html and css help ... nothing works !!!?

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so im making a website for a department in my school and its not working !!!

here is the code


<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {
background-repeat: repeat;
background-image: url(images/bgimage.gif);
font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;
}
#container {
position:relative;
width:900px;
height:850px;
z-index:1;
margin: 0 auto;
background-color: white;
}
#top_img {
position:relative;
width:900px;
height:175px;
z-index:2;
margin: 0 auto;
background-color: black;
background-image: url(images/top_img%20copy.jpg);
}
#top_nav {
position:relative;
width:900px;
height:0px;
z-index:5;
top: 170px;
background-color: yellow;
}
#side_info {
position:relative;
width:200px;
height:640px;
z-index:2;
background-color: purple;
top: inherit;
}
#main_content {
position:relative;
left:200px;
width:700px;
height:640px;
z-index:3;
background-color: #FFF;
top: inherit;
}
#top_info {
text-align: center;
}
-->
</style></head>

<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="top_img">
<div id="top_nav"><img src="images/top_nav.jpg" width="900" height="35" />
<div id="side_info">
<div id="main_content">
<h3 align="center" id="top_info">What is The Point?</h3>
<h3 align="center"><br />
The Point is a gathering place where: </h3>
<ul>
<li>Teacher-Leaders identify and edify the skills and strategies that are integral to learning in all content areas. </li>
<li>Student- and Teacher-Leaders acquire and share the skills and strategies that lead to academic success.</li>
<li>Student- and Teacher-Leaders listen, question, suggest, encourage, and guide as student-clients work toward academic success. </li>
<li>Student-Clients work toward achieving success by applying the skills of academic literacy.</li>
<li>Everyone helps everyone, every day.</li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p align="center"><strong><u>Hours of Operation</u></strong> <br />
<strong>Monday-Thursday 7:20 a.m. - 4:28 p.m.</strong> <br />
<strong> Friday * **************** 7:20 a.m. - 3:28 p.m. <br />
</strong><br />
<br />
Niles North High School—Room 1310
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>


how do i go about making divs and all that please tell me what im doing wrong and what i should be doing
 
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