Weekend Website Bootcamp

Designing Your Services Page

21 minutes

Step 1: Open and Copy From the About Page

  • Navigate to Pages in WordPress and open the Services page in Elementor.

  • Also open the About page in Elementor to copy elements from.

  • Right-click on the About page header section and choose Copy.

  • Paste it into the Services page.

Step 2: Adjust Header Structure

  • Set the layout direction of the main container to Column Vertical.

  • Go to Advanced settings:

    • Keep Top Padding: 180px

    • Change Bottom Padding: 100px

Step 3: Modify Headings and Descriptions

  • Copy and paste the small heading from the About page.

  • Update the text to read “Our Services”.

  • Center-align all headings and text.

  • Change the main header to “Perfectly Crafted Solutions”.

  • Change the text color to black or a light yellow for visibility.

  • Remove unnecessary nested containers to reduce page bloat.

Step 4: Create Featured Services Section

  • Add a new Flexbox container with Column Vertical direction.

  • Insert a heading titled “Featured Services”, set as H2.

  • Add Top Margin: 40px

Step 5: Design the First Featured Service Block

  • Add a new container with a background image (Pizza).

  • Set background image:

    • Position: Center Center

    • Attachment: Scroll

    • Repeat: No Repeat

    • Display Size: Cover

  • Add a nested container inside:

    • Set Width: 500px

    • Set Padding: 40px

  • Style the nested box:

    • Background Color: White (with opacity adjusted to #F0F0F0D1)

    • Border Radius (Bottom Left): 30px

    • Add H3 heading, smaller header (e.g., “Available Mondays”), and service description text.

    • Align container to End and set Gap to 10px

  • Assign the class background-blur in Advanced > CSS Classes

Step 6: Duplicate and Adjust for Second Featured Service

  • Duplicate the entire container.

  • Replace the image with a new one (e.g., Fruit).

  • Align content to Start.

  • Adjust Border Radius (Bottom Right): 30px

  • Change heading to “New Customers Only”

Step 7: Create Services Grid

  • Add a container with Row Horizontal layout.

  • Copy the featured service text elements (title, label, description).

  • Paste into each column.

  • Set Gap to 10px

  • Label the service (e.g., “Service”) and assign a price (e.g., $50).

  • Duplicate the container to create more service columns.

  • Add Top Margin: 40px

Step 8: Add Final CTA Section

  • Copy the CTA from the About page.

  • Paste into the Services page.

  • Set Background Type to Classic with a light Gray color.

  • Adjust background overlay:

    • Opacity: 0.33

  • Update text colors:

    • Headings: Yellow or Black

    • Button: Yellow background with white text

Step 9: Optimize for Tablet and Mobile

  • Click the Tablet Portrait view:

    • Adjust padding: Top = 60px, Right = 40px, Left = 45px

    • Adjust padding on text blocks and feature blocks: 30-40px as needed

    • Fix border radius where needed

  • Click the Mobile view:

    • Ensure all elements stack correctly

    • Set proper spacing between containers

    • Adjust text sizes and padding for small screens

    • Use 100% width for full-bleed elements

Step 10: Finalize and Save

  • Hide the Elementor panel and preview everything.

  • Ensure spacing, responsiveness, and styling look consistent.

  • Publish the page.

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!