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2 At the point at which you

want to create a section,

type <div id=”?”>,

replacing? with an identifier

for this section of the page.

1 In your editor, open a page

that you want to use for

layouts.

Set Up Your Page for CSS Layouts ............................

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aying out your page using CSS involves applying styles to elements grouped together with <div>

tags, so before you can begin learning about the properties needed, you must create these groups

and give them appropriate ID attributes. Before you began coding the page, you should have planned

out the design of your site. Now, you will be referring back to that design. The site will likely have

several logical sections — most pages will at least have a header, a body, and a footer, and many

will also have one or more sidebars or additional columns. Each of these sections is represented by

one of the groups you are creating with the