just set up your html and figure out where the content should go and save everything above it a header.inc.php file (or something like that).
for example on the link you sent, this would go in that file
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<html><!-- #BeginTemplate "e;/Templates/common.dwt"e; -->
<head>
<!-- #BeginEditable "e;doctitle"e; -->
<title>FeedForAll - create, edit and publish rss feeds</title>
<meta name="e;description"e; content="e;Software easily creates RSS feeds with software. Easily open, download or modify existing rss feeds and syndicate your content through rss feeds."e;>
<meta name="e;keywords"e; content="e;create rss, make rss, rss, rss feeds, rss feed, xml rss feed, rss xml, feed, edit rss, download rss, newsfeed,news feed, rss news feed, feeds, syndicate, syndication, rss specifications, rss specification, feed rss, rss feeds, rss feed, reader rss, aggregator, rss, rss news, rss xml, rss software, newsfeeds, rss"e;>
<!-- #EndEditable -->
<meta http-equiv="e;Content-Type"e; content="e;text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"e;>
<meta name="e;MSSmartTagsPreventParsing"e; content="e;TRUE"e;>
<meta name="e;copyright"e; content="e;2004 NotePage, Inc. All rights reserved. Duplication of any content on this site is prohibited."e;>
<meta name="e;robots"e; content="e;all"e;>
<meta name="e;revisit-after"e; content="e;14 days"e;>
<meta name="e;distribution"e; content="e;global"e;>
<meta name="e;document-classification"e; content="e;General"e;>
<meta name="e;rating"e; content="e;general"e;>
<meta name="e;language"e; content="e;EN"e;>
<link href="e;ffa.css"e; rel=stylesheet type=text/css>
<link rel="e;alternate"e; type="e;application/rss+xml"e; title="e;RSS"e; href="e;http://www.feedforall.com/blog-feed.xml"e; />
<script language=javascript src="e;rollover.js"e;></script>
</head>
<body bgcolor="e;#ffffff"e; text="e;#000000"e; onload="e;primg('image/ahome.gif','image/amap.gif','image/acontact.gif','image/asoft.gif','image/aorder.gif','image/adload.gif','image/asupport.gif','image/aresel.gif','image/apress.gif','image/aabout.gif','image/asolut.gif')"e; link="e;#0099CC"e; vlink="e;#006699"e; alink="e;#006699"e;>
<table height=100% width=100% cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
<tr>
<td valign=top height="e;564"e;>
<table class=dhead width=100% cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
<tr><td><div id=topa1></div><div id=topa2></div><div id=topa3></div></td></tr><tr><td><div id=topb1></div><div id=topb2></div><div id=topb3a1></div><div id=topb3a2></div><div id=topb3a3></div></td></tr>
</table>
<div class=name><img src="e;image/name.gif"e; alt="e;rss feed creation tool"e; title="e;FeedForAll :: RSS Feed Creation Tool"e;></div>
<div class=emblem><img src="e;image/emblem.jpg"e; alt="e;logo"e; title="e;logo"e;></div>
<div class=topmenu>
<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr>
<td><a href="e;index.htm"e; onMouseOver="e;overimg('t1','','image/ahome.gif',1)"e; onmouseout=rest()><img src="e;image/home.gif"e; alt="e;FeedForAll"e; name="e;t1"e;></a></td>
<td><img src="e;image/tmvl1.gif"e;></td>
<td><a href="e;site-map.htm"e; onMouseOver="e;overimg('t2','','image/amap.gif',1)"e; onmouseout=rest()><img src="e;image/map.gif"e; alt="e;RSS Feed Creation Site Map"e; name="e;t2"e;></a></td>
<td><img src="e;image/tmvl2.gif"e;></td>
<td><a href="e;contact.htm"e; onMouseOver="e;overimg('t3','','image/acontact.gif',1)"e; onmouseout=rest()><img src="e;image/contact.gif"e; alt="e;Contact FeedForAll"e; name="e;t3"e;></a></td>
</tr></table>
</div>
<table class=dbody width=100% cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0>
<tr>
<td valign="e;top"e; width="e;14%"e; height="e;383"e;>
<table width="e;145"e; cellpadding="e;0"e; cellspacing="e;0"e; border="e;0"e;>
<tr align="e;left"e; valign="e;top"e;>
<td>
<div class=menutop></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class=leftcell>
<div class=menubody>
<div class=decor>
<div class=first><a href="e;feedforall.htm"e; onMouseOver="e;overimg('m1','','image/asoft.gif',1)"e; onMouseOut=rest()><img src="e;image/soft.gif"e; alt="e;rss software"e; name="e;m1"e;></a></div>
<div><a href="e;order.htm"e; onMouseOver="e;overimg('m2','','image/aorder.gif',1)"e; onmouseout=rest()><img src="e;image/order.gif"e; alt="e;purchase rss software"e; name="e;m2"e;></a></div>
<div><a href="e;download.htm"e; onMouseOver="e;overimg('m3','','image/adload.gif',1)"e; onmouseout=rest()><img src="e;image/dload.gif"e; alt="e;download rss software"e; name="e;m3"e; width="e;137"e; height="e;21"e;></a></div>
<div><a href="e;support.htm"e; onMouseOver="e;overimg('m4','','image/asupport.gif',1)"e; onmouseout=rest()><img src="e;image/support.gif"e; alt="e;RSS Feed Support"e; name="e;m4"e;></a></div>
<div><a href="e;resellers.htm"e; onMouseOver="e;overimg('m5','','image/aresel.gif',1)"e; onmouseout=rest()><img src="e;image/resel.gif"e; alt="e;Resell Feed Software"e; name="e;m5"e;></a></div>
<div><a href="e;press.htm"e; onMouseOver="e;overimg('m6','','image/apress.gif',1)"e; onmouseout=rest()><img src="e;image/press.gif"e; alt="e;RSS News"e; name="e;m6"e;></a></div>
<div><a href="e;about-notepage.htm"e; onMouseOver="e;overimg('m7','','image/aabout.gif',1)"e; onMouseOut=rest()><img src="e;image/about.gif"e; alt="e;About NotePage"e; name="e;m7"e;></a></div>
<div><a href="e;solutions.htm"e; onMouseOver="e;overimg('m8','','image/asolut.gif',1)"e; onmouseout=rest()><img src="e;image/solut.gif"e; alt="e;RSS Solutions"e; name="e;m8"e; width="e;137"e; height="e;20"e;></a></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class=menubot></div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="e;top"e; width="e;86%"e; height="e;383"e;>
<table width="e;555"e; height="e;262"e; cellspacing="e;0"e; cellpadding="e;0"e; border="e;0"e;>
<tr align="e;left"e; valign="e;top"e;>
<td height="e;254"e;>
<table cellpadding="e;0"e; cellspacing="e;0"e; border="e;0"e; width="e;100%"e;>
<tr>
<td height="e;18"e; align="e;left"e; valign="e;top"e; width="e;76%"e;>
<div class=title><img src="e;image/welcome.gif"e; alt="e;Welcome!"e;></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="e;25"e; align="e;left"e; valign="e;top"e; bgcolor="e;#FFFFFF"e; width="e;76%"e;>
<br>
<table width="e;95%"e; border="e;0"e; cellspacing="e;0"e; cellpadding="e;0"e; align="e;center"e;>
<tr>
<td height="e;22"e;>
the do the same thing for your footer, but for everythign after your content...again on the link you sent here's what it'd look like:
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</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=bottom><div class=bottom>
<table width=100% cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr valign=bottom>
<td><div class=footleft></div></td>
<td><div class=footcntr>
<div class=footblock>
<div class=altmenu><a href="e;http://www.feedforall.com"e;>Home</a>
| <a href="e;feedforall.htm"e;>Software</a> | <a href="e;order.htm"e;>Order</a>
| <a href="e;download.htm"e;>Download</a> | <a href="e;support.htm"e;>Support</a>
| <a href="e;resellers.htm"e;>Reseller</a> | <a href="e;press.htm"e;>Press</a>
| <a href="e;about-notepage.htm"e;>About us</a> | <a href="e;solutions.htm"e;>Solutions</a>
</div>
<div class=copyright>Copyright © <a href="e;http://www.notepage.net"e; target="e;_blank"e;>NotePage,
Inc.</a> All right reserved.</div>
</div>
</div></td>
<td class=footright><div></div></td>
<td class=footrright width=100% valign=top><div></div></td>
</tr> <script language="e;Javascript"e;>
<!--- hide script from old browsers
var accountID = "e;10264"e;;
var referrer = document.referrer;
var referrerUrlSplit = referrer.split("e;/"e;);
var referrerDomain = referrerUrlSplitї2];
var localUrl = location.href;
var localUrlSplit = localUrl.split("e;/"e;);
var localDomain = localUrlSplitї2];
var localDomainSplit = localDomain.split("e;."e;);
var topLevelDomain = localDomainSplitїlocalDomainSplit.length-2] +
"e;."e; + localDomainSplitїlocalDomainSplit.length-1];
if (referrer!="e;"e; && referrerDomain.indexOf(topLevelDomain)<0)
{
var img = new Image();
img.src = "e;//www.filekicker.com/track.asp?ref="e; +
escape(referrer) + "e;&accountID="e; + accountID;
var img2 = new Image();
img2.src = "e;//mail.qwerks.com/images/cleardot.gif?ref2="e; +
escape(referrer);
}
//-->
</script></table>
</div></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
<!-- #EndTemplate --></html>
then you just put all of your meat in the middle. YOu also might want to create a nav.inc.php for your left nav menus so that if you ever need to change them, you only have to do it in one place.