Homepage-Question

Hallo I am a student in Vienna. I am now working on a homepage for an institute and a friend told me, look for PHP. So I saw the PHP-Homepage and I thought: "Its the best design I ever saw." I like the bar on the left side spezialy with the poping up window (quick ref). So is it possible that you can tell me the concept you used? I dont want to copy your side, I want to use the same concept (with the bar on the left side) in my side. Thanks for helping says Markus Wagner email: wkedv@ins.at (This is the adress of my father, my adress does not work for some days.)