Element library

Here you will find examples of most used CSS elements and how to implement them.

Image
Static image

Background and color
Add border
Height
Progress color
Progress height
Steps
Active
Inactive

Import
Adding fonts
Size
Font color
Headings
Forms

Background opacity
Background

Links
Flat text fields
Bevel text fields
Corners
Shadows
Buttons

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Background

Color

Change the color of your text

body {
	background: #ffffff
}

Image

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You should also add an background color. If the image is inaccessible, it will revert to the defined color.

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Size

The suggested size of the background image is 1920 x 1080px.

body {
	background: #ffffff url("path to your image");
}

Static image

Static background image

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Background positions

Positions of the background image define where you want the image to anchor to on the page.

body {
	background: url("path to your image") bottom center;
	background-size: cover;
	background-attachment: fixed;
}

Navigation

Background and color

Change navigation bar's background and text color

.navbar-default {
	background: #ffffff;
  color: #000000;
}

.container {
  background: none;
}

Add border

Add a border with color to the bottom of the navigation bar

.navbar-default {
	border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
}

Height

Change height of navigation bar, changing values as necessary

.navbar-nav > li > a {
	margin: 20px 0;					
	}

Progress color

Change progress bar's colors

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.progress and .progress-bar

.progress is the whole bar itself and .progress-bar displays progress that has been done.

.progress {	
	background: #ffffff;
}

.progress-bar {
	background: #000000;
}

Progress height

Change the height of progress bar

.progress {
	height: 6px;
}

.progress-bar {
	height: 6px;
}

Steps

Change color of the text of steps that have been completed in navigation bar and the color of it while hovering

.navbar-default .navbar-nav > li > a {
	color: #000000;
}

.navbar-default .navbar-nav > li > a:hover {
	color: #FF0000;
}

Active

Change style of the text in navigation bar that is currently active

.navbar-default .navbar-nav>.active>a, .navbar-default .navbar-nav>.active>a:hover, .navbar-default .navbar-nav>.active>a:focus {
	color: #000000;
}

Inactive

Change style of inactive

.navbar-default .navbar-nav>.disabled>a, .navbar-default .navbar-nav>.disabled>a:hover, .navbar-default .navbar-nav>.disabled>a:focus {
	color: #000000;
	opacity: 0.6;
}

Fonts

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Fallback

It's always good to have 'sans serif' defined as the fallback font. It will use any font on the users computer that is sans serif if no other fonts can be loaded.

Import

Import font file — eg. from Google fonts — and use it as the default font

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This needs to go in the beginning of the file

<style type="text/css">

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans');

body {
	font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
}

</style>

Adding font

Change font face from your own font file

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This needs to go to the beginning of the file

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You can add multiple sources to one font file for better combatibility.

<style type="text/css">

@font-face {
	src: url("Path to your font file");
	font-family: 'Name of your font', sans-serif;
}

body {
	font-family: 'Name of your font';
}

</style>

Size

Change the size of the font of body text

body {
	font-family: 'Name of the font', sans-serif;
	font-size: 16px;
}

Font color

Change the color of the font

body {
	color: #000000;
}

Headings

Change headings' color and size

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
	color: #F00;
	font-family: 'Name of your font', sans-serif;
}

h1 {
	font-size: 22px;
}

h2 {
	font-size: 20px;
}

h3 {
	font-size: 18px;
}

h4 {
	font-size: 16px;
}

h5 {
	font-size: 15px;
}

h6 {
	font-size: 14px;
}

Forms

Change font for forms

.form-control {
	font-family: 'Name of your font', sans-serif;
}

Content area

Background opacity

Change content area's opacity

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#letter-container-responsive contains all the content in the middle, including banners.

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#common-content is inside #letter-container-responsive and contains all content elements.

#letter-container-responsive {
	background: rgba(255,255,255,0.5);
	}

#common-content {
	background: rgba(255,255,255,0);
}

Background

Change content area's background color

#letter-container-responsive {
	background: #ffffff;
}

#common-content {
	background: #ffffff;
}

Interactive

Links

Change the style of links

a {
	color: #0000FF;
	cursor: pointer;
}

a:hover, a:focus {
	color: #0000FF;
	text-decoration: underline;
}

Flat text field

Change input fields to flat style

.form-control {
	box-shadow: none;
	border-color: #cccccc;
}

Bevel text field

Change input fields to bevel style

.form-control {
	box-shadow: inset 0 0 1px rgb(128,128,128);
	border-color: #cccccc;
}

.form-control:focus {
	box-shadow: inset 0 0 2px rgb(128,128,128);
	border-color: #cccccc;
}

Buttons

Change buttons' backgrounds, borders and text colors

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Use relevant selectors for right buttons. Try them out!

.btn-success, .btn-primary {
	background: #000000;
	color: #ffffff;
	border: 1px solid #000000;
}

.btn-success:hover, .btn-success:focus,.btn-success:active, .btn-primary:hover, .btn-primary:focus,  .btn-primary:active {
	background: #ffffff;
	color: #000000;
	border: 1px solid #ffffff;
}


.btn-default {
	background: #000000;
	color: #ffffff;
	border: 1px solid #000000;
}


.btn-default:hover, .btn-default:active, .btn-default:focus {
	background: #ffffff;
	color: #000000;
	border: 1px solid #ffffff;
}
	

#thanks-page-button-0, #thanks-page-button-1, #thanks-page-button-2, #thanks-page-button-3, #thanks-page-button-4, #thanks-page-button-5, #thanks-page-button-6 {
	background: #ffffff;
	color: #000000;
	border: 1px solid #ffffff;
}


#thanks-page-button-0:hover, #thanks-page-button-1:hover, #thanks-page-button-2:hover, #thanks-page-button-3:hover, #thanks-page-button-4:hover, #thanks-page-button-5:hover, #thanks-page-button-6:hover {
	background: #ffffff;
	color: #000000;
	border: 1px solid #ffffff;
}

Corners

Change buttons' corners roundness

.btn {
	border-radius: 20px;
}

Shadows

Give a shadow to the buttons

.btn {
	box-shadow: 0 2px 2px #000000;
}