Day 8: Hero 🦸♂️
A hero component usually displays the page title, description, and, sometimes, a CTA.
The example component is visible below.
Advent of UI Components 🦸♂️
An Advent calendar of components built with HTML and CSS.
A few notes about this hero component:
- CSS Variables are used for colors,
- the
:beforepseudo-element is used for background, - the background is animated using CSS animation.
The code:
<div class="advent-hero">
<h1>Advent of UI Components 🎅</h1>
</div>.advent-hero {
--color-xmas-alpha: #f7efef;
--color-xmas-beta: #d72621;
--color-xmas-gamma: #639565;
color: var(--color-xmas-alpha);
text-align: center;
position: relative;
padding: 5rem;
overflow: hidden;
}
.advent-hero:before {
content: "";
background-image: linear-gradient(45deg, var(--color-xmas-beta) 30%, var(--color-xmas-gamma) 60%);
position: absolute;
width: 300%;
height: 300%;
top: -100%;
left: -100%;
animation: rotate 10s linear infinite alternate-reverse;
}
@keyframes rotate {
to {
transform: rotate(360deg);
}
}To check the code for the button component, see Day 1: Button post.
Advent of UI Components 🎄
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Day 24: Details 🎹
A details component contains the summary and the complete information, which could be toggled between visible and hidden states.
Day 23: Radio 📱
A radio component is a form item used when only one selection is possible in a group of mutually exclusive choices.
Day 22: Checkbox 🧦
A checkbox component is a form item used when multiple selectable objects are in a list.
Day 21: Notification 🤫
A notification component usually displays a message that communicates information to the user.
Day 20: Code block 💻
A code block UI component represents a block of code that is formatted neatly.
Day 19: Pagination 📖
Pagination helps users browse through the sequence of related content.
Day 18: Social share 🔗
A social share is a component that displays anchors holding social sharing links of a current page.
Day 17: Card 🎴
A card component usually displays an image and extra information in card-like format.
Day 16: Table 🎶
A table is used to display tabular data.
Day 15: Breadcrumb 🍞
A breadcrumb is an element that helps users understand the hierarchy of the page and site.
Day 14: Blockquote 💬
A blockquote is used to highlight a quote on a page.
Day 13: List 🗒️
An (unordered) list usually consists of items displayed as bullets.
Day 12: Figure 🖼️
A figure element represents a graphic asset with an optional caption.
Day 11: Video Embed 📺
A video embed is a code snippet that allows us to embed the video from a third-party platform like YouTube or Video to our site.
Day 10: Footer 👇
A footer is a component that sits at the bottom of every page. It usually consists of navigation and additional information, like website copyright and legal links.
Day 9: Header ☝️
A header usually consists of navigation that has links to different parts of the website.
Day 8: Hero 🦸♂️
A hero component usually displays the page title, description, and, sometimes, a CTA.
Day 7: Intro 💬
An intro components usually provides basic information of the page. It is one of the first components on the page.
Day 6: Horizontal Rule 〰️
A horizontal rule is usually used as a visual divider between two textual elements.
Day 5: Split 💔
A split component consists of two elements, usually image and text, sitting next to each other horizontally.
Day 4: Banner 🚩
A banner is an element that serves to highlight information, like a website page or an event or Advent of UI Components.
Day 3: Gallery 🍿
Galleries are an inevitable part of every respected site. Here's a Christmas gallery.
Day 2: Tag 🎁
Tags often represent information like category, state, or additional information.
Day 1: Button 🎅
Let's start with a classic button. Every website needs one, right?