How To Create a Blog Layout

How TO – Blog Layout

Learn how to create a responsive blog layout with CSS.

Learn how to create a responsive blog layout that varies between two and full-width columns depending on screen width.

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How To Create a Blog Layout

Step 1) Add HTML:

Example

<div class=”header”>
  <h2>Blog Name</h2>
</div>

<div class=”row”>
 
<div class=”leftcolumn”>
    <div class=”card”>
     
<h2>TITLE HEADING</h2>
      <h5>Title
description, Dec 7, 2017</h5>
      <div class=”fakeimg”
style=”height:200px;”>Image</div>
      <p>Some
text..</p>
    </div>
    <div
class=”card”>
      <h2>TITLE HEADING</h2>
     
<h5>Title description, Sep 2, 2017</h5>
      <div
class=”fakeimg” style=”height:200px;”>Image</div>
     
<p>Some text..</p>
    </div>
  </div>
 
<div class=”rightcolumn”>
    <div class=”card”>
     
<h2>About Me</h2>
      <div class=”fakeimg”
style=”height:100px;”>Image</div>
      <p>Some
text about me in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim..</p>
   
</div>
    <div class=”card”>
     
<h3>Popular Post</h3>
      <div class=”fakeimg”>Image</div><br>
     
<div class=”fakeimg”>Image</div><br>
      <div
class=”fakeimg”>Image</div>
    </div>
   
<div class=”card”>
      <h3>Follow Me</h3>
     
<p>Some text..</p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

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

Step 2) Add CSS:

Example

body {
  font-family: Arial;
  padding: 20px;
 
background: #f1f1f1;
}

/* Header/Blog Title */
.header {
  padding: 30px;
 
font-size: 40px;
  text-align: center;
  background: white;
}

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

/* Right column */
.rightcolumn
{
  float: left;
  width: 25%;
  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;
  }
}

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Tip: Go to our CSS Website Layout Tutorial to learn more about
website layouts.

Tip: Go to our CSS Responsive Web Design Tutorial to learn more about
responsive web design and grids.