Weekend Website Bootcamp

Designing Your Projects Page

8 minutes

Step 1: Add and Configure the Gallery Widget

  • Add a new Gallery widget to your Projects page.

  • Click to add images and select all nine food images previously uploaded.

  • Click “Create a new gallery” and then Insert Gallery.

  • Under Image Size, set it to Full for best clarity.

  • Set Columns to 3.

  • Set Caption to None.

  • Set Link to Media File.

  • Turn Lightbox to Yes.

Step 2: Adjust Gallery Style

  • Go to the Style tab.

  • Set Gap to Custom and type in 10.

  • This will make sure there is even spacing between your images. 

Step 3: Add Padding Around the Gallery

  • Select the outer container holding the gallery.

  • Go to the Advanced tab.

  • Set Top Padding to 60px.

Step 4: Add the “Let’s Chat” Callout Section

  • Navigate to the Services page and copy the bottom callout section.

  • Paste it beneath your gallery on the Projects page.

Step 5: Remove Background Styling From Callout

  • Click into the container and go to Style.

  • Remove the background by unselecting the Classic background type.

  • Go to Background Overlay and unselect Classic to remove the overlay image.

Step 6: Adjust Container Width and Alignment

  • In the callout container, go to Layout and set to Boxed.

  • Select the text box within the callout.

  • Go to Advanced > Width, set to Custom > 57%.

  • Center align the text.

Step 7: Apply CSS to Fix Image Ratio

  • Click the Save Options arrow > View Page in a new tab.

  • Click Customize > Additional CSS.

  • Paste the code below. This will make your images display as 1:1 squares.

				
					.elementor-image-gallery .gallery-item img {
    margin: 0 auto;
    object-fit: cover !important;
    height: 400px;
}

				
			

Step 8: Test Lightbox Functionality

  • Refresh the Elementor editor.

  • Click an image to verify the lightbox pops up correctly.

  • Note: You can rename image file titles (e.g. “salad-bowl”) to reflect nicer labels in the lightbox overlay.

Step 9: Tablet Responsive Settings

  • Enter Tablet View in Elementor.

  • Adjust padding of gallery section:

    • Top: 40

    • Right: 20

    • Bottom: 40

    • Left: 20

  • Adjust callout section padding:

    • Right: 20, Left: 20

  • Set callout text box width to 85%.

Step 10: Mobile Responsive Settings

  • Enter Mobile View.

  • Gallery should already be stacked nicely.

  • Set text editor in callout to 100% width.

Homework & Action Items

  • Open your site on a tablet, mobile phone, and a laptop browser window at half size. Note anything that looks off and adjust them.

  • Click on every button, link and menu item to make sure those are working properly.

  • Make sure no text is pressed up against the edge of the screen, and that there’s at least 20px of padding on the mobile sides.

  • Make sure you’re saving along the way!

You did great.

We can take it from here.

Thanks for purchasing the course and giving it a try! As a thank you, we’re offering you 20% off a 10-page website build. We’ll get it up for you within a week. Let’s chat about it!