First things first. Take a look at this template I made a few days ago. Read each content box and i'm sure you understand my problem.
http://www.riffriot.com/clanadvanced-com
If this link doesn't work. Please PM me.
I thought I was an xpert with html until I decided to start learning the process of making templates, lol. Also please note that I use Dreamweaver for all my template/HTML projects.