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Tutorial: How to code a Classic Blogger layout - Part 2
Blogged by:
Kitty on
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
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Right, this is the second part of the How to code a Classic Blogger layout series. In Part 1 I've explained how to code the basic structure of the layout so in this part we'll continue on how to add navigation links.
Step 1
Okay, first we are going to create a list. Open up the HTML document that we created in Part 1. Go to the sidebar section (where it says <div id="sidebar"> </div>) The navigation links in this example will be vertically positioned.
The reason why we create a list is that, this is the easiest way to create navigation links. Paste the following code right after the <div id="sidebar">:
<ul>
<li><a href="link1.html">Link 1</a></li>
<li><a href="link2.html">Link 2</a></li>
<li><a href="link3.html">Link 3</a></li>
</ul>
For now, the navigation will look like the example above. But of course we wouldn't leave it like that, as it doesn't look presentable. So we will have to polish it up.
Step 2
Go to the CSS section as we are going to write up the styling for the navigation menu. The first step is to assign an id to the <ul>. This is to remove the elements that give the appearance of a list (like the bullets).
#navigation {
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
}
Then apply the id to the <ul>:
<ul id="navigation">
The list now looks like this:
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
Technically we're done with the navigation. But it looks rather too simple. So we'll spice it up a bit.
Step 3
Paste this codes into your stylesheet.
#navigation a {
display: block;
width: 150px;
background-color: #ffccff;
border-left: 5px solid orange;
padding-left: 5px;
color: red;
}
This will make the background of each of the links to have background colour #ffccff and red for the links. Display:block makes the links to be rendered as a block element which means only one link for each line. The width of the links will be 150px and we assign an orange colour for the left border. The links will be shifted/padded 5px from the left.
Step 4
If you want to add some excitement to the links, we will throw in the :hover selector.
#navigation a:hover {
background-color: #ff99ff;
color: #ffffff;
}
Step 5
Lastly, we also need to space out the links from each other so that they don't look to crowded.
#navigation li {
margin-bottom: 5px;
}
Now we're done styling the navigation links! Play around with the codes and see if you can come up with different styling.
The next tutorial will show you how to create pseudo-pages.
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how can i add the freebies or tutorial collum on my blogskins? just like this blogskins http://www.blogskins.com/info/367125/ , i mean the link that show the tutorials or freebies? where should i replace it and do i need make another blog?
Do you mean, you want to add "pages"? If that's what you are looking for, please refer to Part 3 of this tutorial.
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Tutorial: How to code a Classic Blogger layout - Part 2
Blogged by:
Kitty on
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Facebook comments: comments
Right, this is the second part of the How to code a Classic Blogger layout series. In Part 1 I've explained how to code the basic structure of the layout so in this part we'll continue on how to add navigation links.
Step 1
Okay, first we are going to create a list. Open up the HTML document that we created in Part 1. Go to the sidebar section (where it says <div id="sidebar"> </div>) The navigation links in this example will be vertically positioned.
The reason why we create a list is that, this is the easiest way to create navigation links. Paste the following code right after the <div id="sidebar">:
<ul>
<li><a href="link1.html">Link 1</a></li>
<li><a href="link2.html">Link 2</a></li>
<li><a href="link3.html">Link 3</a></li>
</ul>
For now, the navigation will look like the example above. But of course we wouldn't leave it like that, as it doesn't look presentable. So we will have to polish it up.
Step 2
Go to the CSS section as we are going to write up the styling for the navigation menu. The first step is to assign an id to the <ul>. This is to remove the elements that give the appearance of a list (like the bullets).
#navigation {
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
}
Then apply the id to the <ul>:
<ul id="navigation">
The list now looks like this:
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
Technically we're done with the navigation. But it looks rather too simple. So we'll spice it up a bit.
Step 3
Paste this codes into your stylesheet.
#navigation a {
display: block;
width: 150px;
background-color: #ffccff;
border-left: 5px solid orange;
padding-left: 5px;
color: red;
}
This will make the background of each of the links to have background colour #ffccff and red for the links. Display:block makes the links to be rendered as a block element which means only one link for each line. The width of the links will be 150px and we assign an orange colour for the left border. The links will be shifted/padded 5px from the left.
Step 4
If you want to add some excitement to the links, we will throw in the :hover selector.
#navigation a:hover {
background-color: #ff99ff;
color: #ffffff;
}
Step 5
Lastly, we also need to space out the links from each other so that they don't look to crowded.
#navigation li {
margin-bottom: 5px;
}
Now we're done styling the navigation links! Play around with the codes and see if you can come up with different styling.
The next tutorial will show you how to create pseudo-pages.
// Please leave a link back to Codeislove if you have followed this tutorial so that I can see what you have achieved from this tutorial. Thank you. //
Buy a domain for your website!
Labels: Classic Blogger layout, tutorial
Related Posts:
Comments to Tutorial: How to code a Classic Blogger layout - Part 2:
how can i add the freebies or tutorial collum on my blogskins? just like this blogskins http://www.blogskins.com/info/367125/ , i mean the link that show the tutorials or freebies? where should i replace it and do i need make another blog?
Do you mean, you want to add "pages"? If that's what you are looking for, please refer to Part 3 of this tutorial.
Facebook comments to Tutorial: How to code a Classic Blogger layout - Part 2:
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