How do I get rid of the side bar in sharepoint?

I am 开发者_运维问答currently in the process of redesigning my company's brand space in order to make it more accessible and have a higher aesthetic appeal.

What I am trying to do is make our default page simply 4 hyperlink images of flags which will lead visitors for files for specific countries.

The main conflict is that I cannot find a way to get rid of the side bar on the left that contains the quick links to different areas of the Sharepoint site. I am looking to have a very basic lay out and we will not miss the functionality of the side bar.

Any advice would be much appreciated, thank you.

There are many ways to do it. One of them is given below:

http://erikswenson.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-to-hide-left-side-navigation-on.html