Hello Guys! In this blog, I'm going to explain to you how to make an article card with a wavy effect using CSS. This will be a step-by-step guide including HTML and CSS. Let's get started 🚀.
Let's cover HTML Part
We use HTML to make the skeleton of a website. HTML is a markup language.
Now let's import the font awesome CDN in our HTML <head> tag. fontawesome is a library that is used for icons in a website.
<!-- Font Awesome Icons -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.15.1/css/all.min.css"
integrity="sha512-+4zCK9k+qNFUR5X+cKL9EIR+ZOhtIloNl9GIKS57V1MyNsYpYcUrUeQc9vNfzsWfV28IaLL3i96P9sdNyeRssA==" crossorigin="anonymous" />
Now let's import the fonts using Google Fonts API. Below is the code for Poppins Font. Paste the below code in <head> tag.
<!-- Google Fonts -->
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Poppins&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
Now let's develop the skeleton of our card. We have a div with classname 'card', img tag, SVG tag for the wavy effect, if you want to make this wavy effect SVG you can make it using getwaves.io. Next, we have a description div which consists paragraph description and author profile details.
<div class="card">
<img src="../imgs/desk.jpg" alt="Article">
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1440 320">
<path fill="#ffffff" fill-opacity="1"
d="M0,160L48,154.7C96,149,192,139,288,160C384,181,480,235,576,224C672,213,768,139,864,122.7C960,107,1056,149,1152,165.3C1248,181,1344,171,1392,165.3L1440,160L1440,320L1392,320C1344,320,1248,320,1152,320C1056,320,960,320,864,320C768,320,672,320,576,320C480,320,384,320,288,320C192,320,96,320,48,320L0,320Z">
</path>
</svg>
<div class="description">
<h4 class="title">5 Productivity Tips to stay more productive in a day!</h4>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Necessitatibus, voluptatibus eos. Quae, dolores
commodi? Impedit commodi voluptates</p>
<div class="profile">
<img src="../imgs/profile-pic1.jpg" alt="profile">
<p class="author">
<span class="authorName">Piyush Patil</span>
<span class="date">12 June 2022</span>
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Here is the final HTML code
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<!-- Required meta tags -->
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<!-- Font Awesome Icons -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.15.1/css/all.min.css"
integrity="sha512-+4zCK9k+qNFUR5X+cKL9EIR+ZOhtIloNl9GIKS57V1MyNsYpYcUrUeQc9vNfzsWfV28IaLL3i96P9sdNyeRssA=="
crossorigin="anonymous" />
<!-- Google Fonts -->
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Poppins&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
<title>Article Reading Card with Waves Effect using CSS - @code.scientist x @codingtorque</title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="card">
<img src="../imgs/desk.jpg" alt="Article">
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1440 320">
<path fill="#ffffff" fill-opacity="1"
d="M0,160L48,154.7C96,149,192,139,288,160C384,181,480,235,576,224C672,213,768,139,864,122.7C960,107,1056,149,1152,165.3C1248,181,1344,171,1392,165.3L1440,160L1440,320L1392,320C1344,320,1248,320,1152,320C1056,320,960,320,864,320C768,320,672,320,576,320C480,320,384,320,288,320C192,320,96,320,48,320L0,320Z">
</path>
</svg>
<div class="description">
<h4 class="title">5 Productivity Tips to stay more productive in a day!</h4>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Necessitatibus, voluptatibus eos. Quae, dolores
commodi? Impedit commodi voluptates</p>
<div class="profile">
<img src="../imgs/profile-pic1.jpg" alt="profile">
<p class="author">
<span class="authorName">Piyush Patil</span>
<span class="date">12 June 2022</span>
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Output Till Now
Let's understand CSS part
In the below CSS code.
- We declare a * selectors for the font Poppins that we have imported in our head tag.
- Next we declare a body selector which consists of styles for dark mode and aligns all elements in the body to the center.
* {
font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif;
}
body {
background-color: #111827;
color: white;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
padding-top: 10rem;
}
.card {
border-radius: 10px;
height: 25rem;
width: 15rem;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
flex-direction: column;
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
}
.card svg {
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 120px;
}
.card img {
width: 100%;
}
.description {
padding: 15px;
background: white;
color: black;
}
.title {
font-size: 1rem;
margin: 0;
}
.description p {
font-size: 12px;
margin: 5px 0;
color: #94a3b8;
}
.profile {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
}
.profile img {
height: 30px;
width: 30px;
border-radius: 50%;
margin-right: 5px;
}
.author {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
}
.authorName {
color: black;
font-weight: bold;
}
.date {
font-size: 10px;
}
Output Till Now
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