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Nulla ultrices luctus lacus. Donec nec metus risus. Curabitur volutpat lectus in nibh pretium, sit amet euismod dolor ornare. Vivamus volutpat congue sollicitudin. Sed laoreet convallis leo, at faucibus arcu feugiat id. Sed lobortis molestie sapien, maximus interdum dui sagittis eget. Nam nulla orci, pellentesque ac libero vel, bibendum porttitor quam. Donec ullamcorper erat aliquet eros lobortis dignissim. Mauris non dapibus orci."),n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token tag"}},[n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token tag"}},[n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token punctuation"}},[t._v("</")]),t._v("p")]),n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token punctuation"}},[t._v(">")])]),t._v("\n    "),n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token tag"}},[n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token tag"}},[n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token punctuation"}},[t._v("</")]),t._v("main")]),n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token punctuation"}},[t._v(">")])]),t._v("\n    "),n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token tag"}},[n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token tag"}},[n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token punctuation"}},[t._v("<")]),t._v("footer")]),t._v(" "),n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token attr-name"}},[t._v("class")]),n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token attr-value"}},[n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token punctuation attr-equals"}},[t._v("=")]),n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token punctuation"}},[t._v('"')]),t._v("footer"),n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token punctuation"}},[t._v('"')])]),n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token punctuation"}},[t._v(">")])]),t._v("\n      Copyright Teclado 2022\n    "),n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token tag"}},[n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token tag"}},[n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token punctuation"}},[t._v("</")]),t._v("footer")]),n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token punctuation"}},[t._v(">")])]),t._v("\n  "),n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token tag"}},[n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token tag"}},[n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token punctuation"}},[t._v("</")]),t._v("div")]),n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token punctuation"}},[t._v(">")])]),t._v("\n"),n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token tag"}},[n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token tag"}},[n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token punctuation"}},[t._v("</")]),t._v("body")]),n("span",{pre:!0,attrs:{class:"token punctuation"}},[t._v(">")])]),t._v("\n")])])]),n("p",[t._v("What is actually inside each element is irrelevant to CSS grid.")]),t._v(" "),n("p",[t._v("Now for each element, we need to tell CSS in which grid area they should be placed.")]),t._v(" "),n("p",[t._v("For context, this is what the page looks like before we do so:")]),t._v(" "),n("p",[n("img",{attrs:{src:s(521),alt:"Image showing misplayed layout when no areas are specified"}})]),t._v(" "),n("p",[t._v("Note that, even though our areas are named, each grid item is still placed sequentially in the grid. 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