Laying the Groundwork

First let’s take a peek at the basic file the design department produced for the client’s preapproval (see Figure 4.1). This file uses some HTML-based presentation attributes such as valign and bgcolor, and we’ll remove them as we create the overall design.

Figure 4.1. The basic design template, not yet styled with CSS.
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In addition to this general design template, a few comments from the design people came along with it:

  • The icon corresponding to the current page should be highlighted in some fashion that fits in with the overall look of the page.

  • The title needs to be much closer to the table containing ...

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