If you were to design the site using CSS, as you want to divide the page up in three sections you can use ID's.
E.g:
#leftpart
{
}
#rightpart
{
}
#content
{
}
Then in HTML use the 'id' attribute in a div.
<div id="leftpart"></div>
I'm not best at CSS, but I believe you can find something more helpful on Google, or YouTube.
So, best of luck.