JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Rob Crowther

HTML

<div class="container">
  <div class="header">
  My Header
  </div>
  <div class="sidebar1">
    <ul class="nav">
      <li><a href="#">Link 1</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Link 2</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Link 3</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Link 4</a></li>
    </ul>
    <p>&nbsp;</p>
    </div>
  <div class="content">
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Praesent luctus dolor nec ante imperdiet malesuada. Phasellus nec ipsum ipsum. Pellentesque lacus elit, tempor vitae laoreet nec, condimentum vel magna. Mauris imperdiet consectetur egestas. Praesent pellentesque, turpis ultricies elementum pellentesque, felis arcu consequat diam, quis viverra libero nibh a massa. Proin nec lectus at lorem semper hendrerit. Curabitur sed diam ut nisi ultrices vestibulum vel eget leo. Donec dapibus sem vel ipsum vestibulum suscipit. Donec faucibus ipsum eu neque facilisis blandit. Vivamus rhoncus odio in nibh pretium elementum.

Morbi adipiscing odio eu nibh gravida eu cursus risus luctus. Cras malesuada fermentum fermentum. Aliquam neque magna, pellentesque nec lobortis eget, scelerisque eu elit. Curabitur commodo leo porttitor eros commodo a venenatis odio vehicula. Aenean sodales diam ac orci interdum aliquam. Nulla sodales enim ut leo porttitor in mollis est consequat. Morbi lobortis nunc nec mi varius varius. Mauris ac velit eget augue cursus viverra. Mauris ut felis vehicula urna aliquet sodales ut vel purus. Pellentesque sed mi felis. In leo urna, dignissim et vestibulum tristique, lobortis quis est. Nulla tincidunt consequat mi a volutpat. Aenean ut arcu nibh, ut placerat augue. Etiam sollicitudin orci id neque ornare a euismod metus imperdiet.
  </div>
  <div class="footer">
    My Footer
    </div>

CSS

body {
    font: 100%/1.4 Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    background: #699643;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    color: #000;
}

/* ~~ Element/tag selectors ~~ */
ul, ol, dl { /* Due to variations between browsers, it's best practices to zero padding and margin on lists. For consistency, you can either specify the amounts you want here, or on the list items (LI, DT, DD) they contain. Remember that what you do here will cascade to the .nav list unless you write a more specific selector. */
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
}
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p {
    margin-top: 0;   /* removing the top margin gets around an issue where margins can escape from their containing div. The remaining bottom margin will hold it away from any elements that follow. */
    padding-right: 15px;
    padding-left: 15px; /* adding the padding to the sides of the elements within the divs, instead of the divs themselves, gets rid of any box model math. A nested div with side padding can also be used as an alternate method. */
}
a img { /* this selector removes the default blue border displayed in some browsers around an image when it is surrounded by a link */
    border: none;
}

/* ~~ Styling for your site's links must remain in this order - including the group of selectors that create the hover effect. ~~ */
a:link {
    color:#414958;
    text-decoration: none; /* unless you style your links to look extremely unique, it's best to provide underlines for quick visual identification */
}
a:hover {
    color:#414958;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

a:visited {
    color: #4E5869;
    text-decoration: underline;
}
a:hover, a:active, a:focus { /* this group of selectors will give a keyboard navigator the same hover experience as the person using a mouse. */
}

/* ~~ this container surrounds all other divs giving them their percentage-based width ~~ */
.container {
    width: 80%;
    max-width: 1260px;/* a max-width may be desirable to keep this layout from getting too wide on a...