Page layout/Structure of web page

1)      Single Column Layout: The single column layout is one of the easiest and is often ideal for smaller sites, single column sites tend to have at least three or four rows.

2)      Two Column Layout: It is used in any one of the following reasons:

i)                    Where the left hand column contains left navigation and other contains main content of the page.

ii)                   Where the left hand column contains the main content of the page and right hand side column contains related content, advertisements or other information’s.

3)      Three Column Layout: It tends to have navigation on the left, the main content in the center and then additional content such as related links, further items, advertisement are in the right columns.

Sacrificial columns: It tends to have many columns in the page with different contents. It is randomly used in the page for defining different contents.