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All the elements on this page are all blocks inside of other blocks (aka “Box Model”). When dragging web elements, you drag them from one block and drop them into another. That’s how HTML works!

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Cupcake recipe

8

Servings

Ingredients

e Servings2 cups brown sugar1/2 cup shortening1 cup peanut butter2 eggs1 1/2 cups milk1 teaspoon vanilla extract2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour1 teaspoon baking soda2 teaspoons cream of tartar1 pinch salt

#2 LAYOUT ELEMENTS

Basic layout elements

Add elements to your website by clicking on the [ + ] icon in the upper left hand corner. Below are some of the most basic structure elements in web design - sections, containers and columns.

A Section takes up 100% of the width of the browser window if you add it to the Body (the canvas of a website).
It’s great for the big horizontal sections of a website.

Section Element

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Adding Columns are the fastest way to build a unique website layout. To edit how many columns you want in different devices, just click on the Gear Icon in the top right corner to access element settings.

#4 Layout with CSS

Building web layouts with CSS

Similar to adding style to an element, to change the position of an element first add a class and then edit the position properties. You’ll learn about Margin, Padding, Display, Float, Overflow, and Position.

Margin & Padding example

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Store owner Steve Witmere previously arrested for blackmarket bazooka trading. Confesses to involvement in Russian mafia.

Among the numerous bazookas found in the gunshop were tens of thousands of illegally obtained paintings valued at at least $10,000. Thats a heavy price to pay for these dumb paintings.

Description: Margin and padding can be found in the Position palette of the Style panel. Adding Margin will add space outside of a block, and adding Padding will add space inside of a block.

Add spacing Yourself

Breaking News

Federal Agents Raid Gunshop, Find Weapons

Store owner Steve Witmere previously arrested for blackmarket bazooka trading. Confesses to involvement in Russian mafia.

Among the numerous bazookas found in the gunshop were tens of thousands of illegally obtained paintings valued at at least $10,000. Thats a heavy price to pay for these dumb paintings.

TIP: Start by adding padding on all sides of the main grey block (parent element). Then add bottom margin to add spacing between the individual text elements (children elements). Hint: Hold SHIFT while using the margin/padding control to apply to all sides and ALT to also apply to the opposing side.

‘Display: Block’ examples

This heading is set to Display: Block

This paragraph is set to Display: Block. So it fills the width of the parent window and stacks on top of other blocks.

Button with Display: Block Button with Display: Block This link is set to Display: Block This link is set to Display: Block

Description: Setting elements’ Display Setting to Block will make them stack on top of each other and fill 100% the width of its parent block. Most elements actually have this setting by default.

Make them ’Display:Block’ yourself

This is a Button This is a Button Links are Display: Inline by default Links are Display: Inline by default

TIP: Select these elements (some are Inline Block and some are Inline) and make them Display: Block so that they stack on top of each other.

‘Display: inline-block’ example

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Description: Setting elements’ Display Setting to Inline-Block will make the width of the block conform to the width of the contents inside it. That means if their content is small enough they can stack next to each other. You can copy paste the buttons above and edit the text inside to see how it works.

make them inline-block yourself

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TIP: Select the elements above and make them Display: Inline-block so they stack next to each other. You’ll see that the images stack next to the buttons. Tip: Dropping the buttons and images into separate Div Blocks will make them stack on top of each other (because Div Blocks are Display: Block by default).

Float example

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Description: Setting Display: Inline-Block or Floating (this example) are the most common ways to stack elements side by side. In this example I’ll show you how to float something.

Float it yourself

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TIP: First select the text field, make it Float: Left and give it a percentage width (ex: 60%). Then set the button to Float: Left as well and set another percentage width (ex: 40%) so they both add up to 100%. That’s a manual way to force any element to stack side by side.

Absolute Position Example

My Cup of Joe

This is a photo caption text.

Featured

Description: If you set Position to Absolute on an element, you’ll be able to position it in anywhere inside its parent block. To choose which parent to position inside of, set the parent element’s Position to Relative. Note: When elements are absolute positioned they float above other elements.

Style It Yourself

My Cup of Joe

This is a photo caption for my favorite cup of Joe.

Featured

TIP: First select the Image Wrapper element and set its Position to Relative. Next select the caption, drag it into the image set it’s Position to Absolute and choose the 7th preset. To position the Featured badge into the correct place choose the 2nd preset and manually position it.

#5 Style Cascading

Utilizing Cascading Styles

You can easily create variations of an element by adding additional classes on top of each other and adding different styles on those classes. Check out the example below where we have different variations of a button.

Shared button styles example

Design the buttons yourself

GREEN Button

RED Button

TIP: Select the second button and click on the [+] next to the class to add another class. You can call it “Green”. Then give it different styles. These styles will override the base styles of the first class. Then create the Red button.

#6 media queries

Designing for different devices

In Webflow you first design your website for desktop devices and then make changes on mobile devices (access the Device icons in the top bar). Adding styles in a mobile device will override the desktop styles.

Responsive Heading example

This is some heading text that gets smaller in mobile devices.

Description: This heading is really big on the desktop, but we want it to be smaller on mobile devices. Click in the devices in the top bar to see that the text size and line height was decreased.

Fix It yourself

Make this big heading text get smaller in mobile devices.

TIP: Select this heading on the Tablet device and make the font size and line height smaller. Do the same for Phone Landscape and Phone Portrait devices. You can see that the

Responsive Button example

Button Text

Description: This button is meant to be small on Desktop screens because it’s easy to click with the mouse cursor. We made it bigger on mobile devices so that it’s easier to tap with the finger

Button Text

Fix It yourself

TIP: Go to the Tablet device and increase the padding of the button. When you do that it will override the previous styles set on Desktop and will cascade down to all the devices below Tablet.

Responsive Columns example

Column 1

This is some text inside of a div block.

Column 2

This is some text inside of a div block.

Column 3

This is some text inside of a div block.

Description: The Columns Element in Webflow can be customized for each device. By default columns stack next to each other on Desktop and stack on top of each other on mobile devices.

Column 1

This is some text inside of a div block.

Column 2

This is some text inside of a div block.

Column 3

This is some text inside of a div block.

Fix It yourself

TIP: Select a Column or Row element above (you can also use the Breadcrumb bar at the bottom or the Navigator panel on the right to find it), go to the element settings (Gear icon in the top right corner) and make sure the columns stack on mobile devices.

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Cupcake recipe

8

Ingredients

Ingredients

Basic layout elements

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Building web layouts with CSS

Federal Agents Raid Gunshop, Find Weapons

Federal Agents Raid Gunshop, Find Weapons

This heading is set to Display: Block

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Join Our Newsletter

My Cup of Joe

My Cup of Joe

Utilizing Cascading Styles

Designing for different devices

This is some heading text that gets smaller in mobile devices.

Make this big heading text get smaller in mobile devices.

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

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