I took ASP.Net 5 years ago and apparently forgot a lot. lol I created a new website with VB.Net as the language. I created a master page. My question is two parts. First, what is the "DIV" box at the top, do I need it? Second, I know I can create a table and put the content placeholder in one of the cells but can what I really want is just a row at the top for my logo, banner ad and logon controls, a row under that for navigational controls, a column on the left for page links and other content links and a cell to the right to put my content placeholder but can I resize the placeholder to take up the rest of the page or am I stuck with it resizing based on the content?

This is a real newbie question. Plus can anyone recommend a good book other thanthe ASP.Net 2.0?