I was looking around again at web design tutorials and came across this tutorial on creating a site for drupal.  Drupal is an open source CMS. 

http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/create-a-killer-band-site-with-drupal-introduction/

I am not familiar with Drupal and will probably never use it, but the first couple of steps in the tutorial series can be applied generally to the design of any site using Illustrator.  I have listed them below for quick access.

Read Part 1 - Design it Illustrator
Read Part 2 - Slicing it Illustrator
Read Part 3 - XHTML

It's now Bank Holiday Monday, you probably won't be surprised to hear I have eaten too many easter eggs and am quite sick of chocolate, until tomorrow. 

After modifying the Greenway CSS template for use as a DNBE theme, I really wanted to be able to create more themes.  But this time from scratch all by myself rather than taking something someone else had created and just modifying it.  I have a knowledge of CSS and have mainly used it for formatting and styles, but hadn't mastered the art of page layout with CSS.  A quick search on Google brought up a lot of results but one particular tutorial caught my attention on Subcide.  They have a step by step tutorial on creating a 3 column layout from scratch, just what I was looking for.  I like the fact that the author explains the Why and Wherefore of his methods.  IE quirks are even taken into consideration.  The finished product uses nothing but XHTML, CSS and a few images. 

The next blog theme or CSS template I create will be done while following this tutorial.  I recommend you read it, especially if you are starting out using web design or using CSS.