mockup for your latest client's web page   Figure 11-2. The layout that you've created for this site   You decide that the banner is fixed content, because it remains unchanged from page to page. The same goes for the secondary navigation (i.e., the list of links at the bottom of the main content area). By contrast, the second-level links at the top of the main content area do change from page to page, as does whatever appears in the "Content goes here" section, so these need to sit inside editable regions of the template. What about the nav bar? Is it fixed or variable? This depends upon the style of nav bar that you plan on building. Assume that you're planning a nav bar like the one in Figure 11-3, where the buttons of the nav bar don't change their default appearance depending upon the page. In a case like this, the nav bar is fixed content. A nav bar like the one in Figure 11-4, though, is variable content, because the default style of the button does change depending upon the page. In this design, when the visitor lands on the Meet Bill page, the Meet Bill button in the nav bar becomes a simple text label to reinforce the idea of "You are here." By this logic, on the Coercion page, the Meet Bill button reverts to normal, while the Coercion button becomes a text label; a similar behavior happens on all the pages of the site. Figure 11-3. An example of a fixed-content nav bar   Figure 11-4. An example of a variable-content nav bar   BEST BET If the buttons in your nav bar don't change their default appearance depending upon the page, then your nav bar is fixed content. If they do, then the nav bar is variable.   For the sake of argument, say that you're planning a nav bar like the one in Figure 11-3, so add the navigation area to your list of fixed elements. Your mental worksheet looks something like this: Fixed content Banner area Nav area Secondary navigation (bottom of content area) Variable content Links to second-level pages (top of content area) "Content goes here" section (middle of content area) To make the most of your template-building session, you should add a few content placeholders to your Dreamweaver layout. The goal here is to divide the main content area into specific sections so that you can choose which should be editable regions a little later in this process. From the looks of things, your content area has three sections: the second-level links at the top, the "Content goes here" in the middle, and the secondary navigation at the bottom. So go into Dreamweaver, click inside the Content area of your layout, and add these sections, as Figure 11-5 shows. You don't have to position the secondary navigation at the bottom of the Content area. Remember, the height of the content area depends upon the actual amount of content that goes in it. Right now, as long as the secondary navigation appears below the "Content goes here" section, you're in good shape. Likewise, don't worry about