HTML and CSS Reference
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CHAPTER 2. A NEW WAY TO
STRUCTURE PAGES
Over the nearly two decades that the Web's been around,
websites have changed dramatically. But the greatest
surprise isn't how much the Web has changed, but how
well ancient HTML elements have held up. In fact, web
developers use the same set of elements to build today's
modern sites that they used to build their predecessors
10 years ago.
One element in particular—the humble <div> (or
divi-
sion
)—is the cornerstone of nearly every modern web
page. Using <div> elements, you can carve an HTML
document into headers, side panels, navigation bars, and
more. Add a healthy pinch of CSS formatting, and you
