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+===
 CSS
 ===
 
-.. sectionauthor:: Bernhard Posselt <dev@bernhard-posselt.com>
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+.. sectionauthor:: Bernhard Posselt <dev@bernhard-posselt.com>
+
+The CSS files reside in the **css/** folder and should be included in the template:
+
+.. code-block:: php
+
+  <?php
+  \OCP\Util::addStyle('myapp', 'style');  // adds js/style.css
+
+Standard layout
+===============
+To use the commonly used layout consisting of sidebar navigation and content the **app-navigation** and **app-content** ids can be used:
+
+.. code-block:: html
+
+    <div id="app">
+        <div id="app-navigation">Your navigation</div>
+        <div id="app-content">Your content</div>
+    </div>
+
+Navigation
+==========
+ownCloud provides a default CSS navigation layout. If list entries should have 16x16 px icons, the **with-icon** class can be added to the base **ul**:
+
+.. code-block:: html
+
+    <div id="app-navigation">
+        <ul class="with-icon">
+            <li><a href="#">First level</a></li>
+            <li>
+                <ul>
+                    <li><a href="#">Second level</a></li>
+                    <li><a href="#">Second level</a></li>
+                </ul>
+            </li>
+        </ul>
+    </div>
+    
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