Help with a template

Hey, first post here...

I'm looking for some help with a template, I want to make my own but I cannot figure out how to do it correctly. (I'm new to CSS).

So if someone could do it for me, that would be amazingly awesome!

Here's what I need:
[duality.nngraphics.com]

I just want the message board to be just like that, but below it.

/* standard elements */
* {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

a {color: #c6bd8e;}

a:hover {color: #988d4d;}

body {
	background: #333 url(img2/background2.png);
	color: #333;
	font: normal 62.5% "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;
	margin: 3% 0;
}

p,ul {
	padding-bottom: 1em;
}

ul {margin-left: 1.2em;}

li {list-style: none;}
.main li {list-style-image: url(img2/li.gif);}

h1 {font-size: 1.2em;}

blockquote {
	background: #FFF;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #EEE;
	border-top: 1px solid #EEE;
	color: #333;
	display: block;
	font-size: 0.9em;
	margin-bottom: 1.2em;
	padding: 6px 12px;
}
blockquote p {padding: 3px 0;}

h1,h2,h3 {color: #994;}

/* misc */
.clearer {clear: both;}
.main_right .padded {padding: 6px 2px 6px 16px;}
.main .padded {padding: 18px 24px;}
.meta {font-size: 0.8em; color: #666;}
.left {float: left;}
.right {float: right;}

/* structure */
.container {
	font-size: 1.2em;
	background: url(img2/OFTWbackground.png) repeat-y;
	margin: 0 auto;
	width: 500px;
	border: 2px solid #222;
}

/* header */
.header {
	float: center;
	width: 500px;
	background: url(img2/OFTWmainimage.png) no-repeat;
	font: normal 2.4em Verdana,sans-serif;
	line-height: 500px;
	text-align: center;	
}

/* structure */
.top {
	background: #222;
	color: #DDD;
	float: center;
	font: normal 1.4em Verdana;
	height: 50px;
	text-align: center;
	width: 500px;
}
.main {
	float: center;
	width: 500px;
}

/* sub-navigation */
.subnav h1 {
	background: #222;
	color: #FFE;
	font: bold 1.1em Verdana,sans-serif;
	line-height: 24px;
	padding-left: 8px;
}
.subnav ul {margin: 0; padding: 0;}
.subnav li {
	border-bottom: 1px solid #696755;
	list-style: none;

}
.subnav li a:hover {
	background: #9C997C;
	color: #000;
}

/* footer */
.footer {
	background: url(img2/bgfooter.gif) repeat-x;
	color: #CCC;
	font-size: 0.9em;
	line-height: 39px;
	width: 100%;
	text-align: center;
}
.footer .left,.footer .right {padding: 0 16px;}
.footer a {color: #EEE;}
.footer a:hover {color: #FAFCB0;}

That is the stylesheet for the website,
if you need any more info, let me know!

Thanks a lot in advance for any help you can give.

Do not count on anyone jumping in here to create the template for you. I think it will be faster if you read up on web design and CSS and get the template going yourself. Not being a pessimist here, just a realist.

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Maurice Makaay
Phorum Development Team
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as I figured, but I didn't think it would hurt