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body{
background: #FCFCFC;
}
#banner{
width: 700px;
height: 120px;
border: solid 1px #000;
margin: 0px 0px 5px 0px;
background: #FFFCE6 url(images/banner-logo.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: center;
}
.nav-content{
width: 700px;
}
#content{
border: 1px solid black;
background-color: #FEFDF1;
vertical-align: top;
padding: 2px;
background-repeat: repeat-y;
}
#content h1{
color: #000;
font-family: Verdana;
font-size: 14px;
}
#content p{
color: #000;
font-family: Verdana;
font-size: 11px;
}
.nav{
width: 105px;
font-family: Verdana;
color: #000000;
font-size: 11px;
vertical-align: top;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
#nav{
top: 133px;
left: 610px;
text-align: center;
}
#nav ul{
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#nav li{
border-top: 1px solid #FCFCFC;
border-bottom: 1px solid #FCFCFC;
}
#nav li a:link, a:active, a:visited{
display: block;
padding: 5px 5px 5px 0.5em;
border: 1px solid #000;
background-color: #FCFAE3;
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none;
}
#nav li a:hover{
display: block;
padding: 5px 5px 5px 0.5em;
border: 1px solid #000;
background-color: #EBE8C8;
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none;
}
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Layout 2</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="layout2.CSS" />
</head>
<body>
<div id="main">
<div id="banner"></div>
<table width="753" class="nav-content">
<tr>
<td class="nav">
<div id="nav">
<ul>
<li><a href="">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="">Presentation</a></li>
<li><a href="">Advertising</a></li>
<li><a href="">History</a></li>
<li><a href="">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</td>
<td id="content">
<h1>This is a Title</h1>
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</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!--
-->
</div>
</body>
</html>
Yes, I know I'm using Table, but besides using "position: absolute" This was the easiest way t get the Nav beside the content section. Please dont comment on the tables.