A lot of HTML Questions

please help me!

[karlo]

First I need to create a website. The layout is a little similar to PostNuke and PHPBB. 3 table layout.

But many said that I must use css/div instead of tables. How will I do it? Please provide many references.

Second, what WYSIWYG editor would you recommend?

I don't like the following:

Macomedia Dreamweaver
CoffeeCup HTML Editor
Microsoft FrontPage

Please recommend some more...

[MatthewHSE]

But many said that I must use css/div instead of tables.

If this is your first site, I would recommend using tables instead of CSS Positioning. CSS-P just requires so much cross-browser testing to get right.

How will I do it?

If you do decide to use a CSS layout, you'll need to write clean HTML markup, then create a stylesheet to be used on every page of your site.

Please provide many references.

There's no better reference than the CSS Forum [webmasterworld.com] here at WebmasterWorld, although you may want to start over at [w3schools.com...] or some other online CSS tutorial.

Second, what WYSIWYG editor would you recommend?

I certainly wouldn't recommend a WYSIWYG editor at all if you intend to do a CSS layout (although I've heard of some folks here having good results with DreamWeaver). In the long run, there's no substitute for writing your pages by hand in a text editor like EditPad or Jedit.

I don't like the following:

Macomedia Dreamweaver
CoffeeCup HTML Editor
Microsoft FrontPage

Please recommend some more...

Well, you don't like the ones that are most often recommended here! ;) Sorry, I wouldn't know what else to recommend, but maybe someone else will. Also, you might be able to go over to the WYSIWYG forum here and get some better advice.

[jbinbpt]

For a WYSIWYG editor, take a look at NVU. It's easy to use and has a lot of features. I recommend that you also look at HTML-KIT. It's not a WYSIWYG editor and it doesn't have a lot of documentation, but is very robust.
Both of these are free, so get both.

[larryhatch]

A new site?

I recommend that you write in straight HTML at first.