CREATING THE CONTENT AREA
The main adjustment needed for the center-column content area is to get the text to move up next to the photograph. This is achieved by fl oating the photograph left. Whenever I do this, I always add a right and bottom margin of perhaps .5 em to the fl oated image to ensure the text [...]
Styling the Text
All that is left to do is style the text in the header content area, promo area (right column), and footer. The effect I want in the header is that the headline text touches the left edge of the header and the subhead text touches the right edge. Normally, I would pad content away from [...]
ADJUSTING THE LEFT COLUMN WIDTH
Before I add these pieces of artwork to the left column, I want to make the left column wider to create some space around the background box. Currently, the column is 170 pixels wide, and I want it to be 200 pixels—this will give me 15 pixels of margin each side of the 170 pixel [...]