I know how frustrating it is! You feel lonely and frustrated because you can't figure out why the code isn't working. Either you working by yourself or the code is too complex for someone to simply take a look and see the error. You want to scream!!!!!
First of all, take a breath, take a break, and sleep on it. I can't tell you how many times I went to bed and woke up with the answer. Apparently your brain will try to work out the problem in your sleep if you actually fall asleep with that nagging feeling of failure hanging all over you.
In creating web pages with HTML, I have found that the simplest solution is usually correct. Computers generally do exactly what they are told so if your HTML is not working properly it probably is your code. 9 times out of 10 you spelled something incorrectly or left off a quote mark. Validate your code through Dreamweaver (Shift F6 on MAC) before you go too crazy.
The best way to find the offending area is to comment out "...-->" parts of the code until you find which section is running amok. Then look over the code line by line and character by character. If you have to write the code over again or write it in a new way. It shouldn't be too much trouble if you honed the offending code down to a small area.
If after all of that, the code still doesn't work... then it's probably a browser bug, mostly in IE. This is my favorite websites to figure out which bug: www.positioniseverything.net.
And most importantly, keep up-to-date with web design standards. Here are my favorite sites at the moment:
www.smashingmagazine.com
www.alistapart.com
Good luck!
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