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Exercise 9: Create a Complete Portfolio with HTML and CSS

How to create a portfolio website with HTML and CSS in videos​

In this exercise, we will develop a complete web portfolio using HTML and CSS. For the design, we will follow the project by Pavan MG in Figma.

Portfolio cover creation
tip

To complete this tutorial, you need a basic understanding of HTML and CSS. Otherwise, you can find free HTML and CSS tutorials here:HTML Fundamentals|Introduction to CSS

This project includes four distinct sections on a single page, with "anchor" links in a main menu for easy navigation.

Project Structure​

The portfolio will consist of the following sections:

  1. Main: The main section, which will include a header, a brief introduction, and a featured image.

  2. Stack: Here you will detail the technology and tools you use, with icons and brief descriptions.

  3. Projects: A gallery of your most important projects, each with an image, a title, and a brief description.

  4. Footer: The footer, which will include links to your social media profiles and contact information.

Main Portfolio Image​

Portfolio desktop

Fonts​

We're going to use two types of fonts. To install them, we'll add the following to our CSS file:

style.css
@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=DM+Sans:ital,opsz,wght@0,9..40,100..1000;1,9..40,100..1000&display=swap");
@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=DM+Sans:ital,opsz,wght@0,9..40,100..1000;1,9..40,100..1000&family=Poppins:ital,wght@0,100;0,200;0,300;0,400;0,500;0,600;0,700;0,800;0,900;1,100;1,200;1,300;1,400;1,500;1,600;1,700;1,800;1,900&display=swap");

In the following example, we can see how to use fonts imported from Google Fonts.

style.css
p {
  font-family: "Poppins", sans-serif;
}
h1 {
  font-family: "DM Sans", sans-serif;
}

General Styles​

After importing the fonts, I recommend applying the following general styles to your CSS stylesheet.

style.css
html,
body {
  margin: 0;
  height: 100%;
  word-wrap: break-word;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  font-family: "Poppins", sans-serif;
  font-size: 16px;
}

Design Details​

The images in each section include the most important dimensions. Additionally, each section specifies colors, styles, and font sizes.

1. Portfolio - Main Section​

Portfolio Main section

Main Section Design Details:​

  • Logo: This can be an SVG or PNG image no taller than 60px, containing your name. You can also use full-space text.

  • Links: Font: "DM Sans", Medium, 20px, and color#666

  • Icons: 30px x 30px in size, andfill of #666.

Main text: Font "Poppins", Bold, 58px, color#42446Eand line spacing of -1px. Additionally, a fragment of the text has a gradient color that goes from 0% -#13B0F5100% -#E70FAA

  • Main image: 350px circle with a gradient border that goes from 0% -#E70FAA100% -#00C0FD.

2. Portfolio - Stack Section​

Portfolio Stack section

Stack Section Design Details:​

  • Title: Font: "Poppins", Bold, 48px, and color#42446E

Subtitle: Font "Poppins", Regular, 32px, and color#666

  • Icons: Containerdiv120px x 120px with 8px padding.

3. Portfolio - Projects Section​

Portfolio section Projects

Projects Section Design Details:​

  • Card Titles: Font "Poppins", Bold, 48px, and color#42446E.

Card paragraphs: Font "Poppins", Light, 18px, color#666and 0 line spacing.

  • Tech stack of cards: Font "Poppins", Regular, 16px and color#42446EWith a Light style snippet.

Links in card footer: Font "Poppins", Regular, 16px, color#000Icon size: 20px x 20px

4. Portfolio - Footer Section​

Portfolio Footer section
  • Links: Font "Poppins", Regular, 18px, and color#42446E.

5. Portfolio - Implementing Display Grid​

6. Portfolio – Responsive and Media Queries​

7. Portfolio - Responsive, Anchor Links, and Expandable Mobile Sidebar​

8. Portfolio - JavaScript classList, css variables, logo and min-height 100vh​

Resources

1.Imágenes del proyecto

2.Fuente Poppins

3.Fuente DM Sans

4.Iconos de React Icons

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