5.1. Enumerating Design Types

One of the first decisions you have to make when you create any Website, but particularly one where you intend to put CSS to its most effective use, is how many different types of pages and elements you're going to need.

5.1.1. How Many Page Types?

Most sites use more than one basic page layout. The front, or index page, often has a different look and feel from the "inside" pages. In the Footbag Freaks site, for example, the specification tells us that bread-crumb navigation will appear on all but the front page. An inspection reveals that the large graphic that displays near the top of the front page does not appear on other pages of the site.

On a typically complex ecommerce site, you might run into far more ...

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