Could someone possibly give me a basic code for a blank page to have plain text links down the left hand side and text in the middle?

The simplist way us simply to create a table of two columns and one row. Arrange the content as you wish.

This design works best with reasonably neat compact pages, it can slow down a bit if the layout gets fussy.

The page linked above uses a table to manage the layout. The left hand column is populated with a javascript which lets me keep a consistent look across the site. View source to see how it is done.

If this is the format you want, you can have the code below the table.

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your text here

               















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your text here