page nesting structure in english terms

allpagecontent
header-close
headerbloc
headerimg-close
nav-close
close headerbloc
main
contentbloc-close
iconbloc-close
close main
footer-close
close allpagecontent

http://www.joyworthen.com/twocakes/funding.html

Using FF Page Source Chart I can see that the div is in place but its function and appearance is odd. It has a border assigned that should be visible NOT and i am experiencing some surprising performance by switching around closure tag placement-- the footer should live UNDERNEATH the main div and has w/h parameters that are being ignored.
i am using DW as a workspace and though the main div appears in the above mentioned source chart it does not apppear in the DW CSS Styles window at all.
I had this working structurally 2 days ago-- i went into develop another type of layout for a different part of the site and things got wacky.
any feedback ? what am i missing?

Part of the problem is coming from your use of ID's multiple times on the same page. ID's MUST be UNIQUE, you cannot use <div id="iconbox"> more than once. If you want to re-use the rules for 'iconbox', then specify it as a CLASS and not an ID.

You are also not properly using paragraphs, you're just putting <span>s around text - bad form and semantically incorrect. Put your text in paragraphs as you would if you were writing any paper document. You can then control spacing without <br>s by adding rules for the <p> tag in your CSS.

Your footer in FF is up under the menu area. This is because you have not properly cleared your floats.

thank you for the guidance Ladynred. I knew that my lack of <p> tags was a little lame-- and i had read something about the unique div usage but i pulled it off somewhere else so i was unclear on that-- the div vs class thing has been a little foggy for me. I am very grateful for your time and the review of this page-- ill see what those changes will accomplish-- THANK YOU.

softfruit6

You might want to read thru this article:
http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=ClassesVsIds

For the record, most of the links LadynRed have pointed out have wound up being useful and enlightening, even after I've figured out what I was looking for.