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CSS

Posted by Avery Lucas
Avery Lucas
150 Points

Any simple website ideas to practice css layouts? (Effective Practicing Techniques)

When ever I try to make a website it never looks quite right. Currently I'm using flexbox and designing for mobile first. I'm trying to make a simple website much like www.momthisishowtwitterworks.com Only I'm making a website that teaches you have to fly a quadcopter.

Before this I tried making a website for game reviews. I even got the back end stuff working correctly, but I couldnt for the life of me get the CSS layout down.

any tips?

1 Answer

Martin Zarate
Martin Zarate
10,723 Points

The best tip I can give you is to break down the CSS work in smaller parts. Perhaps build the nav section first, then move down to the next section, and so on, divide and conquer. CSS is tricky by nature, there are many reasons why styles may not work as expected. Patience and practice are the keys to CSS mastery. Making mistakes is a great way to learn, "I didn't fail 100 times, I found 100 ways it won't work" Cheers.

Avery Lucas
Avery Lucas
150 Points

Alright will def. keep that in mind. :]

Sounds like instead of specific exorcises its more just.. keep doing it and eventually itll click.

Gonna keep working on site and will make sure to do it one part at a time. :] Thanks for the reply.