto PHP afterwards. However, its like starting from scratch and unless i use it as im learning it just doesnt seem to stay in my head.

I have the ideas but not the knowledge at the moment.

I want to build the page. White background with company logo at the top/centre. Down the left i want a royal blue line from top to bottom, with web links on the left and the page contents on the right of the line. Problem is when i learnt i would use a table but the use of tables seems frowned upon now for better ways. Can anyone suggest what i need to look at to do this?

Thanks
 
well the PHP/ordering system wont be for a while yet, going to make sure im on top of the basics first before i start dabbling in anything else :D

Ok, although this sounds like a pretty simple site, your inexperience could cause problems. I mean no offence by that.

None taken, in fact thats why i posted in the first place. I could easily of used a table but i cant see that point in me learning the 'bad' way of building, id rather not get into bad habits :D
 
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