CSS Website Layout
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CSS Website Layout
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Website Layout
A website is often divided into headers, menus, content and a footer:
There are tons of different layout designs to choose from. However, the structure above, is one of the most common, and we will take a closer look at it in this tutorial.
Header
A header is usually located at the top of the website (or right below a top navigation menu). It often contains a logo or the website name:
Example
.header
background-color: #F1F1F1;
text-align:
center;
padding: 20px;
Result
Header
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Navigation Bar
A navigation bar contains a list of links to help visitors navigating through your website:
Example
/* The navbar container */
.topnav
overflow: hidden;
background-color: #333;
/* Navbar links */
.topnav a
float:
left;
display: block;
color:
#f2f2f2;
text-align: center;
padding: 14px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
/* Links - change color on hover */
.topnav a:hover
background-color: #ddd;
color: black;
Result
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Content
The layout in this section, often depends on the target users. The most common layout is
one (or combining them) of the following:
1-column (often used for mobile browsers)
2-column (often used for tablets and laptops)
3-column layout (only used for desktops)
1-column:
2-column:
3-column:
We will create a 3-column layout, and change it to a 1-column layout on smaller screens:
Example
/* Create three equal columns that floats next to each other */
.column
float: left;
width: 33.33%;
/* Clear floats after the
columns */
.row:after
content: "";
display: table;
clear: both;
/* Responsive
layout - makes the three columns stack on top of each other instead of next
to each other on smaller screens (600px wide or less) */
@media screen and (max-width:
600px)
.column
width: 100%;
Result
Column
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Column
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Column
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Tip: To create a 2-column layout, change the width to 50%. To create a 4-column layout, use 25%, etc.
Tip: Do you wonder how the @media rule works? Read more about
it in our CSS Media Queries chapter.
Tip: A more modern way of creating column layouts, is to use CSS Flexbox.
However, it is not supported in Internet Explorer 10 and earlier versions. If you require IE6-10 support, use floats (as shown above).
To learn more about the Flexible Box Layout Module, read our
CSS Flexbox chapter.
Unequal Columns
The main content is the biggest and the most important part of your site.
It is common with unequal column widths, so that most of the space
is reserved for
the main content. The side content (if any) is often used as an alternative
navigation or to specify information relevant to the main content. Change the widths as you like, only remember that it should add up to 100% in total:
Example
.column
float: left;
/* Left and right column */
.column.side
width: 25%;
/* Middle column */
.column.middle
width: 50%;
/* Responsive layout - makes
the three columns stack on top of each other instead of next to each other */
@media screen and (max-width: 600px)
.column.side, .column.middle
width: 100%;
Result
Side
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Main Content
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Side
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Footer
The footer is placed at the bottom of your page. It often contains
information like copyright and contact info:
Example
.footer
background-color: #F1F1F1;
text-align:
center;
padding: 10px;
Result
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Responsive Website Layout
By using some of the CSS code above, we have created a responsive website layout, which varies between two columns and full-width columns depending on screen width:
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