Is css the best way to go??

Hi everyone

I need to build a portfolio site for Uni and i don't know what im doing!! The site im trying to create will hopefully look like this -- http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y14...k/siteidea.jpg -- I would be ok with tables, but I really wanted to make it in css, i've immersed myself in css and dreamweaver books for the last few days, but im still so so confused.
I also wanted a simple paypal shop on there too.
Can this be made in pure css or will i will to include tables and javascript for the image swap bit?

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Paul

That would be possible using CSS. Easy? Well, that's up to the person making it.

Thanks for the reply, as u probably tell from my first post im a complete newbie, and i've got a maximum of a week to get this site finished! I was talking to a mate last night and he thought that using a mixture of javascript and css would be easier, any truth in that??

hehe .. Everything can be done in CSS ... Including the Image swap

However, if you're new to the language, and if it wont effect your grades, Id advise getting on using Tables .. and when your studies are out the way, Put some time aside to learn CSS

Sites such as www.csszengarden.com can give you some great tips / advise and inspiration.

If you did that layout yourself, then its clear you have a talent for graphics ... So get learning CSS!

I've thought about using tables soooo much over the last few days, it would all be done by now if i did, It wont affect my grades if i use tables, but it will bug me that i gave up, and thats much worse than stoopid grades. Plus i want to use it for a portfolio site when i leave uni, so I want it to look and work well for years to come.

I think im in for some all night coffee fuelled css lovin

Css is easy to learn. In theory it should not be that hard to use, and actually a lot of fun.

In practise, it's hard as hell and can be horribly frustrating, due to the various browsers refusing to implement it correctly. Not only that, but every one of them is different. I don't think I've seen a stable and vigorous template for a website using css yet -- you decide to make one little modification to a functional design and BAM, five things don't fit in browser X.

Fixed positioning is your best bet to get it done fast.

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And, just for the record, I'm a bit confused how you could be expected to create a portfolio site yet have no clue? This can't be for a class because by the time the teacher would assign such a task he would have been giving you all the knowledge to do so... someone not paying attention?

I study illustration not webdesign, so i'm more used to pencil and paper than computers, only ever had a little dabble in dreamweaver and it's my own decision to make a website, might turn out to be a stupid decision!
Got the hang of the layout now thats not the problem, it's just the image swap that is driving me crazy
Thanks for the help though!