How to Properly Layout A Website (For Beginners)

[@dopedaddy667]

Mother of algorithms brought me here while im stuck at designing myfirst few babysites. Thank you

[@ldl6147]

Couldn’t have said it better myself

[@karanvyas9931]

When a noob like me wanted to design a website by my self... Looking for help everywhere and found this gem suddenly . I guess same force working better for me😅

[@bevinjason5026]

Same here

[@RajibTFvlog]

😂

[@adeyemiowolabi6062]

😂😊😂😂

[@kishangautam7506]

Layout is one of the most important aspect of a website. You explained it beautifully.

[@tyreerobinson2016]

Especially that part where he just says add a two column paragraph but doesn't specify what it should talk about.

[@mickenilsson]

I have to stop and thank you. You made let go of the belief that I could build a website exactly as I want. It was hard to swallow but I finally did and now my work is so much easier. Really glad you decided to upload this and show it to the world.

[@nffgxz289getim]

Same here. I started a few months ago by "trying" to design my website and had the toughest time ever. I had a layout in mind but just didn't know there were specific rules to go by. I'm glad I found this video.

[@uplink-on-yt]

Backend developer here. It took me a few searches to find your video after realising that the abstract notion of layout is important, rather than how to write CSS and HTML. I wasn't interested in how to make layouts, but how to think of them, and this video fits that interest very well. I was vaguely aware that first and foremost a webpage flows from top to bottom (major axis, your first principle), and then secondarily from left to write (minor axis), but that was about it. The reference to Pinterest webpage building blocks is very useful. I'm saving this for future reference.

[@namangupta7131]

Basically the Hieracrchy

[@xyz-bx5et]

@uplink-on-yt how have you got started in backend development brother? can i help you out in anything by any chance? i have decent knowledge about development and can learn new stuffs quickly if required i would be very grateful if you could guide me bro i am literally confused on how to get into this development thing i am just learning and learning and not able to get a definite how to get into development

[@uplink-on-yt]

@@xyz-bx5et - I studied many computer programming things for many years since the age of 10, mostly in a structured manner (in school) and with a lot of curiosity and not going outside to play with other kids. 10 years later, I started to use my knowledge in low paid freelance projects on sites like Upwork (then Rent-a-Coder). Backend is just one of many things I know. I also know Linux admin, network admin, C, C++, Python, database admin, web server admin, shell scripting, design patterns, data structures - at various levels. Then I found the Symfony PHP framework, and I loved it, as it removed a lot of boilerplate and got me very productive. I'm not sure what the best way to talk to you would be. KZbin doesn't have a chat feature.

[@bcampera]

I am studying HTML and CSS but oftentimes I don't know what to build with it. Finding this is a blessing. Thank you my friend.

[@abusufyan1352]

Yoo it's been 8months now Give us Update?

[@pepilearnlearn]

After watching different videos, taking courses, read books, I can say this is the best video I've ever seen about web layouts, it's pretty straightforward while instructional. Thank you so much! You should keep posting more stuff like this

[@NextToken]

I agree. It's very well done and to the point. Exactly what i was looking for when i searched "clean website tutorial."

[@GoldenVulpes]

What kind of dream client is this haha. Getting my clients to write content for their website is like pulling teeth for me. So I often make their layouts first so they can see what kind of text I need from them

[@s1ngularities]

i'm someone who severely struggle on focusing on something but your simple yet non-uniform(cutesy) styled graphic reeled me in very effectively. it simplifies the point to it's core with enough detail to distinguish itself from the others as it's own thing. it's been a long while since i've focused on something and i didn't left empty handed either. now i'm very interested in your content! :D

[@ZariusIRL]

This concept is perfect. The putting everything in its own row is a gem.

[@litnookyt]

Just completed wireframing a website, then algorithm brought this video to me. I feel happy that most of my website was based on this principle but I never actually knew these as basic principles. Algorithm worked well. This is a perfect video to revise fundamentals

[@dharmendrarathod7088]

I always wanted to learn website development as a hobby, but found website creation process very challenging and would mostly focus learning the coding part of the process. Thanks for making such a detailed video connecting requirement doc to layout, and I think, it goes without saying the best video I have seen in 10 years of my journey. Thanks a lot Alex 🙏🏻

[@kaneleh]

I realize while watching that I have seen this video before. I just wanted to thank you because since I watched this video, I have incorporated your hands on approach to layout as a foundation for how I think about creating websites. I am a developer, and I have no graphical design training. I’m just trying to learn how to make websites that look good. Just the concept of breaking down the website into rows and considering each row separately makes the process of building a nice looking website seem manageable instead of overwhelming. Another important insight is that I have to think separately of design and layout, instead of considering them to be one single thing! Anyway, thank you so much for this video!

[@spencer_wind]

As a web developer student with a passion for design your videos are awesome ! Keep it up !

[@theman7050]

MOAAAAR LIKE THESE. Everyone only teaches design principles, you talked about actual layout! Please keep building on it..

[@MadManX668]

I love you!!!!

[@mitch761]

Looking at layout as rows instead of as grids/boxes has been a game changer

[@knightridergaming1106]

I was confused for days that how should I structure my blank page and this video was filled with jampacked knowledge that I fell out of my chair , I am better now lol

[@nikolanovakovic4150]

I LOVED THIS ! Thank you so much as someone who is learning front-end I've been struggling hard with the design and layout part of the job, this has helped so much !

[@76ers]

3:07 - Pro tip: instead of using a plain grey like #f7f7f7, use a hint of Blue e.g. #f3f6f9 You just need to remember “369”. The initial “F” stays the same, while the next number increments by “3”. So… 036 = #f0f3f6 369 = #f3f6f9 58b = #f5f8fb

[@davidchavarriamendez9091]

I dont understand. How nine became to b in your last example?

[@76ers]

@@davidchavarriamendez9091sry, I skipped some colors in my previous comment just to keep it short. Anyways, after “9”, the values switch from Numbers to Letters as you move left to right from darkest, to lightest. 0123456789ABCDEF 0 = Darkest F = Lightest So if you start from “0”, and you increase the next number by “3”, you end up with these shades of blue: 036 = #f0f3f6 (darkest) 147 = #f1f4f7 258 = #f2f5f8 369 = #f3f6f9 (my favorite) 47A = #f4f7fA 58B = #f5f8fB 69C = #f6f9fC 7AD = #f7fAfD 8BE = #f8fBfE 9CF = #f9fCfF (lightest) Make sense?

[@coreygossman6243]

​​@@davidchavarriamendez9091b is 11 in hexadecimal

[@brownrhythms]

@@davidchavarriamendez9091 It is 5, 8, then 11. There is no 10+. 10 becomes a, 11 becomes b.

[@jackknash]

@@davidchavarriamendez9091 that’s because its a hexadecimal number, aka base 16. You can hold 16 numbers in a single character. 0-9 and then A-F for the numbers 10 through 15.

[@dariofairhall2695]

This really helps a lot, when you only know a bunch of html, css and js. And trying to practice to make a website by copying others, why shouldn't everyone teach this at first, it improves the sense of completion and implementation of knowledge you learn. Anyways thanks a lot for creating this video.

[@georgesms]

Your "no BS" aproach is refreshing!

[@gigipaquette]

I can't even begin to thank you enough for this thorough and concise video. I love that you nailed it down to exactly what you would do with icons and got to the point. THANK YOU THANK YOU! Have a fantastic day!

[@zoufishanyousaf2296]

1 minute in and i am hook line and sinker, liked, subscribed and comment. Now thisssss is excellent content, keep up the good work.

[@jefterlauglaug8096]

this helped me learn how to make a responsive layout in webdesign

[@shobuj_pata]

Hey Bro! All I can say to you is "Thanks a loooooooooooooooottttt! " The explanation was very precise, simple and satisfying. You just cleared most of my doubts and confusions. Thank you and I already subscribed and liked your video!

[@christiannsiim]

I love the use of diagrams, it has really helped me to visualise better!

[@catrein4687]

Man, are you serious? They charge thousand of bucks for this info where I live. This is awesome, thank you so much

[@Cabdalle.Ismacil]

It's like you have seen me doing boring layouts and started to upload this video. Thanks bro. My English is not as good as I'm, sorry for it.

[@CaptZenPetabyte]

Thank you for this tutorial. I am currently using this advice to attempt to design my business website using bootstrap 5, and it has helped me jumpstart the designing and creation. Appreciate you taking the time!

[@deepchanda1989]

This is the most practical and easy video on layout I found online. Thank you so much.

[@ericvanjames8395]

In this context: "Principle" is the correct spelling of the word! (Plural = "Principles.") Thanks for your video. ~

[@Zatroth]

So basicallly rhytm and repetition, is good to know how others arrange their worlk flow. Thanks dude, this video helpms me alot to move pass the "blank page" as you mentioned.

[@TheCollectiveInfinte729]

If I could go back and see this 2 years ago.

[@Jheyybr]

This is one of the best video to learn about layout. Trust me, I am one of those guys who has a lot of trouble and always get stucked when I have to do this. I just want to say thank you.

[@footballclips5013]

I have a project to submit in 2 days time and Iwas only focused on the layout forgetting content. That really blew my mind. Thanx content before layouts

[@mrs.quills7061]

Figma is another tool I want to learn! And while I do have my layout sketched out, maybe I should lay it out better in illustrator 🤔 that way I can make sure it’s cohesive.

[@weerawarakul1817]

this is the content I seek form months as a self taught web developper/designer. thank you very much

[@nicolower7602]

Wow i am Amazed how easy it was to listen to you! Thank you for making it so simple to understand!

[@maryna4338]

This is a great video. It’s informative, easy to understand and super helpful, especially because you walk the viewer through the process. Greatly appreciated, thank you. Keep it up!

[@nhasnap]

I don't even know why I am here, I'm not even in the dev jobs or anything at all but I watch your video until the end

[@lovenature918]

Hlo

[@yourfuturefriend144]

Ways to start simple yet not confusing

[@greendropmedia]

Bro you just inspired me!! I was stuck on a design and this video is EXACTLY what I needed!! New subscriber

[@MultiSciGeek]

This is super useful, and something I struggled with a lot recently... Would love to see the same thing for an app!

[@julianjacobs8956]

This is an AWESOME video. Coming from a dev walking into the design world. Thank you!

[@mianmohsin5542]

Where were you this wholeeee time ... So so insightful ..

[@rgarlinyc]

Very convincing, thanks a lot - I shall put this to test as I build some websites.

[@bonniehoke-scedrov4906]

This is my first time enjoying your KZbin channel. Great content! Looking forward to hearing more from you! Your video was so informative. Thank you so much!

[@Futur_ium]

it os truely one of the best resources for design . thank you very much.

[@bodhadityamukherjee6315]

This is the best video i have found on youtube in this subject!!!

[@Brlitzkreig]

Excellent clear cut and to the point content

[@tonks8687]

This channel deserves more subscriptions and it definitely will.

[@henrythomas7112]

Very well explained! I have learned many great things from your articles. I have been checking out all of your blogs as well, thanks for sharing this.

[@ChatGPT-ef6sr]

This is full blown high quality course!

[@أميرالمؤمنينبنمحمدأكرم]

Theee beeesssttt layouting explanation with example.. not only speech.

[@PirateOfTheNorth]

Thank you. This was just what I was looking for ❤

[@wisdom5603]

This is such a deep insight ! It is sooooo beautiful.....!!!!! Thank you so much !!🎉

[@raudyalmonte7497]

Your content is so good. I wish you could keep bringing more. Thanks. 🎉

[@celinedaumesnil7329]

Formidable ! Meilleure vidéo sur le sujet, je ne suis plus débutante mais je l’ai trouvée très très bien 😊 Je file voir les autres. MERCI

[@mattwandcow]

This is a great video! I've always bemoaned my designs, but this concept of rows is making my fingers itch to make something and I'm almost regretting I don't really have a project to try it out on at the moment

[@suranjandhara7535]

You just have gained one subscriber ✨🙌 Amazing explanation ❤

[@mistermister8]

I'd really love it if you could use your skills and knowledge and do a breakdown on ecommerce email template blocks. I see so many absolutely appauling layouts it is criminal. Thanks for these videos btw, really down to earth and spot on.

[@keyingxu7305]

Great video and super helpful for website newbies like me. (One thing that kept distracting me was the misuse of "principle" as "principal"... please correct or it's harming the credibility...)

[@herbertgwilliams49]

Very concise, effective and to the point video.

[@codismith1903]

Thank you for creating these videos, you are soooo good at it!

[@Gary-Leigh]

Thank you for this video! I found it very helpful

[@mazinashfaq631]

This was a great video. I learned a lot , subscribing and going to learn more from this channel.

[@seiftamazerti4547]

i love this KZbin channel !!

[@docteurcolosso8900]

staight and simple, thank you man.

[@nitkarshchourasia2406]

## Main Ideas - 🎨 Website layout principles emphasize the importance of basic rules for easier design. - 📝 Content should drive layout design, with the layout reflecting and enhancing the provided content. - 🏠 Creating homepage layouts involves incorporating elements like hero sections and following web design trends. - 📄 Sub-page layouts benefit from consistency in title sections and adaptation to available content. - 📋 Service page layouts should feature clear headings and varied styles to maintain interest. - 📞 Contact page layouts focus on minimal content and may require additional elements for optimal user interaction.

[@simenoeren9322]

The second principle about needing to change background color every section is a mistake. Good use of white spacing and clear section headings with proper heading level sizes is enough. On top of that, using ONLY color to understand the difference between two things is a direct breach on WCAG as many are color blind and we perceive color very differently. If the site is too scroll heavy to have good white space between sections, then you could throw a separator line to make it more compact. Tip: Look at the design in grayscale to see if it makes it harder to use.

[@DrunkenUFOPilot]

My experience with front end is limited to a few small projects, and few were public-facing or for business. Mostly in-house documentation for internal project team use. So now I'm working on something more genuinely front end, and find not sure how to think about designing. I can design a decent GUI for a desktop app using Qt, gtk or the like. That's not a transferable skill! What's a more productive way to think about architecting a few web pages? This video took me from zero to halfway a hero :)

[@chandnisoni3979]

Have diff color rows Do vertical padding in each row by 50 pixel

[@Epikht]

This channel is gold🏆 thank you brother

[@cycle9241]

This was excellent and gave me great guidance. Thank you.

[@paulsimmons1221]

Great video. Using this information I can build simple and clean websites. Thank you!

[@AbelHaddis-h8h]

Plz Plz Plz can you make one like this for an eCommerce site?? This was SOOOO helpful for traditional sites! Thank you so much!

[@muhammad-arief]

I learn a lot from this videos, really thanks for great tutorial!

[@chriswilcox8977]

Best thing I ever did was stop accepting content from clients, without copywriting support or full copywriting - such a better outcome ❤

[@bonbonpony]

04:17 This principle (not principal) seems to be somewhat limited. Although I share the view that layout should be there for the content, not the other way around, and should always be designed in such a way that would emphasize the content and make it more readable and aesthetic, I don't think that content should (or can) always come FIRST. Because this only applies to "one-shot" web pages that someone creates and forgets, ones that will never grow any further. But there's a whole another category of websites too: those which always grow and must accommodate new content (e.g. new articles). In that case, content _cannot_ come first, because we don't know the future and can't predict what content will someone put there. In that case, the design must be generic enough to work well with different content. Things like typography, headings, inline illustrations, lists, tables etc. must be styled regardless of what particular content will be put there in the future. And although I like the modular blocks approach, I don't think it might be used for that type of websites, unless one makes a larger set of generic blocks that could be reused by content creators for all sorts of different content they'll come up with.

[@richieMP118]

Hey I saw you in that Louis Rossmann video, which is not very relevant but it's weird to see the same user two times in kind of unrelated videos

[@bonbonpony]

@@richieMP118 Well, the Internet makes the world appear smaller than it is ;) And yeah, you can stumble upon me in all sorts of different places, because I'm interested in many different things. (There's one interest in particular that always brings me lots of scorn, as you probably might have found in that pinned comment thread :q but I kinda used to it over the years and I just roll my eyes on it and move on.) Welp, it was nice meeting you again then, see you somewhere else some other time :)

[@silenttkiller6611]

I have a different opinion, the future updates are easier to adjust with the present look of the site, but for the new layout, we surely needs some content to put into the site in order to shape it, and I am giving this opinion after designing 30+ pages websites from scratch, and redesigning the existing sites

[@sunshine6352]

if this is the case, what approach would you suggest then? since I'm also struggling in design and I mainly just make 1 web page

[@RealGFastlaner]

How to make a website without any purpose in mind?

[@Robert08010]

I have a web page that uses 100% absulute positions for each element but the whole web site is left aligned. I understand JS enough to calculate exactly how many px I need to move it to center it. But I can't seem to use a js variable in an html tag. I want to take all that absolute positioning and offset it by a specific number of pixels. Is there a simple solution that allows me to keep all that absolute positioning?

[@faiizanhussain3276]

You're creating amazing content that's quite helpful in real life. I visited your site but to my surprise, I can't find any good websites with the principles/techniques that you're telling. Neither the pricing that you've mentioned matches the type of work you've listed in the portfolio section. Please tell me if I missed something? I've following you for a long.

[@SteveInQLD007]

*Just what I was looking for - thanks man!*

[@sarahlopez6391]

This was really helpful. I learned a lot, thank you!

[@workvisual]

Finally, Thank you for explaining in detail

[@wt4509]

Thank you bro, you are a legend for this vid

[@romyt9816]

Absolutely valuable video. Thanks a million for sharing.

[@DrunkenUFOPilot]

What I don't see is left or right columns. Good, that makes it easier. Master this level of design first, but eventually in real life projects we'll want other features such as left/right columns, a standard header or footer, etc. How do I know when to work on making those part of the design versus holding off and stick with keeping things simple?

[@PonosBabuina]

That is a very good guide, helped me like 85% but also kinda only 20 if I think about it. I reallywish you would give us some real examples of the sections you provided us with, I can not describe how much it would help me because I am the Full-Stack Dev of the WebSite and I haven not really seen a lot of websites or even analysed them to understand what EXECTLY I need to code.

[@RaziFoxx]

Man I wish I learned this earlier 😅

[@codeman5312]

Thanks Dude. I get to know new things.

[@DianaReyna-z1k]

Nice and great lesson. Thanks.

[@maurolimaok]

Nice channel. Favorited. Thanks for the videos.

[@ErrikosAlexiou]

beautiful drawings

[@sevk5605]

this was so helpful!

[@dancingvola1]

Love this video, thank you

[@manvigurcha2863]

This is really good. Thanks much

[@chrissis111]

This is a great video. Thanks for sharing! 😁

[@renebitencourtjunior7191]

Nice video, helped me so much!!

[@MrJoerajchel]

Great video brother. Helped me big time

[@tonynolan9428]

Thankyou, very informative and succinct. I have subscribed.