<div id="header">put in header information here
 </div>
 <div id="main"><!-- main content -->Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Cras sollicitudin, orci nec facilisis vehicula, neque urna porta risus, ut sagittis enim velit at orci. Fusce velit. Integer sapien enim, rhoncus vitae, cursus non, commodo vitae, felis. Nulla convallis ante sit amet urna. Maecenas condimentum hendrerit turpis.
 </div>
 <div id="footer">put in footer information here
 </div>

In style element (<style>) within head element:

    #main {
            background-color: blue;
            color: white;
            border-color: green;
            border-width: thick;
            border-style: solid;
    }