After dabbling with XHTML and extensive CSS a few months ago, I finally ‘saw the light’ as to why some web designers make such extensive use of CSS and DIV tags over traditional HTML and tables.  However, for as many cool things you can do with CSS and DIV tags, there are drawbacks… like trying to make a simple 2 or 3 column web page ;-S

On the surface, it seems like an easy task to create a multi-column CSS layout, but the problem sets-in when you try to view your site in different browsers.  At the moment, it seems like no two browsers will display content the same even though many of them are trying to adhere to the W3C’s standards. As a result, most of the multi-column designs I’ve seen have all sorts of “CSS hacks” to fudge the layout in various browsers.

Anyway, to aid in creating a multi-column CSS design, give this template generator a try:

CSS Source Ordered Variable Border 1-3 Columned Page Maker

Using the generator is a little easier than trying to reverse engineer someone else’s design that doesn’t quite fit what you want to do.