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6 Steps To Create A Follow A Members With Tailwind CSS Like A Pro In Under An Hour

Follow a members

What is Tailwind CSS?

Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that focuses on creating personalized user interfaces quickly. It can gives you all the building blocks you are able to create personalized designs without having to fight to override irritating opinionated styles. Also, Tailwind CSS is a highly configurable, low-level CSS framework.

The description of Follow a members ui component

Card with a list of users and with a follower button that when pressed an alert is displayed. full example in codepen pure css, ( not tailwind ) here 👉 codepen.io/frankuxui/pen/rnyljlg || share my work if you like ❤

Why use Tailwind CSS to make a Follow a members ui component?

  • It can make the building process of Follow a members ui component faster and more easily.
  • Enables building complex responsive layouts and components freely.
  • Minimum lines of CSS code in Follow a members component file.

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The source code of Follow a members ui component

<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto:[email protected];400;500;700;900&display=swap" rel="stylesheet" />

<style>
    @import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto:wght@300;400;500;700;900&display=swap");
    body{
        font-family: "Roboto", sans-serif;
    }
</style>

<!-- This is an example component -->

<div class='flex flex-col items-center justify-center min-h-screen p-16 bg-slate-200'>
    <h1 class="my-10 font-medium text-3xl sm:text-4xl font-black">
        Follow a Members
        <span class="day" style="display: inline-block">😎</span>
        <span class="night" style="display: none">👀</span>
    </h1>
    <div class="mb-4">
        <button class="toggle-theme btn inline-block select-none no-underline align-middle cursor-pointer whitespace-nowrap px-4 py-1.5 rounded text-base font-medium leading-6 tracking-tight text-white text-center border-0 bg-[#6911e7] hover:bg-[#590acb] duration-300" type="button">Dark</button>
    </div>
    <div class='user-list w-full max-w-lg mx-auto bg-white rounded-xl shadow-xl flex flex-col py-4'>
        <!--User row -->
        <div class="user-row flex flex-col items-center justify-between cursor-pointer  p-4 duration-300 sm:flex-row sm:py-4 sm:px-8 hover:bg-[#f6f8f9]">
            <div class="user flex items-center text-center flex-col sm:flex-row sm:text-left">
                <div class="avatar-content mb-2.5 sm:mb-0 sm:mr-2.5">
                    <img class="avatar w-20 h-20 rounded-full" src="https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/men/32.jpg"/>
                </div>
                <div class="user-body flex flex-col mb-4 sm:mb-0 sm:mr-4">
                    <a href="#" class="title font-medium no-underline">Wade Warren</a>
                    <div class="skills flex flex-col">
                        <span class="subtitle text-slate-500">Marketing Liaison</span>
                        <span class="subtitle text-slate-500">Coordinator 💪</span>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <!--Button content -->
            <div class="user-option mx-auto sm:ml-auto sm:mr-0">
                <button class="btn inline-block select-none no-underline align-middle cursor-pointer whitespace-nowrap px-4 py-1.5 rounded text-base font-medium leading-6 tracking-tight text-white text-center border-0 bg-[#6911e7] hover:bg-[#590acb] duration-300" type="button">Follow</button>
            </div>
            <!--Close Button content -->
        </div>
        <!--User row -->

        <!--User row -->
        <div class="user-row flex flex-col items-center justify-between cursor-pointer  p-4 duration-300 sm:flex-row sm:py-4 sm:px-8 hover:bg-[#f6f8f9]">
            <div class="user flex items-center text-center flex-col sm:flex-row sm:text-left">
                <div class="avatar-content mb-2.5 sm:mb-0 sm:mr-2.5">
                    <img class="avatar w-20 h-20 rounded-full" src="https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/women/44.jpg"/>
                </div>
                <div class="user-body flex flex-col mb-4 sm:mb-0 sm:mr-4">
                    <a href="#" class="title font-medium no-underline">Loura Weber</a>
                    <div class="skills flex flex-col">
                        <span class="subtitle text-slate-500">Lead Manager</span>
                        <span class="subtitle text-slate-500">Confidence</span>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <!--Button content -->
            <div class="user-option mx-auto sm:ml-auto sm:mr-0">
                <button class="btn inline-block select-none no-underline align-middle cursor-pointer whitespace-nowrap px-4 py-1.5 rounded text-base font-medium leading-6 tracking-tight text-white text-center border-0 bg-[#6911e7] hover:bg-[#590acb] duration-300" type="button">Follow</button>
            </div>
            <!--Close Button content -->
        </div>
        <!--User row -->

        <!--User row -->
        <div class="user-row flex flex-col items-center justify-between cursor-pointer  p-4 duration-300 sm:flex-row sm:py-4 sm:px-8 hover:bg-[#f6f8f9]">
            <div class="user flex items-center text-center flex-col sm:flex-row sm:text-left">
                <div class="avatar-content mb-2.5 sm:mb-0 sm:mr-2.5">
                    <img class="avatar w-20 h-20 rounded-full" src="https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/men/46.jpg"/>
                </div>
                <div class="user-body flex flex-col mb-4 sm:mb-0 sm:mr-4">
                    <a href="#" class="title font-medium no-underline">Jane Cooper</a>
                    <div class="skills flex flex-col">
                        <span class="subtitle text-slate-500">Dog Trainer</span>
                        <span class="subtitle text-slate-500">Trainer</span>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <!--Button content -->
            <div class="user-option mx-auto sm:ml-auto sm:mr-0">
                <button class="btn inline-block select-none no-underline align-middle cursor-pointer whitespace-nowrap px-4 py-1.5 rounded text-base font-medium leading-6 tracking-tight text-white text-center border-0 bg-[#6911e7] hover:bg-[#590acb] duration-300" type="button">Follow</button>
            </div>
            <!--Close Button content -->
        </div>
        <!--User row -->

        <!--User row -->
        <div class="user-row flex flex-col items-center justify-between cursor-pointer  p-4 duration-300 sm:flex-row sm:py-4 sm:px-8 hover:bg-[#f6f8f9]">
            <div class="user flex items-center text-center flex-col sm:flex-row sm:text-left">
                <div class="avatar-content mb-2.5 sm:mb-0 sm:mr-2.5">
                    <img class="avatar w-20 h-20 rounded-full" src="https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/men/47.jpg"/>
                </div>
                <div class="user-body flex flex-col mb-4 sm:mb-0 sm:mr-4">
                    <a href="#" class="title font-medium no-underline">Guy Hawkins</a>
                    <div class="skills flex flex-col">
                        <span class="subtitle text-slate-500">Medical Assistant</span>
                        <span class="subtitle text-slate-500">Assitant</span>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <!--Button content -->
            <div class="user-option mx-auto sm:ml-auto sm:mr-0">
                <button class="btn inline-block select-none no-underline align-middle cursor-pointer whitespace-nowrap px-4 py-1.5 rounded text-base font-medium leading-6 tracking-tight text-white text-center border-0 bg-[#6911e7] hover:bg-[#590acb] duration-300" type="button">Follow</button>
            </div>
            <!--Close Button content -->
        </div>
        <!--User row -->

        <!--User row -->
        <div class="user-row flex flex-col items-center justify-between cursor-pointer  p-4 duration-300 sm:flex-row sm:py-4 sm:px-8 hover:bg-[#f6f8f9]">
            <div class="user flex items-center text-center flex-col sm:flex-row sm:text-left">
                <div class="avatar-content mb-2.5 sm:mb-0 sm:mr-2.5">
                    <img class="avatar w-20 h-20 rounded-full" src="https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/women/63.jpg"/>
                </div>
                <div class="user-body flex flex-col mb-4 sm:mb-0 sm:mr-4">
                    <a href="#" class="title font-medium no-underline">Julian Jill Brown</a>
                    <div class="skills flex flex-col">
                        <span class="subtitle text-slate-500">Web Designer</span>
                        <span class="subtitle text-slate-500">Work under pressure</span>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <!--Button content -->
            <div class="user-option mx-auto sm:ml-auto sm:mr-0">
                <button class="btn inline-block select-none no-underline align-middle cursor-pointer whitespace-nowrap px-4 py-1.5 rounded text-base font-medium leading-6 tracking-tight text-white text-center border-0 bg-[#6911e7] hover:bg-[#590acb] duration-300" type="button">Follow</button>
            </div>
            <!--Close Button content -->
        </div>
        <!--User row -->

        <a class="show-more block w-10/12 mx-auto py-2.5 px-4 text-center no-underline rounded hover:bg-[#f6f8f9] font-medium duration-300" href="#/">Show more members</a>
    </div>
</div>

How to make a Follow a members with Tailwind CSS?

Install tailwind css of verion 3.0.18

Use the script html tag to import the script of Tailwind CSS of the version 3.0.18

<script src="https://cdn.tailwindcss.com"></script>

All the unility class needed to make a Follow a members component

  • my-10
  • text-3xl
  • sm:text-4xl
  • mb-4
  • inline-block
  • px-4
  • py-1.5
  • text-base
  • text-white
  • text-center
  • border-0
  • bg-[#6911e7]
  • hover:bg-[#590acb]
  • flex
  • flex-col
  • p-4
  • sm:flex-row
  • sm:py-4
  • sm:px-8
  • hover:bg-[#f6f8f9]
  • sm:text-left
  • mb-2.5
  • sm:mb-0
  • sm:mr-2.5
  • w-20
  • h-20
  • sm:mr-4
  • text-slate-500
  • mx-auto
  • sm:ml-auto
  • sm:mr-0
  • block
  • w-10/12
  • py-2.5

34 steps to make a Follow a members component with Tailwind CSS

  1. Control the vertical margin of an element to 2.5rem using the my-10 utilities.

  2. Control the text color of an element to 3xl using the text-3xl utilities.

  3. Control the text color of an element to 4xl at only small screen sizes using the sm:text-4xl utilities.

  4. Control the margin on bottom side of an element to 1rem using the mb-4 utilities.

  5. Use inline-block utilities to wrap the element to prevent the text inside from extending beyond its parent.

  6. Control the horizontal padding of an element to 1rem using the px-4 utilities.

  7. Control the vertical padding of an element to 1.5 using the py-1.5 utilities.

  8. Control the text color of an element to base using the text-base utilities.

  9. Control the text color of an element to white using the text-white utilities.

  10. Control the text color of an element to center using the text-center utilities.

  11. Control the border color of an element to 0rem using the border-0 utilities.

  12. Control the background color of an element to [#6911e7] using the bg-[#6911e7] utilities.

  13. Control the background color of an element to [#590acb] using the hover:bg-[#590acb] utilities on hover.

  14. Use flex to create a block-level flex container.

  15. Use flex to create a block-level flex container.

  16. Control the padding on all sides of an element to 1rem using the p-4 utilities.

  17. Use flex to create a block-level flex container at only small screen sizes.

  18. Control the vertical padding of an element to 1rem at only small screen sizes using the sm:py-4 utilities.

  19. Control the horizontal padding of an element to 2rem at only small screen sizes using the sm:px-8 utilities.

  20. Control the background color of an element to [#f6f8f9] using the hover:bg-[#f6f8f9] utilities on hover.

  21. Control the text color of an element to left at only small screen sizes using the sm:text-left utilities.

  22. Control the margin on bottom side of an element to 2.5 using the mb-2.5 utilities.

  23. Control the margin on bottom side of an element to 0rem at only small screen sizes using the sm:mb-0 utilities.

  24. Control the margin on right side of an element to 2.5 at only small screen sizes using the sm:mr-2.5 utilities.

  25. Use w-20 to set an element to a fixed width(5rem).

  26. Use h-20 to set an element to a fixed height(5rem).

  27. Control the margin on right side of an element to 1rem at only small screen sizes using the sm:mr-4 utilities.

  28. Control the text color of an element to slate-500 using the text-slate-500 utilities.

  29. Control the horizontal margin of an element to auto using the mx-auto utilities.

  30. Control the margin on left side of an element to auto at only small screen sizes using the sm:ml-auto utilities.

  31. Control the margin on right side of an element to 0rem at only small screen sizes using the sm:mr-0 utilities.

  32. Use inline utilities to put the element on its own line and fill its parent.

  33. Use w-10/12 to set an element to a fixed width(10/12).

  34. Control the vertical padding of an element to 2.5 using the py-2.5 utilities.

Conclusion

The above is a step-by-step tutorial on how to use Tailwind CSS to make a Follow a members components, learn and follow along to implement your own components.