<table>
<tr>
<td>navigation</td>
<td>content area</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>footer stuff</td>
</tr>
</table>
Or...
<table>
<tr>
<td>Content Area</td><TD>Navigation</TD>
</tr>
<tr rowspan=2>
<td>footer stuff</td>
</tr>
</table>
Simplify the order of content with good structure along those lines.