Beginners Guide: Make A Instagram Stories With Tailwind CSS

• What is Tailwind CSS?
• The description of Instagram Stories ui component
• Why use Tailwind CSS to build a Instagram Stories ui component?
• The preview of Instagram Stories ui component
• The source code of Instagram Stories ui component
• How to build a Instagram Stories with Tailwind CSS?
• Install tailwind css of verion 2.2.4
• All the unility class needed to build a Instagram Stories component
• 26 steps to build a Instagram Stories component with Tailwind CSS
• Conclusion

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 Instagram Stories ui component

Stories sectioin

Why use Tailwind CSS to build a Instagram Stories ui component?

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

The preview of Instagram Stories ui component

The source code of Instagram Stories ui component

<div class="max-w-full mx-auto p-8">
  <h2 class="sm:text-lg sm:text-pink-700 leading-snug tracking-widest uppercase font-semibold">Introducing...</h2>
  <p class="text-3xl font-extrabold leading-none text-gray-800 py-4">Tailwind Stories</p>

<ul class="flex space-x-6 font-serif ">

  <li class="flex flex-col items-center space-y-1 relative">
    <div class="bg-gradient-to-tr from-yellow-300 to-fuchsia-800 p-1 rounded-full">
      <a class=" bg-white block rounded-full p-1 hover:-rotate-6 transform transition" href="#">
        <img class="h-24 w-24 rounded-full" src="http://placekitten.com/200/300" alt="cute kitty" />
      </a>
    </div>
    <button class="absolute bottom-8 right-1 bg-purple-800 rounded-full h-8 w-8 text-2xl
        text-white font-semibold border-2
         border-white flex justify-center items-center font-mono hover:bg-blue-700">+</button>
      <a href="#">
        you
      </a>
  </li>
  
  <li class="flex flex-col items-center space-y-1 ">
    <div class="bg-gradient-to-tr from-yellow-500 to-fuchsia-600 p-1 rounded-full">
      <a class=" bg-white block rounded-full p-1 hover:-rotate-6 transform transition" href="#">
        <img class="h-24 w-24 rounded-full" src="http://placekitten.com/208/136" alt="cute kitty" />
      </a>
    </div>
      <a href="#">
        snuggless
      </a>
  </li>

    <li class="flex flex-col items-center space-y-1 ">
    <div class="bg-gradient-to-tr from-yellow-500 to-fuchsia-600 p-1 rounded-full">
      <a class=" bg-white block rounded-full p-1 hover:-rotate-6 transform transition" href="#">
        <img class="h-24 w-24 rounded-full" src="http://placekitten.com/100/200" alt="cute kitty" />
      </a>
    </div>
      <a href="#">
        meoww_2
      </a>
  </li>
    <li class="flex flex-col items-center space-y-1 ">
    <div class="bg-gradient-to-tr from-yellow-500 to-fuchsia-600 p-1 rounded-full">
      <a class=" bg-white block rounded-full p-1 hover:-rotate-6 transform transition" href="#">
        <img class="h-24 w-24 rounded-full" src="http://placekitten.com/300/400" alt="cute kitty" />
      </a>
    </div>
      <a href="#">
        me_kitty
      </a>
  </li>   
</ul>

</div>

How to build a Instagram Stories with Tailwind CSS?

Install tailwind css of verion 2.2.4

Use the script html tag to import the script of Tailwind CSS of the version 2.2.4

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

All the unility class needed to build a Instagram Stories component

• max-w-full
• mx-auto
• p-8
• sm:text-lg
• sm:text-pink-700
• text-3xl
• text-gray-800
• py-4
• flex
• flex-col
• relative
• bg-gradient-to-tr
• p-1
• bg-white
• block
• h-24
• w-24
• absolute
• bottom-8
• right-1
• bg-purple-800
• h-8
• w-8
• text-white
• border-white
• hover:bg-blue-700

26 steps to build a Instagram Stories component with Tailwind CSS

1. Set the maximum width/height of an element using the max-w-full utilities.

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

3. Control the padding on all sides of an element to 2rem using the p-8 utilities.

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

5. Control the text color of an element to pink-700 at only small screen sizes using the sm:text-pink-700 utilities.

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

7. Control the text color of an element to gray-800 using the text-gray-800 utilities.

8. Control the vertical padding of an element to 1rem using the py-4 utilities.

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

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

11. Use relative to position an element according to the normal flow of the document.

12. Control the background color of an element to gradient-to-tr using the bg-gradient-to-tr utilities.

13. Control the padding on all sides of an element to 0.25rem using the p-1 utilities.

14. Control the background color of an element to white using the bg-white utilities.

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

16. Use h-24 to set an element to a fixed height(6rem).

17. Use w-24 to set an element to a fixed width(6rem).

18. Use absolute to position an element outside of the normal flow of the document, causing neighboring elements to act as if the element doesn’t exist.

19. Use the bottom-8 utilities to set the bottom position of a positioned element to 2rem.

20. Use the right-1 utilities to set the right position of a positioned element to 0.25rem.

21. Control the background color of an element to purple-800 using the bg-purple-800 utilities.

22. Use h-8 to set an element to a fixed height(2rem).

23. Use w-8 to set an element to a fixed width(2rem).

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

25. Control the border color of an element to white using the border-white utilities.

26. Control the background color of an element to blue-700 using the hover:bg-blue-700 utilities on hover.

Conclusion

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