CSS Website Layout

CSS Website Layout: A site can be divided into different segments comprising of header, menus, content and footer dependent on which there are various layout design accessible for developer. Different layouts can be created by using div tag and use CSS property to style it.

In this tutorial, you will learn-

In this article, you will learn-

1 Website Layout
2 Header
3 Navigation Bar
4 Content
5 Unequal Columns
6 Footer
7 Responsive Website Layout
8 My Website
9 TITLE HEADING
- - - 9.0.0.1 Title description, Wednesday 9, 2021
10 TITLE HEADING
- - - 10.0.0.1 Title description, Wednesday 9, 2021
11 About Me
- 11.1 Popular Post
- 11.2 CSS Tutorial
12 Footer

Website Layout

A site is often divided into headers, menus, content and a footer:

There are tons of various layout design to choose from. Notwithstanding, the structure above, is one of the most common, and we will take a closer look at it this tutorial.

Header

A header is generally located at the top of the site (or right under a top navigation menu). It often contains a logo or the site name:

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>CSS Website Layout</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<style>
body {
  margin: 0;
}

/* Style the header */
.header {
  background-color: #f1f1f1;
  padding: 20px;
  text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<div class="header">
  <h1>Header</h1>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Navigation Bar

A navigation bar contains a list of links to help visitors navigating through your site:

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>CSS Website Layout</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<style>
* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
  margin: 0;
}

/* Style the header */
.header {
  background-color: #f1f1f1;
  padding: 20px;
  text-align: center;
}

/* Style the top navigation bar */
.topnav {
  overflow: hidden;
  background-color: #333;
}

/* Style the topnav links */
.topnav a {
  float: left;
  display: block;
  color: #f2f2f2;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 14px 16px;
  text-decoration: none;
}

/* Change color on hover */
.topnav a:hover {
  background-color: #ddd;
  color: black;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<div class="header">
  <h1>Header</h1>
</div>

<div class="topnav">
  <a href="#">Link</a>
  <a href="#">Link</a>
  <a href="#">Link</a>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Content

The layout in this segment, often relies upon the target users. The most common layout is one (or combining them) of the accompanying:

• 1-segment (often used for mobile browsers)

• 2-segment (often used for tablets and laptops)

• 3-section format (just used for desktops)

We will create a 3-column layout, and change it to a 1-column layout on smaller screens:

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>CSS Website Layout</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<style>
* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
  margin: 0;
}

/* Style the header */
.header {
  background-color: #f1f1f1;
  padding: 20px;
  text-align: center;
}

/* Style the top navigation bar */
.topnav {
  overflow: hidden;
  background-color: #102077;
}

/* Style the topnav links */
.topnav a {
  float: left;
  display: block;
  color: #f2f2f2;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 14px 16px;
  text-decoration: none;
}

/* Change color on hover */
.topnav a:hover {
  background-color: #ddd;
  color: black;
}

/* Create three equal columns that floats next to each other */
.column {
  float: left;
  width: 33.33%;
  padding: 15px;
}

/* 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 */
@media screen and (max-width:600px) {
  .column {
    width: 100%;
  }
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<div class="header">
  <h1>Header</h1>
  <p>Resize the browser window to see the responsive effect.</p>
</div>

<div class="topnav">
  <a href="#">Link</a>
  <a href="#">Link</a>
  <a href="#">Link</a>
</div>

<div class="row">
  <div class="column">
    <h2>Column</h2>
    <p>Learn CSS.</p>
  </div>
  
  <div class="column">
    <h2>Column</h2>
    <p>Learn CSS.</p>
  </div>
  
  <div class="column">
    <h2>Column</h2>
    <p>Learn CSS.</p>
  </div>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Unequal Columns

The fundamental substance is the biggest and the main part of your site.

It is normal with unequal column widths, so that the majority of the space is reserved for the main content. The side substance (if any) is often used as an alternative navigation or to specify information relevant to the main content. Change the widths as you like, just remember that it should add up to 100% in total:

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>CSS Website Layout</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<style>
* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
  margin: 0;
}

/* Style the header */
.header {
  background-color: #f1f1f1;
  padding: 20px;
  text-align: center;
}

/* Style the top navigation bar */
.topnav {
  overflow: hidden;
  background-color: #102077;
}

/* Style the topnav links */
.topnav a {
  float: left;
  display: block;
  color: #f2f2f2;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 14px 16px;
  text-decoration: none;
}

/* Change color on hover */
.topnav a:hover {
  background-color: #ddd;
  color: black;
}

/* Create three unequal columns that floats next to each other */
.column {
  float: left;
  padding: 10px;
}

/* Left and right column */
.column.side {
  width: 25%;
}

/* Middle column */
.column.middle {
  width: 50%;
}

/* 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 */
@media screen and (max-width: 600px) {
  .column.side, .column.middle {
    width: 100%;
  }
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<div class="header">
  <h1>Header</h1>
  <p>Resize the browser window to see the responsive effect.</p>
</div>

<div class="topnav">
  <a href="#">Link</a>
  <a href="#">Link</a>
  <a href="#">Link</a>
</div>

<div class="row">
  <div class="column side">
    <h2>Side</h2>
    <p>Learn CSS..</p>
  </div>
  
  <div class="column middle">
    <h2>Main Content</h2>
    <p>Learn CSS.</p>
    <p>Learn CSS.</p>
  </div>
  
  <div class="column side">
    <h2>Side</h2>
    <p>Learn CSS..</p>
  </div>
</div>
  
</body>
</html>

Footer

The footer is placed at the bottom part of your page. It often contains information like copyright and contact information:

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>CSS Website Layout</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<style>
* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
  margin: 0;
}

/* Style the header */
.header {
  background-color: #f1f1f1;
  padding: 20px;
  text-align: center;
}

/* Style the top navigation bar */
.topnav {
  overflow: hidden;
  background-color: #102077;
}

/* Style the topnav links */
.topnav a {
  float: left;
  display: block;
  color: #f2f2f2;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 14px 16px;
  text-decoration: none;
}

/* Change color on hover */
.topnav a:hover {
  background-color: #ddd;
  color: black;
}

/* Create three unequal columns that floats next to each other */
.column {
  float: left;
  padding: 10px;
}

/* Left and right column */
.column.side {
  width: 25%;
}

/* Middle column */
.column.middle {
  width: 50%;
}

/* 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 */
@media screen and (max-width: 600px) {
  .column.side, .column.middle {
    width: 100%;
  }
}

/* Style the footer */
.footer {
  background-color: #f1f1f1;
  padding: 10px;
  text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<div class="header">
  <h1>Header</h1>
  <p>Resize the browser window to see the responsive effect.</p>
</div>

<div class="topnav">
  <a href="#">Link</a>
  <a href="#">Link</a>
  <a href="#">Link</a>
</div>

<div class="row">
  <div class="column side">
    <h2>Side</h2>
    <p>Learn CSS..</p>
  </div>
  
  <div class="column middle">
    <h2>Main Content</h2>
    <p>Learn CSS.</p>
    <p>Learn CSS.</p>
  </div>
  
  <div class="column side">
    <h2>Side</h2>
    <p>Learn CSS..</p>
  </div>
</div>

<div class="footer">
  <p>Footer</p>
</div>
  
</body>
</html>

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 relying upon screen width:

Link Link Link Link

TITLE HEADING

Title description, Wednesday 9, 2021

Image

Some text..

Learn CSS.

TITLE HEADING

Title description, Wednesday 9, 2021

Image

Some text..

Learn CSS.

About Me

Image

Learn CSS..

CSS Tutorial

Some text..

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
  font-family: Arial;
  padding: 10px;
  background: #f1f1f1;
}

/* Header/Blog Title */
.header {
  padding: 30px;
  text-align: center;
  background: white;
}

.header h1 {
  font-size: 50px;
}

/* Style the top navigation bar */
.topnav {
  overflow: hidden;
  background-color: #333;
}

/* Style the topnav links */
.topnav a {
  float: left;
  display: block;
  color: #f2f2f2;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 14px 16px;
  text-decoration: none;
}

/* Change color on hover */
.topnav a:hover {
  background-color: #ddd;
  color: black;
}

/* Create two unequal columns that floats next to each other */
/* Left column */
.leftcolumn {   
  float: left;
  width: 75%;
}

/* Right column */
.rightcolumn {
  float: left;
  width: 25%;
  background-color: #f1f1f1;
  padding-left: 20px;
}

/* Fake image */
.fakeimg {
  background-color: #aaa;
  width: 100%;
  padding: 20px;
}

/* Add a card effect for articles */
.card {
  background-color: white;
  padding: 20px;
  margin-top: 20px;
}

/* Clear floats after the columns */
.row:after {
  content: "";
  display: table;
  clear: both;
}

/* Footer */
.footer {
  padding: 20px;
  text-align: center;
  background: #ddd;
  margin-top: 20px;
}

/* Responsive layout - when the screen is less than 800px wide, make the two columns stack on top of each other instead of next to each other */
@media screen and (max-width: 800px) {
  .leftcolumn, .rightcolumn {   
    width: 100%;
    padding: 0;
  }
}

/* Responsive layout - when the screen is less than 400px wide, make the navigation links stack on top of each other instead of next to each other */
@media screen and (max-width: 400px) {
  .topnav a {
    float: none;
    width: 100%;
  }
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<div class="header">
  <h2>My Website</h2>
  <p>Resize the browser window to see the effect.</p>
</div>

<div class="topnav">
  <a href="#">Link</a>
  <a href="#">Link</a>
  <a href="#">Link</a>
  <a href="#" style="float:right">Link</a>
</div>

<div class="row">
  <div class="leftcolumn">
    <div class="card">
      <h2>TITLE HEADING</h2>
      <h5>Title description, Wednesday 9, 2021</h5>
      <div class="fakeimg" style="height:200px;">Image</div>
      <p>Some text..</p>
      <p>Learn CSS.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="card">
      <h2>TITLE HEADING</h2>
      <h5>Title description, Wednesday 9, 2021</h5>
      <div class="fakeimg" style="height:200px;">Image</div>
      <p>Some text..</p>
      <p>Learn CSS.</p>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="rightcolumn">
    <div class="card">
      <h2>About Me</h2>
      <div class="fakeimg" style="height:100px;">Image</div>
      <p>Learn CSS..</p>
    </div>
    <div class="card">
      <h3>Popular Post</h3>
      <div class="fakeimg"><p>Image</p></div>
      <div class="fakeimg"><p>Image</p></div>
      <div class="fakeimg"><p>Image</p></div>
    </div>
    <div class="card">
      <h3>CSS Tutorial</h3>
      <p>Some text..</p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

<div class="footer">
  <h2>Footer</h2>
</div>

</body>
</html>

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