Hey, everyone! Spencer Forman here, and I’m excited to share with you how I added some CSS magic to my sales page and achieved a stunning 3D floating effect for an image.

As you may know, CSS is a powerful tool that can transform any element on a web page. And in this case, we’ll be using the CSS property of transform along with a few others like rotate, box-shadow, width, and vertical margin to achieve the desired effect.

But before we dive into the technical details, let me first explain what I was trying to accomplish. I had an image on my LaunchFlows sales page that I wanted to stand out and catch the eye of my visitors. And what better way to do that than by making it look like it’s floating above the page?

launchflows-image

To achieve this effect, I started by selecting the image element on my page and adding a class to it. This allows me to target that specific element with CSS and apply the necessary styles.

Next, I added the following CSS code to the class:

.image-class {
  transform: rotate(-5deg) translateY(-20px);
  box-shadow: 0px 20px 30px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
  width: 80%;
  margin: 0 auto;}

Let me break down what each of these styles does:

  • transform: rotate(-5deg) translateY(-20px); – This rotates the image by 5 degrees to the left and moves it up by 20 pixels. This gives the impression that the image is tilted and floating above the page.
  • box-shadow: 0px 20px 30px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); – This adds a subtle drop shadow to the image, which further enhances the 3D effect.
  • width: 80%; – This sets the width of the image to 80% of its container, which ensures that it’s not too large or too small.
  • margin: 0 auto; – This centers the image horizontally within its container.
  • position: relative; – This sets the position of the image to “relative”, which means that we can use the “z-index” property to control its layering on the page.
  • z-index: 1; – This sets the z-index of the image to 1, which means that it will appear above other elements on the page that have a lower z-index.

With these styles in place, I was able to achieve the desired 3D floating effect for my image. And the best part is that it only took a few lines of CSS!

Now, you may be wondering what “z-index” is and why it’s important. Well, z-index is a CSS property that controls the layering of elements on a web page. Elements with a higher z-index will appear above elements with a lower z-index.

In our case, we set the z-index of the image to 1, which means that it will appear above other elements on the page that have a lower z-index. This is important because we want the image to stand out and be the focus of attention.

So, there you have it! That’s how I added CSS magic to my sales page and achieved a stunning 3D floating effect for an image. I hope you found this tutorial helpful and that you’ll be able to use these techniques to enhance your own web pages.

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Keep experimenting and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with CSS. Even though the WYSIWG page builders like Gutenberg have eliminated a huge part of the design burden, CSS gives you a “superpower” with which you never know what kind of magic you’ll be able to create!

Thanks for watching and happy coding!

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