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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+
+<head>
+  <!-- enable utf-8 encoding for umlauts etc.-->
+  <meta charset="utf-8">
+  <!-- Description of what this dose -->
+  <meta name ="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+  <!-- link to the default css file -->
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/stylesheet.css"/>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+<div>
+<div>
+  <header>
+  <!-- The sidebar naviagtion begins here -->
+  <nav>
+    <ul>
+      <li><a href="ticket.html">Ticket</a></li>
+      <li><a href="board.html">Board</a></li>
+      <li><a class="active" href="index.html">Home</a></li>
+    </ul>
+  </nav>
+  <!-- The sidebar naviagtion ends here -->
+  </header>
+</div>
+</div>
+<p>Some title</p>
+</body>
+</html>
