Time for action — using Layers in web design

To start, we will create the very start of a website, or more specifically a blog, and create three layers in the design:

1. Open Inkscape, and create a new document. From the file menu, select File | New | Desktop_800x600.
2. From the main menu, choose File | Document Properties.
3. Click on Background. The Background color dialog will be displayed.
   
4. Change RGBA from ffffff00 to ffffffff. This will change the background color of this screen mockup to white.
5. In the Layer dialog, click the + sign to create a new layer (or use Shift + Ctrl + N) and call it Header.
6. Click the Create and Edit Objects tool and enter the header title for the blog.
   

   You could try creating something similar to the following screenshot:

   
7. Highlight the text with the Create and Edit Objects tool and use the control bar located above the canvas area and adjust the font type and size. In the previous example, the font type is Arial and it is 36 points in size, as shown in the following...