I found 2 errors with the code. I'm not a programming geek and it did take me nearly all day
Firstly: I found the layout did not display in Dreamweaver. This turned out to be a few commands in the wrong place.
Secondly: the layout did not appear properly laid out in admin. It also gave an "error on page" at the bottom of the explorer page.
After a very long time of searching, I found a missing quotes on line 407.

Find line 407