Building a Landing Page with MaterializeCSS - 2

What Will I Learn

This is the second and concluding part in the series of tutorial posts on how to build a landing page using MaterializeCSS.

In the first part we were able to cover the design process for some of the page components and features.

In this tutorial we will learn how we can create the following

• Fullwidth Carousel

• Preloader

• Pricing Layout

• Text Input Forms and Layout

Requirements

• Code Editor
• Latest version of any web browser
• Ionicons Library For Icons
• JQuery Library
• MaterializeCSS Framework
• You can download the full source code for this tutorial on Github

Difficulty

• Intermediate

Tutorial Contents

If you have read through the first part of this series you should be able to setup materializecss and jquery already, in case you don't know how to do that the steps are included in the introductory part of the first tutorial in this series.

To read more on how to setup the materializecss framework using other alternatives you can check the official documentation.

In the first part of this series I also included all the CSS styles used throughout this tutorial series. You will need to check that out to get the most out of this post.

After all that is setup we can move on to creating our components

1. Fullwidth Carousel

In this section we'll be implementing a slider-like carousel which will hold text information and allow the users to scroll through to read all.

We'll also be adding a preloader in this section directly below the carousel.

HTML

<section  id="features">

  

<div  class="carousel carousel-slider center">

<div  class="carousel-item indigo darken-4 white-text"  href="#one!"  style="padding-top: 100px;">

<h5>WordPress Development</h5>

<p>

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</p>

</div>

<div  class="carousel-item indigo darken-4 white-text"  href="#one!"  style="padding-top: 100px;">

<h5>App Development</h5>

<p>

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</p>

</div>

<div  class="carousel-item indigo darken-4 white-text"  href="#one!"  style="padding-top: 100px;">

<h5>Search Engine Optimization</h5>

<p>

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</p>

</div>

<div  class="carousel-item indigo darken-4 white-text"  style="padding-top: 100px;">

<h5>Website Templates</h5>

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</p>

</div>

<div  class="carousel-item indigo darken-4 white-text"  href="#one!"  style="padding-top: 100px;">

<h5>Content Writing</h5>

<p>

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</p>

</div>

<div  class="carousel-item indigo darken-4 white-text"  href="#one!"  style="padding-top: 100px;">

<h5>Product Development</h5>

<p>

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</p>

</div>

</div>

  
  
  
  

<div  class="row grey lighten-2">

<div  class="container">

<div  class="col l12 m1 s12">

<h4  class="indigo-text text-darken-4 center-align"  style="margin-top: 50px;">OUR SKILLS</h4>

</div>

<div  class="col l6 m6 s12">

<p  class="valign-wrapper"  style="margin-top: 50px;">

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</p>

</div>

<div  class="col l6 m6 s12"  style="margin-top: 50px;">

<div  class="row">

<div  class="col l12 m12 s12 progress-bar">

<h5  class="indigo-text text-darken-4">HTML: 90%</h5>

<div  class="progress white">

<div  class="determinate indigo darken-4"  style="width: 90%;"></div>

</div>

</div>

<div  class="col l12 m12 s12 progress-bar">

<h5  class="indigo-text text-darken-4">CSS: 90%</h5>

<div  class="progress white">

<div  class="determinate indigo darken-4"  style="width: 90%;"></div>

</div>

</div>

<div  class="col l12 m12 s12 progress-bar">

<h5  class="indigo-text text-darken-4">WordPress: 70%</h5>

<div  class="progress white">

<div  class="determinate indigo darken-4"  style="width: 70%;"></div>

</div>

</div>

<div  class="col l12 m12 s12 progress-bar">

<h5  class="indigo-text text-darken-4">JavaScript: 65%</h5>

<div  class="progress white">

<div  class="determinate indigo darken-4"  style="width: 65%;"></div>

</div>

</div>

<div  class="col l12 m12 s12 progress-bar">

<h5  class="indigo-text text-darken-4">SEO: 80%</h5>

<div  class="progress white">

<div  class="determinate indigo darken-4"  style="width: 80%;"></div>

</div>

</div>

</div>

</div>

</div>

</div>

<div  class="row outer">

<div  class="col l6 m6 s12 white inner"  style="width: 50%; height: 50%;">

<div  class="container">

<h4  class="indigo-text text-darken-4"> Get Maxium benifits by working with our experts.</h4>

<p>

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</p>

<p>

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</p>

</div>

</div>

<div  class="col l6 m6 s12"  style="width: 50%; height: 50%;">

  

</div>

<div  class="col l6 m6 s12"  style="width: 50%; height: 50%;">

  

</div>

<div  class="col l6 m6 s12 white inner"  style="width: 50%; height: 50%;">

<div  class="container">

<h4  class="indigo-text text-darken-4"> Get Maxium benifits by working with our experts.</h4>

<p>

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</p>

<p>

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</p>

</div>

</div>

</div>

</section>

Analysis

• The opening tag for this section is the <section id="features"></section>

• id="features" will allow the navigation link tag with href="#features" to point to this section.

• Inside the section tag we create a new carousel using the following tag <div class="carousel carousel-slider center"></div>

• class="carousel carousel-slider center" will tell the browser to implement the styles and scripts set for carousel, carousel-slider and center will align the contents of the carousel to the middle.

• We'll be creating the contents of the carousel slider now, this section contains six carousel items in one carousel with different contents, each carousel item has the same structure.

• To create a carousel item, we used <div class="carousel-item indigo darken-4 white-text" href="#one!" style="padding-top: 100px;"></div>.

• carousel-item will create a new carousel layout, indigo darken-4 will give the carousel a background of indigo and white-textwill set the color of the text content to white.

• padding-top: 100px; will give a 100px long padding in the top area of the carousel-item

• Inside the carousel item we have a <h5></h5> tag creating a level 5 header and below it we have a <p></p> tag creating a new paragraph with some filler text.

• To initialize the carousel using Jquery we use the following code

$('.carousel.carousel-slider').carousel({

fullWidth:  true,

indicators:  true

});

• The above block of code tells the document to pick the element with class carousel and carousel-slider and apply the function carousel() to them

• We further specify two values as function parameters. fullWidth: true will specify the carousel as a full-width carousel while indicators: true will create bullet links that will enable the user to scroll through carousel content.

Snapshot

2. Preloader

Let's create our preloader.

MaterializeCSS preloaders can be used to measure the progress of an action with percentage values.

• We open our preloader area as a row with the following tag <div class="row grey lighten-2"></div>

• row crates a new row, grey lighten-2 gives the row a background of light-grey.

• Inside the new row we have another <div class="container"></div> used to enclose the contents of the row into a container.

• We go ahead to create a new column using <div class="col l12 m12 s12"></div> where col l12 m12 s12 will make the area full-width for all screen sizes

• The new column contains a level 4 header <h4 class="indigo-text text-darken-4 center-align" style="margin-top: 50px;"></h4>

• indigo-text text-darken-4 center-align will set the text color to indigo, darken the text color and align it to the center in that order.

• We then create two new columns <div class="col l6 m6 s12"></div>and in the first column we add a new <p></p> tag with some filler text.

• In the second column we create a new row with <div class="row"></div>

• Our new row will contain five columns, each column has the same structure.

• The columns are created using <div class="col l12 m12 s12 progress-bar"></div>.

• col l12 m12 s12 will make column area full-width while progress-bar indicates that the are will hold a preloader.

• Each column contains a level 5 header <h5 class="indigo-text text-darken-4"></h5>, indigo-text text-darken-4 will make the text content of the header appear in indigo

• Below the header we have a <div class="progress white"></div> tag, where progress white will set styles that will enable the loader and give it a white background.

• Inside our newly created <div> we add another new <div class="determinate indigo darken-4" style="width: 90%;"></div>

• determinate indigo darken-4 specifies this area as the preloader and give the area a background of indigo.

Snapshot

3. Pricing Layout

In this section we'll be creating a row of cards that will contain the pricing information for services.

HTML

<section  id="pricing"  class="price-area">

<div  class="container">

<div  class="row">

<div  class="col l4 m4 s12">

<div  class="card indigo darken-4 white-text center-align price-card">

<div  class="card-action">

<h6>BRONZE</h6>

</div>

<div  class="card-action">

<p><span  style="font-size: 36px;"><b>$20</b></span><span  style="font-size: 24px;">/mo</span></p>

</div>

<section  class="divider"></section>

<div  class="card-content"></div>

<p>Lorem ipsum</p>

<p>Geous Apicnerit</p>

<p>Soco Manya Rico</p>

<a  class="waves-effect waves-light white black-text btn">GET STARTED</a>

</div>

</div>

<div  class="col l4 m4 s12">

<div  class="card indigo darken-4 white-text center-align price-card">

<div  class="card-action">

<h6>SILVER</h6>

</div>

<div  class="card-action">

<p><span  style="font-size: 36px;"><b>$40</b></span><span  style="font-size: 24px;">/mo</span></p>

</div>

<section  class="divider"></section>

<div  class="card-content"></div>

<p>Lorem ipsum</p>

<p>Geous Apicnerit</p>

<p>Soco Manya Rico</p>

<a  class="waves-effect waves-light white black-text btn">GET STARTED</a>

</div>

</div>

<div  class="col l4 m4 s12">

<div  class="card indigo darken-4 white-text center-align price-card">

<div  class="card-action">

<h6>GOLD</h6>

</div>

<div  class="card-action">

<p><span  style="font-size: 36px;"><b>$80</b></span><span  style="font-size: 24px;">/mo</span></p>

</div>

<section  class="divider"></section>

<div  class="card-content"></div>

<p>Lorem ipsum</p>

<p>Geous Apicnerit</p>

<p>Soco Manya Rico</p>

<a  class="waves-effect waves-light white black-text btn">GET STARTED</a>

</div>

</div>

</div>

</div>

</section>

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Analysis

• We open a new section using <section id="pricing" class="price-area"></section>

• class="price-area" will help set the height of the pricing area.

• In order to make the section appear in a container we create a <div class="container"></div> tag

• We then add a new row using the tag <div class="row"></div>, where row will add a new row section.

• The row contains three columns and each column was created using the same structure.

• To add a new column we use <div class="col l4 m4 s12"></div>.

• Inside the new column we add cards using <div class="card indigo darken-4 white-text center-align price-card"></div>

• card will create a new card area, indigo darken-4 will set the background of the card to indigo, white-text will give the text content color of the card to white, center-align will align the text content of the card to the center and finally price-card will set the z-index, border-radius, margin-top and height for each card.

• Inside each card we add a new <div class="card-action"></div> which contains a <h6></h6> tag serving as the header for each price card.

• We add another <div class="card-action"></div> and inside the <div> we add a new <p></p> which will hold the price for each offered package.

• Below the price we add a <section class="divider"></section> tag in order to create a divider between the upper part and the remainder of the card.

• Below the divider we add a <div class="card-content"></div> which will contain the main card content.

• Inside the new <div> we create three new <p></p> tags containing some filler text and a button <a class="waves-effect waves-light white black-text btn"></a>

• For the newly created button waves-effect waves-light will add a wave effect to the button, white will set a white background for the button, black-text will set the text color to black and btn will indicate the tag as a button.

Snapshot

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4. Text Input Form

In this section we will add a new text input form and a button which website visitors can use to opt-in to a mailing list.

HTML

<section  id="subscribe"  class="indigo darken-4 white-text center-align sub-area">

<div  class="container">

<div  class="row">

<div  class="col l12 m12 s12 sub-area-content">

<h5>SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER</h5>

</div>

<div  class="col l12 m12 s12 sub-area-content">

<h6>GET FREQUENT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES UPDATES FROM US</h6>

</div>

<div  class="col l12 m12 s12 sub-area-content">

<div  class="input-field">

<input  placeholder="Enter Your Email Address"  id="sub-email-address"  type="text"  class="validate sub-form white-text">

<span><a  class="waves-effect waves-light btn-large white indigo-text text-darken-4"><i  class="ion-email right"></i>SUBSCRIBE</a></span>

</div>

</div>

</div>

</div>

</section>

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Analysis

• The opening tag for this area <section id="subscribe" class="indigo darken-4 white-text center-align sub-area"></section>

• id="subscribe" will link the section to the navigation link with href="#subscribe"

• class="indigo darken-4 white-text center-align sub-area" will set background to indigo, text color to white, text alignment to center while sub-area will set the height and top padding for the section.

• Inside the section we add a <div class="container"></div> tag to enclose the content of the section in a container.

• We then create a new row using <div class="row"></div>.

• We add three new fullwidth columns to our row using the tag <div class="col l12 m12 s12 sub-area-content"></div>

• sub-area-content will set the margin for each column.

• The first column contains a <h5></h5> tag serving as the main header

• The second column holds the <h6></h6> tag serving as the sub-header for that section.

• In the third column we add a new <div class="input-field"></div> which sets the style for materializecss form in that area.

• We then create a new text input using <input placeholder="Enter Your Email Address" id="sub-email-address" type="text" class="validate sub-form white-text">

• validate will allow the form to validate its content before sending to the to the server, sub-form will set the width for the input form and white-text will set the text color for the text input to white.

• Beside the text input we add a button using <span><a class="waves-effect waves-light btn-large white indigo-text text-darken-4"><i class="ion-email right"></i></a></span>

• waves-effect waves-light will add a wave effect to the button when clicked, btn-large will allow set the size of the button to large, white will give the button a white background and indigo-text text-darken-4 will set the text color for the button to indigo.

Snapshot

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For other MaterializeCSS tutorial

1. How to Create Sticky Notes Using MaterializeCSS

2. Using MaterializeCSS to Create A Shop Layout

3. Building a Landing Page With Materializecss - 1

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