Best layout scheme for website please ?

[kazaa2002]

Hi Digby,
I agree with bgiovand, his comments and suggestions are meaningful.
You should get a couple of books on this subject....in the mean time
here are some links on tutorials,some templates,suggested reading and some lists/index for other relative sites on css and xhtml .

Alsacreations, creating websites with CSS and XHTML
Cascading Style Sheets
HTML and CSS Tutorials, References, and Articles | HTML Dog
World Wide Web Consortium
Free Web Templates: XHTML+CSS Templates for Building Web Pages
Accessible Header Images With CSS And XHTML [CSS Tutorials]
Free Css Templates
Web Coding: HTML, CSS, XHTML, XML
From XHTML/CSS to WordPress | The undersigned
Open Source Templates | Free CSS and XHTML Website Templates
HTML XHTML CSS Book
HTML Tutorial, HTML Tips, XHTML, CSS Tutorials, Photoshop, Articles Tips, Web Design, Web Site Tips - HTML Tutorials, CSS Tutorials and Tips, Markup Tutorials - HTML & CSS tutorialsPhotoshop Tutorials, Website Tips, Websitetips.com
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[RTFM]

Not exactly a layout tip, but a search engine tip (since someone talked before about Google not liking frames):

If you're looking to get search engines to index your site better, use mod_rewrite for the URLs, makes them more readable and easier to index.