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HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/assets/css/bootstrap.css">
<!-- Begin Header -->
<div class="navbar navbar-fixed-top">
<div class="navbar-inner">
<div class="container">
<a class="btn btn-navbar" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".nav-collapse">
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
</a>
<a class="brand" href="#">Project name</a>
<div class="nav-collapse">
<ul class="nav">
<li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#about">About</a></li>
<li><a href="#contact">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</div><!--/.nav-collapse -->
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- End Header -->
<!-- Begin Side Nav -->
<div class="sideNav">
<h5>Filters</h5>
</div>
<!-- End Side Nav -->
<!-- Begin Main Content -->
<div class="content">
<h2>Test page</h2>
<table>
<tr>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
<td>Test Column</td>
...
CSS
.navbar-fixed-top
{
height:40px;
}
.content
{
overflow: hidden;
position: absolute;
-moz-border-radius: 20px;
-webkit-border-radius: 20px;
-khtml-border-radius: 20px;
border-radius: 20px;
top: 40px;
bottom: 0px;
left: 100px;
right: 0px;
padding: 0px 10px;
overflow: auto;
}
.sideNav
{
padding: 10px 0;
position: fixed;
left: 0px;
top: 40px; /* same as .content top*/
bottom: 0px;
width: 100px;
background-color: #f1f1f1;
border-right: 1px solid #bbc0c4; /*z-index: 1020; 10 less than .navbar-fixed to prevent any overlap */
text-align:center;
font-size:11px;
font-weight:bold;
}