Welcome! Today, we will dive into web design essentials, breaking down components like sections, rows, columns, and elements. We’ll walk you through creating your landing page using a pre-existing layout as a guide.
This step-by-step tutorial will help you understand the building blocks of a website and empower you to create a visually appealing and user-friendly design.
Let’s get started!
- Identify Example Layout
- Choose an example website to guide your website’s structure.
- Breakdown the structure: logo, text box, black background, headline, image, button.
- Start Building
- Go to your website builder.
- Start by creating the header section: add a section, then add a row with two columns.
- Copy the text from your example to save time.
- Set Background Color
- Change the background color to black.
- Add Logo
- Add an element: select an image for the logo.
- Upload the logo image from your local files.
- Adjust the size of the logo.
- Align the logo to the left side.
- Add Text
- Add a subheadline text element to the second column.
- Change the color of the text to white.
- Copy and paste the desired text from your example.
- Adjust Spacing
- Adjust the padding on the section and row to reduce spacing.
- Try to match the spacing seen in the example layout.
- Build Next Section
- Add another section with a full-width row with two columns.
- In the first column, add a headline, a subhead, and a paragraph.
- In the second column, add an image and a button.
- Modify Text
- Copy the text from the example.
- Bold the headline.
- Change the font and size as needed.
- Add Graphic and Button
- Select and upload a graphic image.
- Edit the button text to say “Get my free comic”.
- Change the button color to red.
- Create New Section
- Add a new full-width section.
- Notice multiple rows in the example: one row at the top and three rows below it.
- Begin adding the respective rows and their content.
And that’s a wrap! We’ve successfully navigated through building a landing page, touching on important components like sections, rows, and columns and adding various elements. We adjusted our design with color changes, alignment modifications, and spacing adjustments.
By following this guide, you can clearly understand how to replicate and create effective and attractive layouts. We can’t wait to see what you’ll build with these skills. Keep experimenting, keep learning, and most importantly, keep creating!